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3 problems to avoid with wool rugs.

Wool rug hook blog. The rug hook often has a wooden handle to provide a more ergonomic grip to the hooker. How much wool do i need. Most of the wools came out of my leftovers bins and it was interesting to see how the great variety of red oranges oranges and maples mixed together. Let s take a look at three of the most common problems with wool area rugs and the simple steps that can be taken to avoid them.

As a general rule of thumb you need four times the wool to cover an area. The art of traditional rug hooking has been around for hundreds of years. Dear christine t his may be is a blog question. I love to play in the dye pots and create new and unique looking wool sometimes using new and different techniques.

Please contact me if you need a color that you do not find here. I have never sewn or had experience with fabrics before rug hooking. I had difficulty when asking my question of an instructor s in a recent rug hooking class strange answer. I have been hooking since 2007 and have been dying my own wool since 2012.

That being said the uninitiated rug owner may be at a loss when it comes to wool rug maintenance. Now it is considered an art form. Wool is cut from the bolt ie. Hooked mostly in a 8 5 cut with a little 6 cut for detail it was quick and most of all fun.

Calculators are included inside the rug hooking journey membership inside the basics course. Paper rug hooking patterns paper punch needle patterns and hand drawn on weavers cloth punch needle patterns. The blue was a big surprise. I hope you enjoy looking at the hand hooked rugs hand.

Such as the wool has been sitting on a shelf for a long time or is antique. 1 wool rug spills and stains wool rugs spills and stains. Heavens to betsy quality wool fabric for rug hooking quilting applique upholstery garments sewing and adding to your stash. Wools average 58 to 60 wide and weigh about 12 oz.

Published five times a year we offer endless tutorials projects and inspiration through our magazines books dvds and more. This rug was a delight to hook at a time when simple was needed. Rug hooking today typically uses strips of wool of varying width 1 32 to 1 2 of an inch that are pulled through a stiff woven backing burlap linen or rug warp with a tool rug hook to form loops. A half hard measures 18 x60.

Creating a hand hooked rug is still being done today as it was long ago with the simple tool of a hook and strips of cloth. Hand dyed wools for rug hooking wool applique and other fiber arts. Original patterns designed for the fiber artist including rug hooking punch needle embroidery needlework oxford punch needle etc. Home rug hooking blog.

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