Extractions: (American "Locker Hooking") You may have heard of the Australian "Locker Hooking", a technique for making rugs on burlap or canvas with yarns and roving. What you probably didn't know was that this same method was done in America with strips of fabric ('rags'), and as with so many types of traditional rugs, it was called by a different name: the "Anchored Loop". Anchored Loop rugs were made with a combination of two tools, a traditional rug hook to pull though a loop of fabric strip, and a lacing needle or bodkin to lace the anchoring strip through the loop. These rugs were preferred over regular hooked rugs, since when completed the loops of fabric could not be pulled out. In the United Kingdom, a combined tool is used. It looks like a heavy steel crochet hook at one end with a large 'eye' at the other, so that the loops can be pulled up and anchored with a single tool. These 'locker hooks' work equally well with rag strip. Modern Anchored Loop rugs are most often made using a rug canvas base, rather than burlap, since it is much easier to achieve regular stitching, and the rugs are easier to handle during construction. Anchored loop rugs can also be combined with Tambour braids, as in the rug shown here. The border is of a simple tambour braid, while the center of the rug is the anchored loop. The photo gives a good idea of how the two different textures can complement each othereven when the stitching is done with the identical fabric strip.
HOME PAGE Offers supplies for hooking rugs in wool fabrics with burlap or linen backings. Features patterns, rug kits, products, courses, exhibitions and contact information. http://www.hookarug.com/
Extractions: HIGHLAND HEART HOOKERY Home Page Enter Patterns Products ... Enter NEWS FLASH !!! MARJORIE JUDSON TEACHING IN HALIFAX THIS FALL!! SEE INSTRUCTIONS PAGE. Welcome to Highland Heart Hookery CLICK HERE FOR NEW ADDITIONS RUG HOOKING SUPPLIES Give a Gift Certificate for Any Occasion! ighland Heart Hookery is a home based business, offering a wide variety of supplies for rug hooking in the traditional manner of wool fabrics in a variety of backings. We are a quality retail rug hooking business located in Atlantic Canada. Our products and services are featured on this web site. Whether you visit us on the Web or in our store, please feel free to browse. Let us know if you require assistance or have any questions. ur emphasis is on new, pure wools. Our beautiful, hand-dyed wools are sought after, around the world, by those who want to hook beautiful rugs. They are available to you through our mail order business, as are our lines of Folk Art patterns, based upon the paintings of Maud Lewis and Joe Norris. ighland Heart Hookery enjoys the contacts and communications made possible by memberships in the Rug Hooking Guild of Nova Scotia, ATHA
Ballyhoo! Rug Hooking Design Home Page Offers original folk art designs for hooking. Features designs intended for hooking with wide cut wool strips. http://www.ballyhoorugs.com
Deanne Fitzpatrick Rug Hooker Deanne learned to hook rugs because she wanted rugs for an old farmhouse where she had As soon as Deanne started hooking rugs she knew it was for her. http://www.dailywriting.net/FitzpatrickWeb.htm
Extractions: when this photo was taken Deanne planned to be a singer Deanne Fitzpatrick grew up on a hill overlooking the water, and watching it was her pastime. "That is a natural part of life by the water," she explains. "You watch it and plan your day by the rhythms of the tides. The omnipotence of the water is clear and understood by coastal people. It is said that you should never take the water for granted because it can only be counted on to change." Deanne's rug 'The Lookout' captures the essence of what she saw. Wanting What I Have I am so small
Finding Aid - Helen Martin King Materials - Lyon College Today rugs hooked by Helen Martin King are both rare and prized. Brochure Hooked rug Patterns hooking Helps by Mrs. Harry King http://www.lyon.edu/webdata/groups/library/rcol/king.htm
Extractions: Introduction Title: Helen Martin King Materials Accession number: 92-003-AC Collection size: 0.5 linear ft. (1 box) Donor: William Jackson Butt II Repository: Lyon College Special Collections, Regional Studies Center Information About Helen Martin King and the Collection Helen Martin King (1895-1988) was a longtime Batesville Arkansas, resident who gained notoriety in the mid-20 th century as both a skillful hooked rug maker and a designer of hooked rug patterns. King was a native of Powhatan Arkansas Lawrence County ) whose fathers business interests brought the family to Batesville during Helens childhood. She attended the Arkansas College preparatory school before marrying a neighbor, Fitzhugh Hail, in 1913. However, when her husbands unexpected death ended her brief marriage tragically the following year, Helen embarked on an educational odyssey that would take her to the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, the Ohio Mechanical Institute, the Cincinnati Art Museum , and Sophie Newcomb College in New Orleans Louisiana While studying at the latter college, she met and married Harry King, a young Methodist minister from
Rag Rugs: Hooked, Poked, Prodded, Bodkin And Shuttle Rugs Traditional Hooked rugs and related methods. Traditional hooked rugs are made with a rug hook which looks like a small crochet hook attached to a wooden http://www.netw.com/~rafter4/hooked.htm
Extractions: All six of these rug types are fairly closely related. They are all traditionally made with narrow strips of wool worked through a burlap, monkscloth or linen base, or rug canvas. All of the rugs work on the same principle. When wool strips are put through a loosely woven fabric, the strands in the weave tighten to hold the wool in place. The exception is the bodkin rug which is additionally secured by the way the strips are cut. Hooked rugs were often combined with unrelated techniques to achieve particular effects or as a border for the hooking. Some of these methods included braided borders, tambour and the anchored loop. RUGS WORKED FROM THE FRONT SIDE: HOOKED RUGS Traditional hooked rugs are made with a rug hook which looks like a small crochet hook attached to a wooden handle. They are worked on the front side of the rug and made by pulling up loops of wool through the burlap or fabric base. Hooked rugs were often made following patterns printed on old burlap feed sacks, like the piggy, here. The older style of hooked rugs is called "primitive" hooking and is done with wider strips of wool (3/16" to 1/4" or larger). "Fine" hooking is done with very narrow strips of wool, and the designs include elaborate shadings to represent details of flowers or scenery.
