3 75 mesh rug canvas 60 wide aluminum locker hook 5 6 skeins of 185 yard 6oz.
How to make a locker hook rug.
The sky is the limit when it comes to your design you can follow an ornate pattern do a simple geometric pattern or just randomly use up scraps.
A locker hook looks like a hybrid of a crochet hook and a darning needle with the hook on one end and a large eye on the other.
A simple easy way to handmake a very soft rug using the locker hook technique.
Locker hook is a hand craft that turns scraps of fabric and twine in to coasters rugs bracelets bags or art pieces.
In the 1940s americans enjoyed locker hooking too but due to the high cost of the specialty yarn the craft of locker hooking never seemed to become a widely embraced hobby.
Acrylic yarn i sued the softest i could find tapestry needle scissors it took me 5 days lots of movie watching to make this 57 x21 rug for my guest room.
This keeps the underside of the rug nice and smooth if the rug is to be used on a wood or tile floor add rug backing for safety.
It s an easy skill to pick up and you can finish a small piece in an evening.
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.
Many instructions online use the locker hook needle to tuck the tails in but i think it is too thick and may pull your loops askew.
Yarn is threaded through the eye and the hook is used to pull strips of fabric through the.