Where rug hooking wool meets imagination. . .
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Monthly Wool Sale
It’s not an auction but you can win a chance to buy wool at a discount.
Next Wool Sale:
Saturday, October 24, 2020 at 2pm eastern
*One week early due to Halloween
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Go to my website and click the link to register. You will occasionally get a reminder email and I’ll use this method when I have an emergency and cannot host the lesson. At 4pm eastern, or a bit sooner, click this link and watch the lesson. You may need to hit the play button on the video. To chat, watch the instructions on this page.
For even more online instruction, be sure to check out howtorughook.com, my online instruction center.
Here is an example of one of my Free Lessons
I’ve been enjoying listening to your webinars on The Journey. I can’t believe how much I didn’t know after 35 years of Rug hooking. Thank you so much. Â
-P. McCartt
How to Rug Hook…
Time needed:Â 15 minutes.
Less than 1 minute to pull your first loop, then years to learn the finer points of rug hooking
- After stretching the backing on a hoop or frame, push the hook through the backing.
Put the hook in where it makes sense — do NOT count threads!
- Scoop up the wool from underneath.
Move the hook, not the wool. Wrapping the wool onto the hook will cause twists.
- Pull the wool to the surface and adjust the height of the loop.
Pull it up as high as it is wide.
- Repeat a million times.
Concentrate on pulling the loops up high enough and spreading them apart. Avoid overcrowding.
Learn more about rug hooking There are several hundred posts on this site. Just use the search box in the footer to find the one(s) you are looking for. For a complete courses on rug hooking, visit howtorughook.com
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Make your own rug hooked footstool
I have several rug hooking footstool patterns available. I am posting complete instructions (videos are still being edited) on how to build your own using simple 2x4s, plywood and foam. There is a complete cutting diagram for the wood and the foam. I also have instructions on how to finish your hooking so you can complete your rug hooked footstool.
Here are the list of instructions available so far:- Footstool Construction Material List
- Footstool Feet - Where to Get Them
- Footstool Feet - Staining
- Build the Box
- Adding the foam
- Preparing the Backing
- Sewing up the Sides
- Upholstery and Finishing Touches
Missing something? Please let me know so I can make these instructions as complete as possible.
Read all the posts about my Room sized Rug (Updated 2019)
- Day 1-35 of rug hooking: Putting the pattern on the backing & hooking a rose
- Day 36 My temporary rug hooking set up – How to hook a large rug
- Day 38 – 94 Resolving the Large Leaves & Hooking the Border
- Day 94 How to hook crooked rows not straight ones
- Day 99-275 Circle Border on Room-sized Rug
- How to Hook the Circle Border
- Day 276 – 425 Progress on Room-sized Rug
- Day 426 – 659 Progress on Room-sized rug
- New Border Ideas for Room-Sized Hooked Rug
- Day 660 – 902 progress on Room-sized Rug
- Day 903 – 2491 Progress on Room Sized Rug