Hook and loop rug

I've been fascinated with locker hooking since Vicki posted about her project some time ago. It's a craft where you take strips of fabric, "hook" them through a mesh canvas, and then "lock" them down by running a cotton string through the loops. There's not a lot on information on locker hooking on the web, but this site, which sells supplies, including patterns, also has a very useful tutorial that can get you started. You use up a lot of strips of fabric in this craft. I of course have…

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Latch hooking a rug is simple, relaxing and fun. There are many easy patterns and plenty of advanced patterns to choose from. Make your own rug, pillow or wall hanging using these basic steps to get you started. Purchase a latch hooked rug...

This loop rug is not only gorgeous, fluffy, and loved by humans and pets alike, it's also crazy simple to make without expensive tools!

I saw this book in Hobby Lobby one day, and it was calling my name..... It had a gorgeous hooked canvas journal book cover on the front...I waited and waited for awhile, then I caved in and bought it....Theresa Pulido is the rug hooking artist/ author, and she has a website devoted to locker hooking with videos, free patterns and gorgeous fabric strips. Locker hooking is a vintage method of rug hooking, where after you pull up 4-5 loops on a special long crochet hook with the hook at one end…

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Arounna Khounnoraj on Instagram: "When you are creating a #rughooking loop your hands are working in tandem. My left hand is underneath the frame guiding the fabric onto the hook and when I pull up the hook my other hand is holding the fabric giving it tension to create the loop height. It’s such an interesting process and this will work with different yarn weights too. This circular pattern left me with very little waste, I managed to use up all but three strands of fabric. I’ll show…

It was just about a year ago that I made the announcement I was a hooker. As expected this proclamation was met with several yawns and a very nice handwritten note outlining the specific play

Learn how to do the locker hook. If you can't find the locker hook needle at your local craft shop, you can make one from the disposable bamboo chopstick.

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