That is a wonderful rug, I am glad you decided to finish it.

Great story....How does one do one of these rugs?

Beautiful! What a creative way to use your scraps!! Thanks for sharing.

It looks great and what a nice story.

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-

What a nice way to remember him. Your design is really cool!

Oh, I really like this rug. Really pretty and the design is very pretty.

The rug is beautiful and so is the story about it! Thank you for sharing.

beautiful rug and GREAT story... I know it must hold special moments for you! Thank you for sharing this with us...

Wow love your rug. I have the stuff to make a rug just minus the fabric. I just don't have a a lot scraps. But I really want to try it. Was it hard?