A craft richly steeped in history and tradition, punch needle is changing the global craft landscape so quickly, it’s hard to miss. Whereas some crafts take much time and expertise to master, you can pick up a punch needle and complete a project in less than an hour, with no prior skill needed. It requires just one easy-to-use tool, a background fabric, an embroidery hoop or frame, and yarn. Punched pieces make excellent wall hangings, pillows, ornaments, stool covers, chair cushions, purses/pou...
Using a large crochet hook and strips of fabric, you can make dozens of beautiful and useful rugs for all over your home.
Artists need to find outlets to express their skills. From sketch artists to sculptors to rug hookers, these skilled folks use their skills to create beautiful works of art. The challenge lies in finding the proper medium in which to express their skills. Tamara Pavich's Designed by You: Ideas and Inspiration for Rug Hookers is a guide for navigating visual creativity. Presenting thirty-six design ideas, ranging from simple to complex, Pavich shows artists where they can find inspiration for the...
Rug Hookers will rejoice at this latest sampling from Rug Hooking magazine, Hooked Carpetbags, Handbags & Totes: 13 Great Designs from the Experts. Enthusiasts will have the opportunity to stretch their creativity by taking their rug hooking skills to the next level and creating classy and fashionable handmade bags. Handbags and purses, totes and clutches, carpetbags and market bags - we all love them. And we can always use another one, especially if it is hooked! The projects in this book are c...
Grab your hook, some linen, and your stash of wool and get ready for some fun! This collection of hooking projects is sure to delight. With a nod to the seasons of the year, in these pages are patterns for rugs, mats, wall hangings, and more. Hook these projects as they are presented here or add your own twists and embellishments. A strawberry basket rug, two very different owl wall hangings, a wisteria plum, and also included are some rug hookers' favourites; a sheep, a snowman, and roosters. U...
The growing field of rug hooking offers styles for every taste, and a favourite among hookers is the antique-looking primitive rug. One of the great voices in primitive rug hooking, Cynthia Norwood shares her knowledge based on 35 years of experience, study, and design success, and makes primitive rugs accessible today in Primitive Hooked Rugs for the 21st Century. In Primitive Hooked Rugs for the 21st Century, Cynthia delves into what makes a good primitive rug, including the basic techniques,...
Many crafters express their frustration at the paint-by-numbers approach of hooked rug kits and project books, and are looking for a more creative approach. This book answers the need for guided design that leaves space for your own creativity. The Contemporary Rug Designer will turn any novice into a hooked rug artist - as well as starter projects teaching basic techniques, there's instruction on working a colourful range of different elements that you can build into new designs to create your...
Flowers Underfoot (Metropolitan Museum of Art (Hardcover))
by Daniel Walker
The catalogue of an exhibition of forty-two pile-woven carpets focuses also on the Mughal era and technical characteristics of the carpets.
Sakiori is an approach to rag weaving used by Japanese peasants to cope with the scarcity of new cloth for clothing and household textiles. In modern times, there is instead an overabundance of cloth filling up thrift stores and being discarded. Weavers can use this source of “rags” to make useful and surprising new cloth. Depending on the fabric used, results can be rugged and utilitarian (like cotton rugs) or fashionable and delicate (like silk scarves). The book begins with an overview of...
A Foreshadowing of 21st Century Art : The Color and Geometry of Very Early Turkish Carpets
by Christopher Alexander
Christopher Alexander owns one of the finest collections of early Turkish carpets in the world outside the Istanbul Museums. In this lavishly illustrated book, which coincided with a major exhibition of his collection at the San Francisco Museum of Fine Arts, Alexander discusses the provenance of each carpet and elaborates his theory that these carpets teach structure to artists and architects through the beauty of their form.
