EARTH
GUILD
33 Haywood Street
Asheville NC 28801
1-800-327-8448
828-255-7818
fax: 828-255-8593
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RUGMAKING:
Punching & Hooking
Punching, Hooking: a word about the difference. Both techniques produce
the same finished rug surface. Punching (or tufting) punches loops down
into a canvas backing. Hooking pulls loops up through the backing. Punch
from the back, hook from the front. Either way, the yarn is continuous,
so the pile is composed of loops.
LATEX RUG BACKING (Mold Builder is the same stuff)
Paint on rug back to hold loops or tufts in place, and to make a skid-proof
surface. One pint (16 oz) will cover approximately 15 square feet of rug.
RUG HOOKING TOOL
One has a wooden handle, one a softer sponge handle.
LATCH HOOK TOOL
Latch Hooking produces a cut-piled surface on a woven backing, using separate
pre-cut lengths of yarn, knotted into the mesh of the backing — the resulting
pile is made of little tufts, with cut ends, rather than loops. Our latch
hook has a wooden handle, 7" long.
LOCKER HOOK TOOL
Locker Hooking is a less well-known technique from Australia. Uses a special
hook to make a series of loops that are then locked in placed by a strand
on the surface of the backing. Can be done with unspun fiber, yarn, rags.
See the book "Australian Locker Hooking", with the Rug Making
Books. Our looker hook is nickel-plated.
BACKINGS & BINDINGS
CANVAS FOR LATCH & LOCKER HOOKING Cotton-poly, 60" wide, 3.3
holes per inch.
MONKS CLOTH All cotton, 60" wide. 13 doubled threads per inch. For
hooked or punched pieces.
PRIMITIVE BURLAP BACKING All jute, 48" wide, natural color. For hooked
or punched pieces.
SCOTCH BURLAP All jute, 60" wide, fine quality. For hooked or punched
pieces.
1¼" COTTON TWILL RUG BINDING White, Beige, Brown or Black.
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