Originally Posted by owlvamp
(Post 5821659)
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?
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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......
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Originally Posted by ckcowl
(Post 5821044)
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- |
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 |
Beautiful rug and story.
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I enjoyed your story, it warms the heart to read how he was included and is now remembered
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Cute story and cool rug!
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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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What a neat way to use up some of those scraps we all have.
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ckcowl, that is a wonderfully warm memory you have of that gentle man. And I do NOT need another hobby to endulge myself in; however, I love this hooking idea. What a great use of scraps.
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