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In this page, you will find descriptions
and tips of how to hook particular styles and cuts.
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Free Rug Hooking Patterns!
Visit Blue Ribbon Rugs to download this cute Christmas pattern made by Donna Hrkman, a talented artist who has contributed
articles and projects to Rug Hooking Magazine.
As she suggests in her Web site, you can bookmark the "Free Pattern Download" page because she plans to
make a new pattern available every season.
Remember that all free patterns are available for personal use only. Commercial use is prohibited.
Visit the Finished Rugs page.You can buy patterns for each of her designs as well. And don't miss Donna Hrkman's
Congo Rug!
http://www.blueribbonrugs.com/index.html
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Wonderful Drawing Tutorials!
If you're planning to create a portrait or you want to design a human character, take a look at this face proportion tutorial !
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Do you want to prolong the life of your rug?
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Teacher's
tips
by Lois Morris
If you are hooking a piece that you plan to
hang, this is a good idea: by having it mounted on a stretcher frame, you can
attach those little saw tooth hangers to the stretcher on the back and your piece will hang flush to the wall and not
sag and ripple. You can hook a border on your piece or you can have a frame mounted on the stretcher frame as with a
painting.
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About Proddy
by Louise G. de Tonnancour
This very old technique is
still well used by ruggers in England especially the Yorkshire where Heather Ritchie lives. I learned the Proddy technique with her
in a workshop I took with her 3 years ago.
You will need a plyer or a sharp.
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On the right side of the
rug consists in pulling, with a plyer, short strips of fabrics (about 6 cm long x 1.5 cm wide) through the canvas.
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On the back side of the rug,
the technique consists in pushing, with a sharp tool, the short strips of fabric through the canvas.
The canvas must be stretched
on the frame.
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You can roll the strips to obtain curly and volumetric effects.
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How to mitre an edge that is being whipped
by Brenda Ticehurst
The following 5 pictures are my hint how to mitre an edge that is being whipped. Step 1 : The edge should
be machine stiched close to the edge on all sides with a zigzag stich. Then draw a diagonal line with a pencil from
one corner to the other. Step 2 : Whip up to the line coming down from the other side . Step 3 :
Start to follow the pencil diaginal line, then make three stiches at the bottom and start the other half and going up to the
diaginal in the new direction. Step 4 : When even, continue to whip as usual.
Teacher's
tips
by Lois Morris
When
hooking in a small area with a limited amount of space or when shading in a small area, remember this: if you zig-zag your loops, it will appear to have more colour and the next colours will fit between the
previous loops and you will not get a striped look.
The
selvedge of your wool is not always good to hook with. Tear the selvedge off. Keep the strip and when you are making
a dye formula, cut a few short pieces, soak them well and dip them in your solution and squeeze the water out and you will
see the approximate light shade you will achieve. This will help you know if you have the colour you want and whether you
need to make adjustments.
N.B.
Remember when you remove the selvedge to make some slashes in the top of your wool so you rip and cut it in the proper direction.
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How to hook a stained glass piece
by Denise Vandenbemden
Hooking stained glass is actually very easy. The best thing to do is to go to a stained glass supply store and
have a good look at the different kinds of glass. Some is mottled, some is spotted and some looks hammered and the
choice is endless. Explain your interest to the store keeper and ask if you can take a few pictures. I would suggest
you spot-dye your wool. Outline the "glass pieces" on the lines of your pattern and fill in hooking straight
or in diagonal or circles to achieve the desired effect. The outline should be black if you are using strong
colors, with light colors charcoal looks better.
For a pattern you can use Ed Sibbet Jr.'s "Stained glass coloring books" from an art and craft store. The
patterns may be used without special authorization.
Stained glass imitation hooked in 2006 with wool fabric on burlap in a # 4 cut. Pattern is an adapted design
from the ''Art Nouveau Stained Glass Coloring book'' by Ed Sibbet Jr. The colors were achieved with spot deying on natural
wool.
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Rug hooking: is it difficult?
It is as easy or as difficult as you want. The technique is easy and the pattern is up to you.
A simple pattern can be just as pretty as a complicated one. There are no rug hooking rules, just a few guidelines,
that is all. If you never
hooked before and don't know anything about it, choose a small rug in a simple geometric pattern and you will not be disappointed.
Any of
our members will be more than happy to help and guide you.
Do our members have any rug hooking tips that
they would like to share? Please email them
to us and we will include them in this page.
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