Friday, September 8, 2017

Locker Hooking: A New/Old Way to Make A Rug from Ami Simms

My friend Ami Simms is always coming up with clever things.

Like locker hooking, a rug-hooking (really a strip-covering) variation which lets you make beautiful rugs from recycled clothes. (She prefers shirts, but you could use about anything, provided it wasn't too heavy or stretchy.) That's how she made this rug:



Here's her blogpost on the subject. Complete with materials and tools needed. Several video tutorials, from start to finish.

She's got a channel on Youtube of her own, including this quick (and fascinating) take on 'crumb' quilts:



I always seem to learn something new from her.

You go, girl!



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