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Get hooked on yarn hooking
with this book that showcases an innovative method. Using
just Hessian and cones of carpet yarn, you can make all kinds
of fun and useful items from badges to rugs. Here’s
how…
First you need to obtain a special hooking frame, and if carpentry
is not your metier, I suggest a visit to the author’s
website. You can buy everything else here too, but most of
the items are easily obtainable elsewhere. The process is
not hard to learn, and the first part of the book takes you
through it all in staged photographs from transferring a design
to the hooking and finishing off. There are useful tips on
design and color use too.
The rest of the
book contains the fourteen projects, which range from the
small, simple badges through bags, pictures, cushions, a book
cover, two Christmas stockings and a rug. Each project contains
a large photograph of the item, list of what you need, including
a swatch of yarn colors, layout diagram and written instructions.
These do not have any photographs but they came earlier in
the book with the hooking instructions. Basic sewing skills
are required to make up the items; none are complex, but you
need to be able to do things like put in a zipper, work with
linings and backings, etc. All the projects are inspired by
the author’s love of the countryside and feature flora
and fauna in rustic, natural tones, although there are some
brighter items too. This is a lovely book that shows how you
can do a lot with just a few simple materials.
If you cannot find a good range of suitable materials locally
try www.searchpress.com for a list of suppliers.
Hooking frames, kits, yarn and other items available from
the author’s UK website www.hookedbydesign.co.uk/ (they
also ship to other countries, contact details on site)
Wide range of carpet yarns available at www.airedaleyarnsco.uk
(International customers too)
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