How to Sew a Latch Hook Dart

Latch hooking involves plastic or woven canvases, short pieces of yarn in assorted colors and the latch hook. A typical latch hook resembles a crochet hook, but it has an additional latch or flap which covers the hooked area. This enables you to control the short piece of yarn when threading it through the canvas.

Many kits are available that contain all of the necessary yarns, the latch hook and designed canvas. Rugs and pillows are typical projects. You can also latch hook 3-D items, such as animals. The latch hook dart may be required in constructing the 3-D item, as a dart enables you to manipulate the fabric or canvas into curved or shaped forms. Traditionally, a dart is marked in a wedge shape on the pattern with a broken line dividing it in half from tip to the wide area of the wedge.

Difficulty: Moderately Challenging

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Latch hook kit
• Canvas
• Yarns
• Latch hook
• Scissors
• Needle with large eye
• Sewing thread
• Marker

1. Locate the area where dart is marked on the canvas. Mark a line from the tip of the dart to the widest part of the wedge marking

2. Cut from the widest part of the tart to the tip, using scissors. Double thread the needle and knot at the thread at the end.

3. Match the markings of dart---wrong sides together. Stitch along stitching line of the dart. Turn inside out. You will now have dimension to the latch hook canvas/cloth.

4. Proceed with the process of hooking the thread through the canvas. Repeat for any others indicated darts on the canvas.

References

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