Locker Rug Hooking - Scrappy Rug
The history of locker rug hooking is vague but appears to have debuted about the early 1900's in England. Then again it is also referred to as Austrialian Locker Hooking. Another source states it was developed in America. Who knows? I can tell you that it is very enjoyable and mindless work to create your own scrappy locker hook rug. Join us as we continue this tradition a century later. It is fun and I think you will love it just as I do. You can be mentally exhausted after a hard day's work and still accomplish something as you sit in front of the tv mindlessly working on a scrappy rug. It is easy - there is no counting - there is no 1/4" seam, no chopping off points. You can get the colors you want - USE UP MILES OF LEFTOVER, OUTDATED or even UGLY fabric and it will look great! And it is machine washable since the technique uses a cotton yarn to lock the stitches in place.
REQUIRED SUPPLIES: (all of these items are included in the kit):
Locker Hook Tool
Locker Thread - cotton yarn
Gridded Rug Canvas
Blunt end large eyed tapestry needle - size 13 to 16
Book: The Happy Rug Hooker 3 - by Cindy Murray
ALSO BRING TO CLASS:
Scissors - a large pair for cutting canvas (not your good fabric scissors)
and a small sharp pair for trimming fabric and yarn
Fabric strips - please rotary cut your fabric BEFORE class (not for the entire rug, just your outer border fabric)
1. Choose machine washable fabrics
2. Rotary cut your strips selvage to selvage (or lenghwise if you have a lot of yardage)
3. Choose the COLOR of the OUTER BORDER FIRST - we acutally start the rug on the outside and work in. If you want something similar to the samples, you will need about 3 yards of border fabric. AND for the border (only) is is helpful to choose a fabric that has the same color on BOTH sides of the fabric (woven) - not whitish on the wrong side.(Check out our sale fabric section at The Olde Green Cupboard for quality and savings.) Now, after the border is done it is just fine to use regular printed quilter's cotton that has a whitish wrong side. We just want a good saturated color on the border. After that almost anything goes..
These cutting guidelines work best - Cut fabric strips:
Cotton/Batiks - 1 1/4"
Homespun (woven) brushed/flannel - 1"
Denim 3/4"