Extractions: Steps: Center the printed pattern on the canvas onto the hooking frame. Cut the woven wool fabric into strips approximately 1/8" wide. Separate the strips by color. Starting in the center of the pillow, hold the wool strips underneath the pattern. Working from the back of the canvas, pull one end of a wool strip through to the top side of the canvas, then pull the remaining length of the strip up through the canvas in loops to create the pile of the rug. Pull the end of the strip to the top side of the rug. Continue to fill in the design pattern on the canvas with strips of wool as outlined in step 2. If desired, outline the design pattern first then filled in with loops.
Hooked On Rugs! For a foot warming and perhaps even budget boosting craft try making your own rugs including hooking techniques and advice getting started beginning http://www.motherearthnews.com/library/1983_January_February/Hooked_on_Rugs_
Extractions: Borgne M. Keith On a frosty morning, when you start to swing your dreading-to-touch-the-cold-floor feet out of your snug bed, wouldn't it be nice to know there's a cuddly hooked rug waiting for them? That floor covering can warm you inside, too . . . if it's an "heirloom" that you made yourself! And you can create a cozy treat for your toes, because hooking requires neither special needle-working ability nor a big budget. If you've got a rug-sized scrap of burlap to use as backing, some odds and ends of old wool clothing to recycle, a dollar or two to spend on the one necessary tool, and a few stay-at-home hours to spare . . . you can soon be a homestead rug hooker. What's more, if you become really good at this craft, you can use it to turn a profit. There's quite a demand for fine handmade floor coverings, you see . . . and the price tags on quality hooked rugs can run from $100 to $1,000.
VHS: Rug Vermont Union rug. Hooked by Helen Prouty Tracy, Barre. Begun in 1941 and finished in 1981. Wool on burlap. This rug is a variation on a design http://www.vermonthistory.org/precious/rug.htm
Arts Buzz Like many of the contemporary rug hookers, Polly Miller, Nantuckets very own hooker , Dirt, mud, spills, and sunlight are enemies of your hooked rugs. http://www.yesterdaysisland.com/03_articles/crafts/first.html
Extractions: Other Articles Hooking on Nantucket by Robyn Smith Nantucket homes are filled with all sorts of wonderful handcrafted objects, some made by the owners, others purchased on the island in one of the many antique stores, art galleries or gift shops. Early American folk art, such as whirligigs, quilts, and hooked rugs are among the most coveted. Many of the earliest hooked rugs that survive today came from maritime settlements. The long, inactive periods at sea led to the invention of all sorts of crafts, such as scrimshaw, macrame and an early, primitive form of rug hooking in which sailors used bits of raveled burlap to create marine scenes on a rough linen background. Rug hooking has a history that spans a hundred and fifty years in this country. However, it was from the l850s until the l930s that this craft became somewhat of a craze among American housewives. The technique was carried on, perfected and flourished as a practical as well as recreational pastime. Families and friends often got together for "rug frolics", the equivalent of the quilting bee. Just as our early homemakers pieced together scraps of fabric from worn-out clothing to make patchwork quilts, strips of worn clothing were used to create hooked rugs. It is only more recently however, that we have come to appreciate the hooked rug as an important part of our American heritage. Perhaps, like quilts, when used strictly for utilitarian purposes we tended to take rugs for granted, never thinking to elevate them to the status of an art form. With our growing interest in American folk art, there comes an appreciation for their design, craftsmanship and historic value. Just as time adds significance to early quilts, so it is with the hooked rug.
