Any Rug Hookers?

[Bluegoat]

Are there any rug hookers here? Do you work with yarn or cloth strips? What are you working on now?

[IntuitiveJamie]

I have not done any yet but am planning a few come the new year when I have time. I will be replacing most my towels with organic ones. I currently have all dingy old white towels that I plan on dying and then hooking. I also have a couple of yards of the this fabric that I had plans to make a grocery shopping cart cover with 3 years ago.....Yeah, that never happened. So I've been trying to figure out what the heck to do with it. It's actually a thicker fabric that's just red and blue, no cutesy print or anything. So I realized the other day that hooking it into a rug would be perfect for my sons room..the three year old...the one I was supposed to make a cart cover for.

[ellemnop]

Originally Posted by Bluegoat

Are there any rug hookers here? Do you work with yarn or cloth strips? What are you working on now?

I have done rug hooking with yarn before, but not cloth strips. I haven't done it in a while, though.

Take care,
El

[NiteNicole]

My great grandmother did hooked rugs. She dyed her own fabrics and made her own patterns. She even had a little club. She died when I was very small, but I remember her so well and I'd like for us to have this in common but...I don't really know how to get started!

Can you recommend a good book or resource online for beginners?

[Bluegoat]

Originally Posted by NiteNicole

Can you recommend a good book or resource online for beginners?

I did a quick online search, and there isn't a lot of online instructions as far as I can see. I did find this:
http://www.creativity-portal.com/how...g.hooking.html

As for books, I have one called Rug Hooking for the First Time, which is ok. I have several byDeanne Fitzpatrick which are more design oriented; I love them because her rugs are so wonderful. But some people feel her technique is a bit sloppy and likely to produce rugs that don't wear as well. Here is a website with her rugs;
http://www.hookingrugs.com/

The best way is to find a group or take a workshop, but they are not common everywhere. The East has lots of hookers but there are less the farther west you go.

[NiteNicole]

Thanks for the links!

[MamaWolfe]

This is great! I'm making a knitted farmyard playmat that I want to do more than knitting with. I bought a latch hook canvas but I think I'll add some of this cloth strip rug hooking stuff, I'll have to read the link a bit more ;-)