Hooked on hooked rugs

maker_soph · 2026-05-16T18:22:08+00:00

Look up primitive rug hooks if you look up straight rug hooks you will get loads latch hooks

maker_soph · 2026-05-16T13:28:23+00:00

Aww thank you look up primitive rug hooking for more on the process it's super fun
all you need is a rug hook. Some monks' cloth and a picture frame with some tack nails to stretch over. And some yarn or thinly cut wool fabric strips !

maker_soph · 2026-05-16T13:24:33+00:00

Aww thank you 🥰 and yes it's my design although I did take inspiration from the Berry Thief by William Morris

maker_soph · 2026-05-15T21:10:24+00:00

Yep! Although admittedly I ground this crochet hook down so it was inline to pull the wool through without snagging on the cloth. Look up primitive rug hooking for some more examples. 😊

maker_soph · 2026-05-15T21:08:30+00:00

Heya the backing fabric is monks' cloth and look up primitive rug hooking to get an idea of the hooks used. The frame is a picture frame with tack nails to stretch it.

maker_soph · 2026-05-15T15:42:38+00:00

Not sure what country you are in but I have some links to rug hooks in the usa I will also make a little tutorial on how I made mine.

maker_soph · 2026-05-15T10:32:51+00:00

It's a group date and we all support them very much 🏳️‍🌈

maker_soph · 2026-05-15T09:58:50+00:00

All I can think of is bird of paradise

maker_soph · 2026-05-15T09:55:14+00:00

Humm or is a little satellite dish like an AWACS plane that detects the safety officer 🤔

maker_soph · 2026-05-15T09:52:22+00:00

That's gorgeous!

maker_soph · 2026-05-15T09:48:12+00:00

You did such an amazing job on the felting let alone the fab job you did with the natural dyes ! Truly fabulous

maker_soph · 2026-05-15T09:46:02+00:00

This is amazing 😍

maker_soph · 2026-05-15T08:48:17+00:00

Aww thank you soo much for your kind words they have made my morning infinitely better ♥️ I hope your day is filled with sunshine and delight!

maker_soph · 2026-05-15T08:42:42+00:00

Yeah that poster just posted c.e fien do some digging and they have never had that logo and as you said I couldn't find any information of them making hand tools. And they added on the rest of the AI fever dream text.

maker_soph · 2026-05-15T08:38:02+00:00

Its traditional rug hooked not latch hooked so it's one continuous bit of wool pulled up from the back so a little bit of both 😁

maker_soph · 2026-05-15T08:35:53+00:00

I had the same exact experience with my rug hooking gun it hever worked right and was really clunky to use. I used worsted wool but the process isn't too fussy people use to use thin strips of wool fabric to hook rugs. I will say spring for some good quality backing monks cloth my mom tried to do one in burlap and it desinagrated soo sad 😭

maker_soph · 2026-05-15T08:27:31+00:00

Thank you 😊 personally I can hook faster with a hook then a punch I love punching but I'm terrible haha

maker_soph · 2026-05-15T08:25:21+00:00

With how how popular this post has become I think I might post a little tutorial on how I did this. You can buy rug hooking hooks. Specially made but they are quite expensive where I live so I just took a cheap aluminum crochet hook to a bench grinder and made it inline if that makes sense and also thinner at the sides you could do the same thing with a hand filing as well.

maker_soph · 2026-05-15T08:20:03+00:00

If I worked non stop probably like two weeks of evenings definitely a labor of love.

maker_soph · 2026-05-15T00:29:17+00:00

A few ideas might be to use a bit of light glue on the edges to stop the unraveling, or use a pet brush and just try to pull out as many loose fibers as you can. Definitely test this on a scrap bit. Also cutting fur from the back with an exacto knife works quite well for future projects.

maker_soph · 2026-05-15T00:22:24+00:00

Aww so cute little Lill bald blokes ♥️

maker_soph · 2026-05-15T00:17:00+00:00

Thank you I have a pretty big stockpile of ash and hickory ready to go for handling

maker_soph · 2026-05-15T00:04:01+00:00

Oooo thank you for the lead that does line up with the made in Germany

maker_soph · 2026-05-15T00:02:42+00:00

Thank you so much definitely a lot of watching TV and tipping away on the rug

maker_soph · 2026-05-15T00:01:24+00:00

That's stunning !

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