I'll start with a rug I made by hand 2 years ago. I love this rug so much, mainly because I put so so so much work into it. Every piece of fabric is hooked through by hand. I'm going to take some tutorial pictures of how to do this, but as I'm home for christmas and all my stuff is back in Huddersfield I unfortunatley can't at the moment. The basic technique is that you get a rug tufting hook, you can buy them online for a few pound each. You then need to buy a piece of wide weft hessian and cut long strips of fabric, the width of the fabric can be whatever you desire! I've created smaller pieces with fabric about 3mm wide, however for a larger piece I'd reccomend using pieces about 2-3cm. You hold it under the hessian and push the hook through, grab the fabric, and pull through leaving a loop on top. It's best to draw your design onto the hessian first so you don't get confused! Anyway, I'll upload a photo tutorial soon.
Machine rug tufting.
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