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Hello!

My favorite part is to see you make the patterns uniquely you!

A LITTLE IMAGINATION
MAKES
ALL THE
DIFFERENCE

Art is therapy. It is proven.
Using your hands is good for the soul.

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All of my patterns are original hand drawn available on linen or rug warp.  Easily adapted to hooking, needle punch, and appliqué.

TRADITIONAL HAND HOOKED RUGS

HEIRLOOM.

I hand dye my wool, then wool is cut into strips and pulled through backing. Traditional folk art in every way

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DYED WOOL

SO EXCITED!

We are in the process of making wool available for you in our store.  Stay tuned!

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Primitive Rug Hooking

Rug hooking is both an art and a craft where rugs are made by pulling loops of yarn or fabric through a stiff woven base such as burlap, linen, or rug warp. The loops are pulled through the backing material by using a crochet-type hook mounted in a handle for leverage.

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Punch Needle

Punch needle is similar to rug hooking and entirely different. Picture a pen with a needle attached to the end. To use it, you thread the needle with your yarn or thread, then punch the needle end through your hooped fabric and pull up a loop of the fiber. It goes much faster than traditional embroidery, and you can mix and match different fibers, weights and stitch heights to create to-die-for textures and designs.  It’s a lot of fun and there are a ton of tutorial videos to help you get started. 

 

You may be thinking this sounds a lot like rug hooking, and while it’s definitely similar, it’s not quite the same. Punch needle punches the loops down into the work, whereas rug hooking uses a different tool to pull the loops up through the work. The two techniques actually form the same type of stitch, but the action is a bit different.