The projects are made with fabric and fibers with these two different crafts.
Make your own latch hook rug pattern.
The excess canvas can be folded under the rug and stitched down or secured by iron on fabric tape.
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The craft kits you may remember from childhood have given way to a more sophisticated art form.
Simply upload a jpg file then choose your project size and number of colors to see what it would look like as a latch hook project.
Oct 7 2014 crafters make pillows rugs afghans wall hangings bags and stuffed animals with rug hooking and locker hook techniques.
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The hook will need to go under and through.
Blank latch hook canvas latch hook yarn you can buy pre cut latch hook yarn but to save money i cut mine by hand 2.
Latch hook rugs aren t just for kids anymore.
If you don t want to wait for a pricey digital transfer onto latch hook cloth create your own pattern the old fashioned way.
Use the browse button to choose a file then choose send file to see all of the options and create your free latch hook project.
When you have your pattern all latch hooked onto your canvas you can cut the rest of the canvas off around your latch hooking leaving about a 2 inch margin.
Repeat on all for sides to bind the edges of the rug.
Fold an edge over one or two times and whipstitch around the edge until secure.
Push your hook through a square.
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