Prodding Rug Hooking

Proddy is a wonderfully simple old rug making technique.

Prodding rug hooking.

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. Thanks for your comment. Hooking and prodding at rugmaking.

If the material is thin as in cottons cut them 3 long x 1 wide. A new free rug hooking pattern is in the works. 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. 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.

For other designs you may prefer cutting the peices 3 long x 1 2 wide. I did it in a. Information for latch hooking locker hooking prodding punch needle rug hooking and making smyrna and ghiordes knots using a latch hook. Happy to have inspired you to try prodding.

Aleene s no sew fabric glue i found at jo ann fabrics. Using your rug hook pull one end of the strip through the fabric very close to your flower center. Rugs are created from scraps of wool or other fabrics by simply poking or prodding through a loosely woven linen or other backing. Iloverughooking carries all supplies needed for creating beautiful prodded rugs.