1/16 Method
How to segment out your wool so you know how much you used, how much you still have left and to cut perfectly.
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Sauder Village Rug Hooking Exhibit
Register your rugs for Sauder Village. This picture is during 2008’s show and tell. This is where you eat breakfast if you are staying at the Heritage Inn.
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Rug hooking the background on Primitive Roses stair riser
Rug hooking the background is easy if you start early and break the area into shapes. Find out how.
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Chicken Hook a Doodle Do rug hooking pattern
Chicken Hook a Doodle Do rug hooking pattern is now available. A chicken with a hook in her wing surrounded with primitive roses and a border with lots of places for colors.
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Rosenweeds Footstool Pattern
Ideas on how to hook the footstool rug hooking pattern, Rosenweeds, designed by Cindi Gay.
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ATHA Education Fund rug is hooked by nine different teachers
Be sure to pick up your raffle tickets for this wonderful rug. Nine teachers contributed to this project. Stay tuned for the latest news, meet fellow rug hookers, and check out our new stair risers display. Rug Hooking Teachers Behind the ATHA Education Fund Rug First row Gail Dufresne Cindi Gay Frank Bielec Second row…
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Simplify Stair Riser Rug Hooking Pattern
Simplify stair riser rug hooking pattern designed by Cindi Gay, includes quantities for the amounts of wool you will need to hook the pattern.
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Introducing Chicken Doodle Do rug hooking pattern
Cindi Gay introduces a new rug hooking pattern. Hook a “Chicken-Hook-a-Doodle-Do” rug!
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To dye or not to dye
I received a question and thought I would answer it in a new post. I am a newbie to rug hooking, and have a slightly silly question. Do you buy undyed wool? Or do you over dye? New rug hookers are often frustrated when their rugs do not look the way they want them to….
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You. . .Can Hook Rugs by Pearl McGown
One of my favorite passages from Pearl’s book: Many women have said to me: “I’ve always wanted to hook a rug and I’m going to some day.” But it is the woman who says: “I want to hook a rug. How shall I start?” that I am most interested in. The first is usually a…
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Hooking a birch tree – let the wool do the work
[clear] I used my specially dyed birch bark wool to hook the birch tree. Just simple hooking here. I cut the darker part of the wool in a #5, the lighter in #7 and simply hooked it. I did change the shape a bit. I used to have a birch tree in our backyard. It…
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Backgrounds: Make Them Interesting
I’ve been intrigued lately by very primitive and free spirited hooking backgrounds. Marte Bordeaux did this piece in punch needle, but it could make a great hooked piece also. What makes it a great background? First of all you can clearly see the motif because the dark chicken and flower are outlined by a much…
