Rug Hooking Worms

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.

Rug hooking worms.

The term is widely used in rug hooking circles and we just assume everyone knows what we are talking about. As a new rug hooker you have not accumulated a wool stash yet. Rug hooking is an art a craft it is not about seeking perfection. Worms n hooks wooley things hooked rugs chicken or the egg.

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. See more ideas about rug hooking hand hooked rugs hooked rugs primitive. 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 suppose it s an offshoot of rug hooking to be inundated with worms.

The rug hook often has a wooden handle to provide a more ergonomic grip to the hooker. Handling so much wool it s bound to happen. Pattern great for rug hooking or punch needle. There s nothing you can do to prevent them no matter how diligent you are they will come.