[Nfb-krafters-korner] Rug Hooking Book ...

Tue Sep 29 20:26:41 UTC 2009

Sounds interesting.  Keep us posted.  Do you have directions?  
Terry

-----Original Message-----
From: Carol Osmar [mailto:osmarc at sbcglobal.net] 
Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 4:19 PM
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Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Rug Hooking Book ...

Yes, The fabric forms a loop on the top of the rug.  A strand of heavy yarn runs through the loops to keep them in place.

Carol
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From: "Laurie Porter" <freespirit1 at tds.net>
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Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 7:54 AM
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> I'm curious. I used to do latch hook rugs and then once somone showed me a 
> hooked rug where the strands weren't tied in knots like with a latch hook, 
> the strands were closed loops. Is that the same?
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Annette Carr" <amcarr1 at verizon.net>
> To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" 
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> Sent: Monday, September 28, 2009 7:35 PM
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>> Many years ago I used to do rug hooking.  I would try to find kits that 
>> did
>> not have a lot of little sections of color.  I would start with one color
>> and have someone go through and mark the start of the color I was working
>> with by putting in one strand of that color at the start of that color on
>> that row or in that section, and mark the end of the run with 2 hooked
>> strands.  So if a row was made up of 5 strands of one color, then 5 
>> strands
>> of color 2, 5 strands of color 3, and this pattern repeated 3 times on 
>> that
>> row, then it would be set up as follows if I was working with color 2.
>>
>> 5 empty spaces, 1 strand of color 2, 2 empty spaces of color 2, 2 strands 
>> of
>> color 2, 10 empty spaces, 1 strand of color 2, 2 empty spaces of color 2, 
>> 2
>> strands of color 2, 10 empty spaces, 1 strand of color 2, 2 empty spaces 
>> of
>> color 2, 2 strands of color 2, 5 empty spaces.
>>
>> I would then fill in color 2 in the empty spaces.
>>
>> I hope this makes sense.  I can't say that this was the best way to
>> accomplish this, and it required that you have someone around who was
>> willing to work with you to set up the beginnings and ends of the color
>> runs.
>>
>> I've used a technique for making my own designs by marking off sections 
>> with
>> masking tape, or weaving thin yarn through the canvas to outline the 
>> design
>> I wanted to make.
>>
>> Annette
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>> [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of qubit
>> Sent: Monday, September 28, 2009 9:40 AM
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>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Rug Hooking Book ...
>>
>> Way back in high school I hooked a butterfly pillow for my mom. We still
>> have it somewhere.  They are very durable.
>> But it is hard for a low vision person to see the pattern.  A bird on a
>> branch sounds like a very pretty pattern.  My butterfly was kind of 
>> pretty
>> (blues and greens), but not as bright as a bird.  I modified the pattern 
>> a
>> little bit and put little butterflies around the central large butterfly,
>> extending the size of the pillow a bit. It turned out nice, but took a 
>> while
>> to make.  When I was that age I never liked following a pattern 
>> exactly --  I
>> would get the general idea, possibly following it if it was good, but 
>> always
>> felt a need to make the design my own by adding embellishments.
>> Anyway, happy krafting.
>> --le
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Powers, Terry (NIH/OD/DEAS) [E]" <Terry.Powers at nih.gov>
>> To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" 
>> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Monday, September 28, 2009 7:08 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Rug Hooking Book ...
>>
>>
>> I wonder if this is about latch hooking?  I did one long ago.  They come 
>> in
>> kits and are not very accessable for blind people.  This was a picture of 
>> a
>> bird on a branch.  My mom outlined with the yarn stitches of the color 
>> and I
>>
>> filled it in.  A majority of it was white background.  I tried holding 
>> the
>> canvis against a white pillow case and even that did not help much.
>> Terry
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Carol Osmar [mailto:osmarc at sbcglobal.net]
>> Sent: Sunday, September 27, 2009 9:02 PM
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>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Rug Hooking Book ...
>>
>> Eileen, I am always interested in the new crafting books you find.
>>
>> Carol
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Eileen Scrivani" <etscrivani at verizon.net>
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>> Sent: Sunday, September 27, 2009 1:14 PM
>> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Rug Hooking Book ...
>>
>>
>>> Hope you don't mind, but here is one other book I thought might be of
>>> interest to some on rug hooking.  This one is in DtB format:
>>>
>>> Author:        Lovelady, Donna.
>>> Title:         Rug hooking for the first time [sound recording]
>>>                  / Donna Lovelady.
>>> Published:     Washington, D.C. : National Library Service for
>>>                  the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of
>>> Congress,
>>>                  2006. (APH, recording studio).
>>> Book Number:   DB58033
>>>
>>> Eileen
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