This is a great way to use up old fabric from worn clothing vintage cloths or other sources of fabric items which are looking a bit tatty.
Making hooked rugs using fabric strips.
You can use all one color but using two or three will make your rug look more interesting.
Consider using one solid color and one coordinating pattern.
Pull the hook under the seam by pulling it back out from in the.
It is a cheap and strong tape that will make sure your fabric is not going to come off.
Then using duct tape yes duct tape all around the edges.
Despite its practicality locker hooking never really gained the popularity it deserved in america.
Before you use your pretty new rug apply a few more coats of poly to make sure you have a wipe able surface.
Stack several pieces of cotton fabric together then cut it into 1 by 5 inch 2 54 by 12 7 centimeter strips.
A hook is used to pull these loops through thus the name rug hooking.
If you re handy with a crochet hook already you ll find this project both straightforward and very rewarding.
There is evidence of rug hooking techniques in rag rugs made by the vikings.
Photo by borgne m.
The equipment and materials you ll need to make hooked rugs include wool strips a hand hook scissors and burlap.
Insert the hook into the middle of the fold.
It s easy to make a rectangular shaped rug from a jelly roll or strips of 2 1 2 cut fabrics.
Crocheting a round rag rug is as simple as can be.
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.
It is believed that rug hooking as a popular home art s origin is.
Fold a strip of fabric in the middle and wrap the fold around the bend in the hook.
For intricate patters and hoop frame also helps.
Cut your fabric into thin strips.
Rug hooking is the craft of creating rugs by pulling loops of fabric or yarn through a woven backing.