The Happy Hooker

by: Barb

This is a project that I've been working on for a couple of weeks. It's a locker hook rug. This is the first one I made a few years ago for a bathroom that is no longer pink toile'. I'm using it under my sewing machine.


I love the scrappy look of these rugs. Instead of yarn, you use 1 1/4 cut strips of fabric on a standard rug canvas with a locker hook, which is like a crochet hook with a eye to thread the fabric.

It's tough to work with the stiff canvas. You prepare it by ironing back the first 4 rows. These means in the corner you have to go through 4 holes at once....

The fabric motif doesn't matter as much as the overall color. It's a great way to use up fabric that we're not so in love with anymore.


After the first 4 tough rows, it goes along nicely. The longer you work the canvas, the softer it becomes.

Here is how it looks so far. I am making this odd size for a custom fit in my house, which I'll share when it's completed.

Two things I love about fall (besides all the new fall tv shows).
Tomorrow I'm off for my 3rd and last fun Saturday of September. I'm going to an Antique Quilt Study Day. I don't think I'll be able to take photos, but I'll let you know how it was next week.

Happy Friday!