My finished rug is 18 5 x 27 started as 30 x 36.
How to make a rug latch hook.
This is what it looks like folded up.
Choose a size that is at least a few inches larger than you d like your finished rug to be.
Push your hook through a square.
Latch hooking is a simple weaving technique that involves using a special tool called a latch hook to knot short strands of yarn through a grid like fabric base.
Purchase a latch hooked rug.
Is this rug technique similar to latch hook.
Repeat on all for sides to bind the edges of the rug.
Blank latch hook rug canvas latch hook tool scissors photoshop or other photo editing program printer yarn needle or iron on fabric tape.
The hook will need to go under and through.
Latch hooking a rug is simple relaxing and fun.
There are many easy patterns and plenty of advanced patterns to choose from.
It couldn t be easier just loop a piece of yarn around the crook of the latch hook and thread the hooked end under one section of the canvas.
You ll find them folded like this in store in a variety of sizes.
If you are using photoshop go to filter.
It is kind of similar but there are two key differences.
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.
Choose a digital image that you want to make into a latch hooked rug then pixelate the image to the resolution that you want your rug to be.
One of those difference is that the cotton cording i used to create this diy rug isn t secured on it s own with a knot like latch hook is.
And the second key difference is that there are no special tools to use.