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.
How to make locker hook rugs using fabric.
Only recently has locker hooking been adopted as.
Using strips of fabric and a large count canvas you can make rugs ornaments book covers trivets and much more.
The two tails will be tucked under future stitches on the back of the rug later.
Yarn is threaded through the eye and the hook is used to pull strips of fabric through the squares of the rug hooking canvas.
Use the shirt backs first.
Crochet hook 2 3mm size the locking chopstick or locker hook if you are able find one 3.
Then scout out some nice scraps of wool fabric you ll need half a pound for each square foot of your rug.
Locker hook is a hand craft that turns scraps of fabric and twine in to coasters rugs bracelets bags or art pieces.
Cutting preparing the shirt fabric.
Today s technique locker hooking is much more versatile.
Strong yarn or thread for the locking 5.
But don t give up as soon as you get away from the edge locker hooking actually gets fun.
It s a similar process as that used in rug hooking but a bit.
If you think this is tedious it is.
You are limited only by the fabrics available.
Despite its practicality locker hooking never really gained the popularity it deserved in america.
It s an easy skill to pick up and you can finish a small piece in an evening.
Hooking rug canvas 2.
To get started buy a hand hook it ll cost around 1 25 from a crafts supply store.
In the early days women sometimes substituted strips of cotton fabric for the more costly strands of wool for locker hooked rugs which were quite similar in appearance to traditionally hooked rugs.
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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.