How To Hook Rugs With Wool

Scoop up the wool from underneath.

How to hook rugs with wool.

After stretching the backing on a hoop or frame push the hook through the backing. Then scout out some nice scraps of wool fabric you ll need half a pound for each square foot of your rug. Latch hooking a rug is simple relaxing and fun. There are many easy patterns and plenty of advanced patterns to choose from.

You can even teach yourself. Move the hook not the wool. Less than 1 minute to pull your first loop then years to learn the finer points of rug hooking. There are many ways of finishing the edges of a rug.

Ok my prim pals this is the first in a series of rug hooking tutorials i am doing. Put the hook in where it makes sense do not count threads. To get started buy a hand hook it ll cost around 1 25 from a crafts supply store. Deanne has a 60 minute how to hook rugs video.

You can sew by hand black cotton twill tape around the outside edges of the rug. In the 1940s americans enjoyed locker hooking too but due to the high cost of the specialty yarn the craft of locker hooking never seemed to become a widely embraced hobby. In the 1920s british craftswomen used heavy six ply wool yarn to create durable rugs with a locker hooking process. You will need wool a way to cut it into strips a foundation material to hook into a hook and some type of frame or hoop scissors a needle and thread and a pattern.

From simple barnyard animals to complex artistic images your ability to create pieces of art is limitless when you know how. Rug hooking has not changed much over the centuries and with the simplicity of skill needed to create exquisite designs why should it. Make your own rug pillow or wall hanging using these basic steps to get you started. How to hook a rug.

When your rug is complete you can roll two inches of the excess burlap into the twill tape and hand sew it along the backside of your rug. You pull strips of wool cloth usually recycled clothing washed dried and torn apart through a burlap or linen backing loop by loop. Once you learn the foundation of skills involved in pulling up loops of fabric or wool you can make virtually any design you desire. How to hook rugs from start to finish a free beginner how to course in hooking rugs compliments of deanne fitzpatrick rug hooking studio hooking rugs is easy.