Rug Hooking Worms

As a new rug hooker you have not accumulated a wool stash yet.

Rug hooking worms.

Handling so much wool it s bound to happen. I suppose it s an offshoot of rug hooking to be inundated with worms. Sort of like getting colds if you work in the hospital it s an occupational hazard. Rug hooking is an art a craft it is not about seeking perfection.

Mar 6 2012 explore rebekah fowler s board rug hooking rooms storage organizers followed by 739 people on pinterest. However each project will leave you with left over strips we call worms. See more ideas about rug hooking hand hooked rugs hooked rugs primitive. The term is widely used in rug hooking circles and we just assume everyone knows what we are talking about.

There are aspects of rug hooking that should be done in a certain way to ensure that rugs last or look neat and clean and things that need to be learned the hard way but for the most part consider these comments best practices but not the rule. 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. I will draw the pattern with the chicken facing left however if you want it drawn in the reverse let me know in a note when purchased. The rug hook often has a wooden handle to provide a more ergonomic grip to the hooker.