how to create your own hand hooked rugs
Read a blog post, buy your supplies, listen to a podcast or just browse a gallery. When you are ready to get serious, join an online rug hooking course or join The Rug Hooking Journey membership.
About once a month I plan to offer odd shaped pieces from my personal closet. This collection has grown over the years. Many of you want to buy small pieces to get variation. We’ll solve both our problems a bit at a time.
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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.
–P. McCartt
Go to my website and click the link to register. You will get a reminder email Thursday at 3pm and another on Friday at the same time. At 4pm eastern, or a bit sooner, click the 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.
Less than 1 minute to pull your first loop, then years to learn the finer points of rug hooking. 15 minutes.
How to rug hook
Put the hook in where it makes sense — do NOT count threads!
Move the hook, not the wool. Wrapping the wool onto the hook will cause twists.
Pull it up as high as it is wide.
Concentrate on pulling the loops up high enough and spreading them apart. Avoid overcrowding.
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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:Missing something? Please let me know so I can make these instructions as complete as possible.
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