Latch hook rugs process results in a looped pile fabric, tapestry or a carpet. The hook, that is used to latch hook rugs, has much in common with a crochet hook. Often it is inserted into a wooden or plastic handle. The handle is used to pull narrow laces of a fabric from the back up to the front of the item that is being created.
The laces from loops look like ribbons when you latch hook rugs. Usually woolen fabric is used in traditional rug hooking, though in some geographic areas woolen yarn is used instead. The fabric strips are dragged through a backing, usually burlap, on which an ornament or an image has been depicted.
There are a variety of different styles of rugs hooking. The result of some is finely shaded, realistic flowers, fruits and scrolls, which were so popular in the middle of the twentieth century. Other styles present somewhat simpler, folk-art style, associated with country decor.
Latch hook rugs techniques vary in material manipulations and artistic vision of a craftsman. |
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