Lessons for advanced or beginning hookers about how to dye wool for rug hooking
It takes forever to get a piece of wool off the shelf, light it, take the photo, upload the photo, crop the photo to the right size, label the photo with the inventory number, optimize the photo for the website, save the photo, upload the photo to the website, post the photo to the website….
Textured wool (anything that is not solid) can be tricky especially if the repeat is large, but these wools often make the most interesting backgrounds. When I first started teaching in 2000, I was the only teacher with textured wools. My students had not been exposed to them and many did not know what the…
Episode 008 What do the numbers of cut sizes mean? From 2 – 8, each number represents the width of the strip in 32nds of an inch. For instance, a #8 is 8/32, which reduces down to 1/4.” Tune in to the hooking podcast for more tips and tricks on choosing the right strip sizes.”…
Episode 006 – Cutting Rug Hooking Wool You can cut your wool strips with a fancy cutter or a simple pair of scissors. Either way works—it just depends on what you have on hand. Rotary cutters do not work as well due to wool’s low thread count per inch. Need a review of the rug…
Episode 004 Types of wool How to Wash Rug Hooking Wool Snip it into hookable pieces – The method I use. fold the selvedges together and snip the fold open it up, fold one selvage to the snip. fold again, fold one more time snip two places on one side and one on the other…
