my recent use of scraps-lots & lots of scraps
01-29-2013, 04:22 AM
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it is not 'hard' to do locker hooking--we used to always have a rug in the works at the quilt shop i worked at- it was a free demo we showed everyone who came it- and let anyone who wanted hook a row or so- the owner of the shop sold the books, canvas, hooks, string & bagged up 1" strips of fabric--if you ever did a latch hook rug as a kid---i think locker hooking is easier...and uses up those thin strips (salvages, fabric you trim off to square up) that may be too narrow to use otherwise. salvages work great-
01-29-2013, 07:46 AM
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ckcowl.......thanks for the mini tute. I'm going to look up "locker hooking" right now. I always have many scraps and to tell the truth, I'm tired of making string quilts. I like to make the blocks but am not too keen on the sandwiching and quilting of them......
01-29-2013, 08:37 AM
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if you do a search for 'locker hooking' you will see how they are made- there are books available-some quilt shops carry them & the supplies- books are== the Happy Hooker series.
you use a hook that looks like a crochet hook with an eye in the end- you use open-weave canvas (like the old latch hook canvas) you use string (i use the cotton people use to crochet dish clothes) i toss all of my scrap strips into a basket when i'm quilting (anything less than 2" wide that i may not want to use for quilting) then when my basket is overflowing--- i start another rug...they use alot of scraps! i generally cut my strips about 3/4" wide to hook with- depending on the weight of the fabric- if flannel then 1/2" if thin cotton maybe a whole inch- what ever is easy to hook & fills the space. I've been making these rugs for years---have half a dozen around my house-have given away many- there's a new book where they are making purses/totes...seems like they would be very heavy! i do make hot pads- (for setting hot dishes on) and placemats sometimes...it's a great use for those strips other people just throw away- i pretty much do not throw fabric away- i always find a use for it-
you use a hook that looks like a crochet hook with an eye in the end- you use open-weave canvas (like the old latch hook canvas) you use string (i use the cotton people use to crochet dish clothes) i toss all of my scrap strips into a basket when i'm quilting (anything less than 2" wide that i may not want to use for quilting) then when my basket is overflowing--- i start another rug...they use alot of scraps! i generally cut my strips about 3/4" wide to hook with- depending on the weight of the fabric- if flannel then 1/2" if thin cotton maybe a whole inch- what ever is easy to hook & fills the space. I've been making these rugs for years---have half a dozen around my house-have given away many- there's a new book where they are making purses/totes...seems like they would be very heavy! i do make hot pads- (for setting hot dishes on) and placemats sometimes...it's a great use for those strips other people just throw away- i pretty much do not throw fabric away- i always find a use for it-
01-29-2013, 11:31 AM
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anyone interested in learning to locker hook rugs- check out the books:
The Happy rug Hooker, 1, 2 &3 (there may be more-those are the 3 i have) by Cindy Murray
and
Kathleen's Fabric Locker Hooking by Kathleen Carpenter
The Happy rug Hooker, 1, 2 &3 (there may be more-those are the 3 i have) by Cindy Murray
and
Kathleen's Fabric Locker Hooking by Kathleen Carpenter
01-30-2013, 10:42 PM
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It's beautiful...I can understand why he took such an interest in it. Hope at the end of my days I can sit with someone while they create something special....nice way to go I reckon. Thanks for sharing the story and the rug.
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