Locker Hook Rug

Use the hook end of the needle to pull a few inches of the end of the rug yarn through to the top of the canvas.

Locker hook rug.

It s an easy skill to pick up and you can finish a small piece in an evening. Insert the hook into the next hole and hook the rug yarn and pull back through. Upon sewing the border locker hook the brown border in a circular. Keep the yarn on the needle shaft and make the loop about 1 4.

Combine fabric strips and yarn for a bulky textural and plush look. The internal pattern turquoise background the words the foot and paws prints is in a horizontal direction. Shop complete latch hook kits or locker hooking supplies. Try them for unique locker hooked and mixed media designs.

It s been so much fun watching the rugs progress that i wanted to share just a few photos here. Begin to locker hook the locker hook rug pattern onto the canvas don t forget to pre draw the pattern onto the canvas for easy reference. The fabric method makes the craft much easier to hook and shows the coloring better. Locker hooking uses a rug hooking canvas similar to that used for latch hooking but the tool and technique are different.

Locker hooking with fleece. The sky is the limit when it comes to your design you can follow an ornate pattern do a simple geometric pattern or just randomly use up scraps. Find all the supplies you need for your next latch hook or locker hook project here in this collection from joann. Get it as soon as thu oct 1.

My girlfriend s mom who is very crafty and from the surrounding madison area is going to show you how to do the old fashion locker hooking. Joanne s rug joanne strauch has been working on a fabulous rug in locker hooking using carded fleece instead of yarn or fabric. Afghan aluminium crochet hook knitting needle hand knit tool with threading hole. Yushen 20 x 20 inches blank rug locker hooking mesh canvas kit with latch hook tool supplies crafts.

Locker hooking 101 instructions. This is her color study sample for the rug which is really a work of art in its own right. The art came to the usa in the 1940 s still using the wool but recently became very popular using cotton fabric strips. A locker hook looks like a hybrid of a crochet hook and a darning needle with the hook on one end and a large eye on the other.

Locker hook is a hand craft that turns scraps of fabric and twine in to coasters rugs bracelets bags or art pieces. Locker hooking is said to have started in great britain in the 1920 s using six ply rug wool. 4 3 out of 5 stars 16. Rug canvas 3 75 mesh for latch hook locker hook rug hooking.