Then scout out some nice scraps of wool fabric you ll need half a pound for each square foot of your rug.
How to rug hook with wool.
Rug hooking with yarn is an easy and fun craft that anyone can learn.
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Hooking rugs is meant to be a pleasant pastime.
To get started buy a hand hook it ll cost around 1 25 from a crafts supply store.
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If you did buy hand dyed wool from a rug hooking shop keep the label.
It may even enhance the primitive quality of your design 10.
Often you can just buy more of the same.
If you do this you can always add more wool of a slightly different color to complete your rug.
In fact keep the label on any wool you buy if you can there are different suppliers and different formulas and it can be helpful to have this information months or years later.
Another option is to pull out a few pieces of the wool.
A definite go to piece for rug hooking or wool applique.
Less than 1 minute to pull your first loop then years to learn the finer points of rug hooking.
In this first lesson we are going to cover the materilas needed to begin rug hooking.
Move the hook not the wool.
I am pretty new to rug hooking and i have found it so enjoyable that i have been searching for information everywhere to learn more about this art form.
Using good wool yarn and a linen backing these rugs can last over one hundred years and be enjoyed by many generations to come.
Ok my prim pals this is the first in a series of rug hooking tutorials i am doing.
Scoop up the wool from underneath.
They are relatively easy to clean and repair.
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What is hooking with yarn.
When you hook try not to go from left to right but cover many parts of the rugs area in case you should run short of wool.
Put the hook in where it makes sense do not count threads.
I watched some of the free videos on cindi s website and decided to join the rug hooking journey.
Felted and ready to use.
You will need wool a way to cut it into strips a foundation material to hook into a hook and some type of frame or hoop scissors a needle and thread and a pattern.