Prodding Rug Hooking

June 1 2012 at 3 49 am i finished a proddy rug this year using up some of the samples that come in the mail selvedge edges and wool that is too thin or thick to use in my hooked rugs.

Prodding rug hooking.

A new free rug hooking pattern is in the works. Information for latch hooking locker hooking prodding punch needle rug hooking and making smyrna and ghiordes knots using a latch hook. Using fabric glue apply all around the flower as close to the hooking prodding as possible. Proddy is a wonderfully simple old rug making technique.

This technique is perfect for creating beautiful three dimensional blossoms. How to use a spring hook if making a proddy picture mat thick wool fabric is perfect it gives your rug body and cutting your peices 2 long x 1 2 wide allows the peices to stand up firm keeping the picture in shape. This is the glue i use. Aleene s no sew fabric glue i found at jo ann fabrics.

Proddy is an old fashioned british variation of rug hooking using shaped pieces of wool fabric lifted up with a hook wool prod or prodding clasp. Happy to have inspired you to try prodding. Thanks for your comment. I did it in a.

For other designs you may prefer cutting the peices 3 long x 1 2 wide. If the material is thin as in cottons cut them 3 long x 1 wide. Using your rug hook pull one end of the strip through the fabric very close to your flower center. Hooking and prodding at rugmaking.