how to create your own hand hooked rugs
Rug hooking the background can be the least interesting part of rug hooking. So I've developed a way to be sure I finish the background and don't lose interest. I figure that every strip I hook now …
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There are many ways to hook a background. Here is the way I chose to hook the background on Woman with Baby. I wanted the background to remind the viewer of foilage. Image that the woman is …
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I hooked more of the background and my impression now is that the background will work. There still is not enough hooking to tell for sure, but I will keep hooking. The look I want is blurry leaves …
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Here I am testing out the background. I plan to use three slightly different shades of green spot dyes. The background will begin dark at the bottom and gradually lighten. I am not 100% sure it …
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I now have the lower arm filled in. I think the tummy will work, but I will continue to watch it. I fell in love the with bracelet idea when I first drew up this pattern, now it doesn't work for …
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I'll be away from the rug hooking frame while I clear out some backlogged paperwork to get ready to do the dreaded taxes. It used to take a day or so to get things ready but with the business, it …
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