The Art of Hooked Rug Landscapes

The Art of Hooked Rug Landscapes
Author: Molly Colegrove
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2021-11
Genre:
ISBN: 9781945550560

Artist Molly Colegrove has a love affair with barns and the landscapes that surround them. Take a walk with her through her beloved New York state and learn many of her tricks and techniques for depicting a rural landscape in wool. Molly uses wool strips, wool yarn along with many alternative fibers and techniques to hook her lovely pieces and she shares her hard-earned knowledge with you. Molly incorporates quilting, roving, felting, beads, embroidery, and more. Capturing clouds and skies, water and fields, trees and fields-Molly has her own approach to translating a landscape into textile art.

T-Shirt Treasures

T-Shirt Treasures
Author: Judy Taylor
Publisher:
Total Pages: 98
Release: 2018-09-10
Genre:
ISBN: 9780997671209

Instruction on rug hooking with T-shirts

Latch-hooking Rugs

Latch-hooking Rugs
Author: Lynda Spiro
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Total Pages: 148
Release: 2008-09-08
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9780812220438

Lynda Spiro revives the simple art of latch hook for today's crafter. Latch-hooking Rugs contains more than thirty contemporary projects, plus a chapter that shows you how to design your own rugs and wall hangings.

Punch Needle Rug Hooking

Punch Needle Rug Hooking
Author: Amy Oxford
Publisher: Schiffer Craft
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2002-12
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9780764316890

Learn to make beautiful punch needle hooked rugs with veteran instructor Amy Oxford. A complete "how to" photo essay walks you through every stage of rug making. A question and answer section, interviews with professional punch needle rug hookers, and photographs of work from some of the field's most innovative and inspired craftspeople make this book a must for any textile lover.

Hooked Rug Portraits

Hooked Rug Portraits
Author: Anne-Marie Littenberg
Publisher: Ampry Publishing, LLC
Total Pages: 146
Release: 2011
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1881982807

Anne-Marie Littenberg is a well-known author and fiber artist. She teaches how to capture personalities and likenesses in wool in hooked rugs, an exciting current trend. Tips and tricks will add depth, dimension, and emotion. There is also a section for capturing the personality of your dog or cat.

Finishing Hooked Rugs

Finishing Hooked Rugs
Author: The Editors of Rug Hooking Magazine
Publisher: Ampry Publishing, LLC
Total Pages: 114
Release: 2013-11-01
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1881982998

Finishing techniques from expert teachersStep-by-step photographsCare and cleaning of hooked rugsIncludes whipped, knit, crocheted, and braided edges Every rug hooker needs a resource for edge finishes. This comprehensive book covers eight different techniques, providing helpful tips and suggestions for professional looking edges. Includes a range of styles from simple whipping to complex combinations of hooking and braiding. Contributors are teachers, designers, and artists well known for their fine work and innovative techniques. Step-by-step color photos show you how. A must-have for rug hookers everywhere.

Creating an Antique Look in Hand-Hooked Rugs

Creating an Antique Look in Hand-Hooked Rugs
Author: Cynthia Smesny Norwood
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Total Pages: 90
Release: 2008
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1881982890

Learn the common elements in antique hooked rugs to create your own pattern from start to finish--transferring, customizing, color planning, dyeing techniques, and which cuts of wool work best. Also included is information on different background treatments and fabric use and what effect it has on the finished product.

Hooked Rugs

Hooked Rugs
Author: Jessie A. Turbayne
Publisher: Schiffer Craft
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1991
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9780887403705

This handsome book preserves, for a new generation, the historical background of the often whimsical designs of hooked rugs, and it includes instructions for starting a rug of your own. Contains over 300 color photographs of different rugs in lively geometric, abstract, floral, animal, Oriental, and original designs, and factual discussions of the interesting people who motivated the designs.