A cuckoo clock is typically a pendulum-regulated clock that strikes the hours with a sound like a common cuckoo's call. Some have an automated cuckoo bird that moves with each note and some birds move their wings and open and close their beaks. It is unknown who invented the clock and where the first one was made. It is thought that it evolved from the Black Forest area in southwestern Germany. The cuckoo clocks were exported to the rest of the world from the mid 1850s. Today, the cuckoo clock is one of the favourite souvenirs of travelers in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria. The design for this rug is a Keebler Miniature Cuckoo clock which was manufactured by Westclox. The actual size of the clock was 6” x 4”. It has a walnut face with an animated blue bird with leaves, brass weights and chimes. Biography Tina Cole has been rug hooking for 17 years and has received her Ontario Hooking Craft Guild rug teaching certification and her Pearl McGown school accreditation in rug hooking. She is an active teacher at many workshops and has her own rug hooking business, Tina’s Distinctive Colours. Tina is also an avid dyer.