Textiles : Hooked Rugs : 1930s COTTAGE Folk Art Hooked rug Backing Pattern UNUSED Use this for making hooked rugs with rug yarn, knitting worsted or rags. Buy!! Enjoy! http://www.rubylane.com/collectibles/,id=78.6.html
CM Magazine: Acadian Cultures Series. French Acadian names crop up throughout the story of how hooked rugs became a Unfortunately a rift developed for a time amongst the rug hookers when http://www.umanitoba.ca/cm/vol7/no13/cheticamp.html
Extractions: Cheticamp: The Hooked Rug Capital of the World. This is a great video although it is a little disappointing because it is so short. The opening scenes introduce Cheticamp, a beautiful French Acadian village in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, with scenes of a rowboat in a peaceful anchorage, the imposing church, heart of the village, its harbour with fishing boats at their moorings, and a group of people on horseback riding on a long sandy beach. French Acadian names crop up throughout the story of how hooked rugs became a major industry in the village populated by Deveaus, Chiassons, Boudreau's, Doucets, Poiriers, and Muises. Through their cooperation and artistry, the unique handwork of this enterprising village is now known in the Vatican, Buckingham Palace and the White House. Like many early settlers, Cheticamp women hooked rag rugs out of old clothing cut into narrow strips. Gradually came the transition to wool which they dyed themselves. Alexander Graham Bell's summer home, Beinnn Breagh, at Baddeck was not too far from Cheticamp. Mrs. Bell and her daughter, Mrs. Fairchild, became interested in the Cheticamp rugs and often took their visitors to see them. One of these friends, Miss Lillian Burke of New York, made suggestions to the rug hookers to improve the quality of their work, saying that finer wool in pastel shades would add to the beauty of the rugs. She bought many of the rugs cheaply and sold them in New York at high prices. Unfair as this was, she is credited with starting the big industry which Cheticamp rugs have now become.
Extractions: @import url(/css/formating.css); Browse Catalog search/catalog quick shop: Home Gift Registry Request a Catalog Store Locations ... Rug Hooking Tips Claire Murray's website features more than her beautiful hand hooked 100% wool rugs ! The Claire Murray website also features home accessories like dishes woven throws bedding , even apparel Claire Murray's home line begins with her beautiful hand-hooked 100% wool rug designs . Motifs include botanicals botanical fruit wildflowers gardens ... Tropical themes with colorful fish even Nemo can be found here , wildlife rugs featuring bears raccoons and bunnies, as well as nautical themes with sailboats clipper ships , starfish and beaches. Even children's rugs with teddy bears fairies and nursery rhyme characters , including Noah's Ark . Claire Murray's ever-popular hand hooked rug designs have been translated to a complete line of decorative items for the home, washable bath mats, flannel sheets duvets and shams, even quilts.
St. Petersburg Times Online: News Of Citrus County After its initial appearance in the US Colonies, hooked rugs reemerged as a fine WHAT Hooked rugs exhibit, Craft as Art Seeing with an Artistic Eye http://www.sptimes.com/2005/07/15/Citrus/Hooked_on_fine_rugs.shtml
Extractions: As many area artists continue to test the boundary between fine crafts and art, displays of fine crafts, such as wall hangings and glassworks, are beginning to fill the exhibit walls of local art galleries. Last month, the Citrus County Art League gallery in Citrus Hills debuted its fine crafters group with a members' exhibit. The show was well attended and featured beadwork, pottery and wall hangings. This month, the Webber Center Gallery at Central Florida Community College in Ocala is showing off an eye-catching assortment of another fine craft: hooked rugs. These feature the works of nine members of the Ocala Rug Hooking Guild.
Shelburne Museum These United States 50 Statehood Rugs By Molly She began making hooked rugs age 14 and graduated from the Rhode Island School of Rugs are hooked by looping cloth in different colors through a woven http://www.shelburnemuseum.org/whats_on/new_exhibits_detail.php?id=3
Happy Hunting - Hooked Rugs This area has long been famous for hooked rugs, so this was a good Hooked rugs were first introduced into America along the eastern seaboard, http://www.thegavel.net/Julyhap.html
Extractions: It's that time of year again - vacation time - so once again I'm doing my story from the coast of Maine. This area has long been famous for hooked rugs, so this was a good opportunity to explore some of the nearby shops, and see what's available. Hooked rugs were first introduced into America along the eastern seaboard, and the Canadian Maritimes. The art of hooking was popular with sailors and European settlers. Rug hooking has a long history with its roots lost in antiquity. No one seems to know just where this technique of rug making first evolved. Various experts and historians have attributed this art's origins to many different places such as China, 3rd to 7th century Egypt, or Scandinavia. Some historians think that hooking has its origins in prehistoric times. Hooking has been long associated with seafaring countries. The earliest American hooked rugs probably dated from the 18th century, but the rare survivor from this period are usually only to be found in museums. The first rugs were made from rags, and bits of leftover fabric. One of the earliest uses for these rugs was as bed rugs; they were also used on tabletops and other furniture, eventually on bare cold floors. During the early 19th century, rug hooking became more common, and by the middle of that century rug hooking was popular. Hooking was very popular in New England, and the Canadian Maritime during the 1800's.
