How To Make A Rug Hooking Frame Cozy

Attach the 2 front leg pieces together by using wood glue and a nail gun to attach the top front piece to the.

How to make a rug hooking frame cozy.

Keith the equipment and materials you ll need to make hooked rugs include wool strips a hand hook scissors and burlap. Attached the hook strips with air gun brad nails but can also be nailed down with tacks. Wrap a wool strip around you hook like this. Use pliers to pull the hooks out of the last 1 8 of each end of each hook strip.

Cut your wood to size. Applied the hook strips leaving the corners free for arms to rest there without being scratched. Keep the fabric taut on the bottom bar by repeating the process. 2 back legs that will be 8 inches long with one of the ends cut at a 10.

When you purchase my punch frame you will also receive a pattern so you can make a cozy for yourself. The cover allows me to transport the frame safely and easily. Use it to transport your rug project or as you are hooking to keep your arms and hands from the sharp grippers on the frame. I am very fond of the beaded blanket stitch so i use it often.

Clamp the fabric in place using clamps that can snap shut. A cozy is just what you need. From there you graduate to a bigger and better frames with stands that you can maneuver tilt and shift. Since i clearly wasn t going to be a full time hooker and didn t want to spend the 200 300 for a floor frame i thought it would be easy enough to make one.

The two clamps go on the sides of the top section. You sit with it on your lap and hook away. The legs both for the standing frame and the lap frame slip in and out so you can easily switch from the standing frame version to the lap frame. Ensure the hooks face outward.

I have applied a beaded blanket stitch on the edges of the cover. Because it protects my arms from the sharp strips. The rug hooking frame has sharp teeth to hold or grip the rug i am hooking. I like the look but it also gives some weight to the cover and helps it to.

A cozy designed for rug hooking or punch needle frames will make to size. The cozy just slips on over the edges of the frame. Center the underlying fabric on the top bar. Form a rectangle by repeating this process with the last section of pipe.

Made from fleece in several optional fabrics which is thicker and stronger than flannel and will not shrink when washed. Begin your rug project 6 inches past the end of the underlying fabric. And keeps everything protected.