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Rug Hook-Braid-Kumi

Rug Hooking, Rug Punching, Locker Hooking, and Kumihimo/Braiding


WHAT YOU NEED TO START RUG HOOKING:
  • backing material (such as Scottish Burlap)
  • strips of cloth or yarns or lengths of ribbon
  • frame or hoop to hold your work
  • rug hook(s)
  • how-to books: "The Rug Hook Book" or "The Art of Rug Hooking" and/or DVD "Nantucket Rug Hooking" or Video "Hooking and Braiding."
Nice to have: cutting machine with various cutter heads and punch needles.

WHAT YOU NEED TO START KUMIHIMO BRAIDING:
  • Kumihimo stand
  • yarn in various colors; usually silk, silk blends or high sheen yarns
  • Kumihimo bobbins to hold down strands of yarn
  • little pouch or cloth with coins or other weight for counterbalance
  • how-to books: "A Beginner's Guide to Braiding" and/or video "Kumihimo."
Nice to have: box to store bobbins.
Rug Hooking

Rug Hooking

Rug Hooking - In recent decades rug hooking has evolved and grown into an exciting and creative form of art. The Woolery offers quality products and support for Hookers.

Locker & Latch Hooking

Locker & Latch Hooking

Another craft requiring the use of fleece, carded fibers or pencil roving. Much faster than latch hooking, the locker hooking technique can be used to make garments, rugs, and more!

Punching

Punching

This is a faster method of making a rug, or combine it with rug hooking! It requires medium to heavy yarns and the same equipment as rug hooking.

Kumihimo

Kumihimo

Kumihimo is a Japanese braiding technique in which a braiding stool (marudai) is used to support the bobbins used to hold the working threads. Many bobbins can be used, to create very complex braids.

Lucet & Braiding

Lucet & Braiding

A lucet is a tool that has been used in braiding, plaiting, decorative ropework, and cordmaking for hundreds of years. Braiding is a technique used to form a pattern by intertwining three or more strands of a flexible material.

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