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| jakemollycamper |
Posted - Mar 08 2006 : 10:59:34 AM
Hey Ladies,
I just sold my loom but now have all this great material for rugs that needs to be used. Most of what I've read about rug hooking has talked about using wools only. Can I use other material and how do I get started? Help
TTFN,
Carol Jean
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| bboopster |
Posted - Mar 20 2006 : 12:12:44 PM
Hello,
I want to learn how to hook rugs with wool and such material not yarn. Where can I go to learn or any books out there to help me. I know nothing about how but I have the want. With a new house that is being built to look old on the inside (mantiance free out side) I would like to furnish it with custom rugs that I make. Please help me to become a (rug)Hooker.
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| westernhorse51 |
Posted - Mar 09 2006 : 3:41:38 PM
I hook rugs but use wool that I spin & dye. Alot of people use wool fabric but I mostly use my spun wool that I spin a bit different for my rugs. it's alot of fun. Are you familiar w/ Judy Taylor? She has a great book (magazine form) I used & it's very helpful. God luck with it.
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| thehouseminder |
Posted - Mar 09 2006 : 09:39:27 AM
Jenny, honey. You and I HAVE to find a way to get together someday. We are so alike. Same birthday, so many of the same hobbies. I also have a fascination with milk cows that borders on the un-natural. One of my first dates with DH was to the Iowa State Fair. At one point we ended up separated and he found me in the Dairy Aisle admiring all the girls. He says I looked at him absolutely starry-eyed and said, "These are my Friends!"
But, I digress....
Hi Carol! In my opinion, 100% wool is the absolute best. Many people are unaware that is more durable than any other fiber (except for spider silk). Having said that, you can use anything. I have a friend who cuts old t-shirts into strips and her rugs are perfectly serviceable and she only expects them to last a few years.
Welcome to the sisterhood of the "happy hookers."
Lucinda
When we were young, there were moments of such perfectly crystallized happiness that we stood stock still and silently promised ourselves that we would remember them always. And we did. --Holly J. Burkhalter , "Four Midwestern Sisters' Christmas Book"
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| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Mar 08 2006 : 10:12:48 PM
I do traditional rug hooking..used to sell my little rugs, but don't much any more. I do a few small projects each year. I try really hard to use only wool fabric, which a wash to shrink the fibers tighter and then cut in strips. I have, once in awhile if I really don't have a color or texture I love, used yarn (such as for a santa beard on a hooked stocking) or bumpy homespun yarn for the bark on a tree..like that..not traditional I suppose..but I gotta be me.
Some people use all sorts of materials.
I love rug hooking and there are lots of resources available. I was a member of a guild at one time and that was nice...so many different types too. I like to do primitive, but with thinner strips so i could get a little more detail..but all my own designs that I draw freehand. I like to hook on scottish burlap, but some like to use monks cloth..too floppy for me. ..anyway..have fun with it! I started by buying wool skirts at thrift stores and cutting them apart at the seams to use as fabric. And then didn't use a frame at all...just held the peice on my lap. The hooks arn't as hard to find as they used to be, but if you have trouble let me know and I will find you a source. There is rug hooking magazine that is a good thing to look at for the materials source as well as inspiration. Let us know how it goes!!!
Jenny in Utah
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
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| jakemollycamper |
Posted - Mar 08 2006 : 7:56:01 PM
Thanks Girls,
It has been emotional to let the loom go than I thought and you all have helped by giving me a new outlet. You all are the best
TTFN, Carol Jean
Laughter is Good Medicine. |
| CabinCreek-Kentucky |
Posted - Mar 08 2006 : 7:33:27 PM
Carol .. all of my 'traditional rug-hooking' books say to use 100% wool. i've used blends from time to time .. i think the wools probably last longer .. and make for a real 'quality' rug. most of all, i say, just have fun with it! xo
True Friends, Frannie |
| OregonGal |
Posted - Mar 08 2006 : 7:02:56 PM
I just found a rug making book at a flea market. What kind of "great material" do you have?
Is it yarn, or like cotton, or denim???? I am making a braided rug that is braided into
itself so it doesn't have to be sewn after the braiding is done. I found in a mother earth
magazine and here is where you can see it: (copy and paste if necessary)
http://www.motherearthnews.com/library/1986_July_August/Grandma_s_Four_Strand_Braided_Rug
I found it pretty easy to figure out.
"...a merry heart does good like a medicine, it has the power to cure." |
| Mountain Girl |
Posted - Mar 08 2006 : 3:45:55 PM
I'm not a rug hooker but I just took a class on locker hooking. What intriqued me was that you use cotton or other fabrics other than wool and you can wash the rugs. You need a special locker hook. Looks like a crochet hook with a hole in the other end. You loop the fabric strips through the rug canvas holes and then run a string or yarn through five or six loops. Sounds more complicated than it is. I think if you just google "lockerhooking" websites about it will pop up. JoAnn
I've always been called a dreamer, but I never listened. I did what others dare not do--lived my dream while they watched. Unknown |
