I have been handweaving rugs and carpets for 41 years. Raised on my family’s 8^th-generation farm in Connecticut, my sister and I taught ourselves spinning, dyeing and weaving with the wool from our father’s sheep.

Studies in natural and chemical dyeing and weaving in the SF Bay Area broadened my knowledge and in 1980, my rug weaving studio, Carleton Designs, was launched in collaboration with my late husband, Vincent Carleton.

In the last 12 years, I have also been exploring new rug designs with ikat dyeing and in pieced and stitched wool felt. Today my rugs are represented by interior design showrooms in San Francisco, Southern California, New York and Chicago.

More information and images can be seen at www.carletondesigns.com or contact me directly at carleton@mcn.org.