Hooked on Rugs

"Hooked rug - a little rug for your hearthstone."

The English Dictionary of 1810

Rug hooking is a craft where rugs are made by pulling loops of yarn or wool fabric through a stiff woven base such as burlap or linen. The loops are pulled through the backing material with a crochet-type hook mounted in a handle (usually wood) for leverage.

My Hooked Rug

Like quilting, rug hooking goes way back. I made my floral rug in 1994. Supplies were hard to find and expensive. Today it is easy to find rug hooking supplies, but the expensive part hasn't changed. If you would like to try rug hooking, kits are the way to go. They come with hook, stamped pattern and precut strips of wool fabric. And, you can use your quilting hoop to hold your project taught.

Sources and inspiration

Deanne Fitzpatrick Rug Hooking Studio

The Woolen Needle

Let's Hook Rugs

Folk and Fibre

I also have an update for you, about last weeks posting, Applique Freebies. A new block has been added to the Sally Post Floral Sampler. That makes fifteen blocks now available for download.

Until next week.....happy quilting!

Karen