Where rug hooking wool meets imagination
If you haven’t tried this yet, you’re in for a treat. This is a great technique for beginners because all you need is a container large enough to hold the wool, several dollars in pennies (don’t be stingy here), water, and non-sudsy ammonia. Add time and you can change the most obnoxious wools into the [...]
I recommend this method to beginning dyers. It gives you a chance to alter wool without buying commercial dyes. This method will make recycled solid wool more useable. Put your wool in a pot and fill it with enough water to cover the wool. If your pot is large enough you can add all the [...]
The information below is an excerpt from my book, Dyeing by the Numbers. Decide how long of a strip you want to hook. I prefer 36” (1 yard) but will occasionally dye 18” for smaller projects.
I will have the dye pots out for the month of April. This is when I prepare for all the workshops I will be teaching the rest of the year. It’s not a perfect process and I will usually have to get them out again throughout the year, but only for specific jobs. Here are [...]
The text of the series on footstool construction has been posted, but images for the last post and all the videos are still in progress. I will be offering for download a PDF with all the steps in one place once all the instructions are finalized.
Please note that the current instructions will probably change a bit as I work through this process.
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