Primitive Rug Hooking Wool Strips

You will need wool a way to cut it into strips a foundation material to hook into a hook and some type of frame or hoop scissors a needle and thread and a pattern.

Primitive rug hooking wool strips.

A colored photograph of the completed rug is also included for your reference. We also offer a wide variety of rug making supplies including hand crafted rug hooks textured wool fabric rug hooking kits and books authored by kris miller. For the finer cut hookers you can try the 14 the mini oxford punch needle this size works well with the 3 precut wool stripettes and worsted or sport weight yarns. The rug hook often has a wooden handle to provide a more ergonomic grip to the hooker.

There will be an additional charge for cutting the wool on the largest of rugs. These patterns were designed by bev conway produced for rug hooking by mountain wool. Check out our rug hooking wool strips selection for the very best in unique or custom handmade pieces from our rugmaking shops. All the blues grab bag mix rug hooking wool 4 6 or 8 sized 100 primitive hand cut wool strips for rug hooking or punch needle loopbyloopstudio.

If you don t have access to a cutter and purchase uncut wool larger strips of wool are much easier to cut and for very primitive style rugs the strips can be ripped to cut. Wool is cut from the bolt ie. Sheep under pear tree original design by oley valley primitives 8 x 10 59. This two sided green with gold brown and blue makes wonderful leaves stems trees hills and grass.

Ok my prim pals this is the first in a series of rug hooking tutorials i am doing. 5 out of 5 stars 1 422 1 422 reviews. Beautiful soft celery green striped wool with diagonal stripes going through the vertical stripes. In this first lesson we are going to cover the materilas needed to begin rug hooking.

Rug hooking today typically uses strips of wool of varying width 1 32 to 1 2 of an inch that are pulled through a stiff woven backing burlap linen or rug warp with a tool rug hook to form loops. Heavens to betsy quality wool fabric for rug hooking quilting applique upholstery garments sewing and adding to your stash. Sizes are approximately 9 10. Wools average 58 to 60 wide and weigh about 12 oz.

Looks great with herb garden. Each punch needle includes a 28 page instruction handbook. You can make a hooked rug using the punch needle method. Great for applique and also for hooking.

A half hard measures 18 x60. This is a little heavier weight of wool. Each rug hooking kit contains pattern hand drawn on linen beautiful cut textured wool or hand dyed natural and textured wool hooking instructions and finishing yarn.