Before you use your pretty new rug apply a few more coats of poly to make sure you have a wipe able surface.
Making hooked rugs using fabric strips.
For intricate patters and hoop frame also helps.
This is a great way to use up old fabric from worn clothing vintage cloths or other sources of fabric items which are looking a bit tatty.
There is evidence of rug hooking techniques in rag rugs made by the vikings.
Despite its practicality locker hooking never really gained the popularity it deserved in america.
Cut your fabric into thin strips.
Stack several pieces of cotton fabric together then cut it into 1 by 5 inch 2 54 by 12 7 centimeter strips.
How to make a rectangle rug from a jelly roll.
I did 5 coats.
Then using duct tape yes duct tape all around the edges.
You can either sew all of the strips together like making an oval shaped rug above or make it about 45 long by sewing the batting in each strip individually like kathy did on this rug.
Pull the hook under the seam by pulling it back out from in the.
Consider using one solid color and one coordinating pattern.
Fold a strip of fabric in the middle and wrap the fold around the bend in the hook.
The equipment and materials you ll need to make hooked rugs include wool strips a hand hook scissors and burlap.
Rug hooking is the craft of creating rugs by pulling loops of fabric or yarn through a woven backing.
If you re handy with a crochet hook already you ll find this project both straightforward and very rewarding.
It s easy to make a rectangular shaped rug from a jelly roll or strips of 2 1 2 cut fabrics.
You can use all one color but using two or three will make your rug look more interesting.
Crocheting a round rag rug is as simple as can be.
It is believed that rug hooking as a popular home art s origin is.
A hook is used to pull these loops through thus the name rug hooking.
In the early days women sometimes substituted strips of cotton fabric for the more costly strands of wool for locker hooked rugs which were quite similar in appearance to traditionally hooked rugs.