How to Create a Latch Hook Kit

Latch hook is rug making using a hook to make a looped pile from yarn or fabric on an even-weave base fabric. For a beginner, the best way to try latch hook is to purchase a kit. If you have a little experience, then you can design your own kit.

Difficulty:

Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need

• 3.3 Mesh Polyester Cotton Canvas
• Latch Hook Patterns
• Latch Hook Frames
• Latch Hook Kits
• Latch Hooks
• Rug Binding Tapes
• Rug Fringe Yarns
• Wicker Baskets
• Wool Or Acrylic Rug Yarns
• Magni-viewers
• Scissors

1. Choose a pattern.

2. Enlarge it to the size of rug needed. If you are enlarging the pattern with a copy machine, watch that the design does not become distorted.

3. Decide on and purchase wool or acrylic rug yarn to complete the project. A good pattern will tell you how many yards of yarn you need.

4. Include tools if they're not on hand: latch hook, binding tape, scissors and 3.3-square-per-inch mesh polyester/cotton canvas.

5. Add the little extras. A latch hook frame is for the person "hooked" on rug making. A magnifier helps keep eyes from getting tired.

6. Consider specialized and various-size hooks and fringe yarn as well.

7. Present the kit, if it is a gift, in a pretty basket.