Consider using one solid color and one coordinating pattern.
Making hooked rugs using fabric strips.
Crocheting a round rag rug is as simple as can be.
A hook is used to pull these loops through thus the name rug hooking.
Pull the hook under the seam by pulling it back out from in the.
How to make a rectangle rug from a jelly roll.
There is evidence of rug hooking techniques in rag rugs made by the vikings.
Then using duct tape yes duct tape all around the edges.
Stack several pieces of cotton fabric together then cut it into 1 by 5 inch 2 54 by 12 7 centimeter strips.
For intricate patters and hoop frame also helps.
Cut your fabric into thin strips.
I did 5 coats.
Fold a strip of fabric in the middle and wrap the fold around the bend in the hook.
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.
Before you use your pretty new rug apply a few more coats of poly to make sure you have a wipe able surface.
If you re handy with a crochet hook already you ll find this project both straightforward and very rewarding.
Despite its practicality locker hooking never really gained the popularity it deserved in america.
You can either sew all of the strips together like making an oval shaped rug above or make it about 45 long by sewing the batting in each strip individually like kathy did on this rug.
It s easy to make a rectangular shaped rug from a jelly roll or strips of 2 1 2 cut fabrics.
Insert the hook into the middle of the fold.
Rug hooking is the craft of creating rugs by pulling loops of fabric or yarn through a woven backing.
Photo by borgne m.
It is believed that rug hooking as a popular home art s origin is.
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.