[NFB-Krafters-Korner] How to use the latch hook

[englishrider91 at gmail.com]

Hi, Dixie,


Thank you so much for your thorough instructions. Unfortunately, I'm not understanding most of them. I get how to rap the yarn around the neck of the hook and how to insert the hook into the canvas, but I'm just not getting the rest of it. Lol go figure. So, when you say to bring the yarn up to the hook part of the latchhook, are you moving the part of the yarn that's against the back of the hook, too, or is that staying still? And what exactly are you doing with the two upward-facing strands of yarn in terms of getting them into the hook?  Lol honestly, other than the first two steps, I'm  confused. :) My appologies.


Thanks,
Ari

> On Aug 14, 2023, at 11:18 AM, Dixie via NFB-Krafters-Korner <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> If you look at your Latch hook tool as having 4 parts, it has the handle,
> then the  neck,  and then at the tip there is the hook with the latch.
> 
> Step 1: Fold the piece of yarn in half around the neck of the tool.  Do this
> so the 2 ends are up and the yarn goes around the bottom or back side of the
> tool.
> 
> Step 2: Insert the hook end into one space and under a bar, and back up in
> the next space of the grid of your canvas.
> 
> Step 3: Pull the 2 ends of your yarn towards the hook end of your tool.
> 
> Step 4: Bring the hook end up and around the 2 yarn ends and then close the
> latch so the 2 strands are enclosed inside the hook and latch.
> 
> Step 5: Pull the latch hook back out of the canvas grid, bringing the two
> ends of the yarn with the hook.  This will bring those 2 ends under the bar
> of the canvas and up inside the loop of yarn you have on the back of the
> neck of the tool.
> 
> Step 6: Continue pulling until the hook is disengaged from the yarn and then
> snug up the yarn by pulling those 2 ends up and away from the canvas so the
> loop tightens around the base of those 2 strands.
> 
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> You want to start your work on the side of the canvas farthest from you and
> work row by row towards the side of the canvas closest to you.  Pushing your
> finished yarn ends towards the far side of the canvas.  Then after the whole
> project is done you can then fluff them back up so they stand up straight.
> 
>  This way all your loops will lie nicely on top of the row before them.
> 
> 
> 
> Dixie
> 
> @-> + <-@
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