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How to Make an Area Rug
David Dalton and Kitty Bartholomew demonstrate how to make a custom rug out of a carpet remnant. To keep raveling to a minimum, be sure to use a tight-weave carpet, not a shag, loop or Berber, for this project. Learn how to make your own rug by deciding on a shape and drawing the design on butcher paper. By tracing around template with permanent markers and cutting the rug with a utility knige, you can also bind the edges for a smooth area rug finish.
Rug Hooking Information
This rug hooking studio includes patterns, kits, news and upcoming rug hooking events, a feature pattern, hooked rug ordering information, and information about hooked wall hangings, baskets, cushions, chair pads and more. Kits include hooking directions for beginners, all cut wool, a color photo of the finished rug, a pattern on Scottish burlap, and a rug hook.
Rug Workshops
This is the website of the Rug Hooking Guild of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. This site features information about past events and upcoming Workshops/Rug Schools. Information about the annual rug camp is also highlighted.
Rag Rugs by Louisa and Lewis Creed
Rag Rug making is a very personal experience for Louisa and Lewis Creed. This team eats, sleeps and dreams rag rugs. Click on LOUISA and read a fascinaint article about how she goes about designing and making one of her rag rug masterpieces. For Louisa there is virtually no difference between making a rag rug and painting a rag rug. For her, bits and pirces of rags and cloth are the same thing that paints are to a painter. And when you see her completed works of art you will agree that her rag rugs are as close as anyone's every likely to come to painting with rags. There is also a profile of Lewis Creed, who came to rag rug making later than he wife, Louisa, but who is already exhibiting his works in many venues. The many photos of the Creed's rag rugs are an inspiration to anyone who is thinking of starting this ancient craft.
Making a Crocheted Rag Rug
Learn how to make a crocheted rag rug. In this article, Crafter Sharon Lantham explains how to crochet strips of fabric into useful rugs using a single crochet stitch. Using chain stitches, slip stitches and single crochet stitches, a tutorial is offered. Learn how to tie the ends of material and weave rugs together.
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