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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
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Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
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 Posted - Sep 20 2006 : 8:12:03 PM
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have any of you gurlz heard of .. or done ... locker hooking?
True Friends, Frannie
CABIN CREEK FARM
KENTUCKY
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daffodil dreamer
True Blue Farmgirl
805 Posts
Jayne
Hamilton
Victoria
Australia
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Posted - Sep 20 2006 : 8:21:25 PM
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Frannie,
Never heard of it, but will be interested to find out what it could be. Something to do with rug making, maybe?
Best wishes,
Jayne |
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berries
True Blue Farmgirl
475 Posts
gloria g
Florida
USA
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Posted - Sep 20 2006 : 8:27:01 PM
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Yes Frannie, I have. I took a class about 4 or 5 months ago. It is fun, uses scrapes, and I made a size like a place mat, and my cat sleeps on it. I also purchased enough string and grid to do a throw rug. It is hard on your hands, but I love to crochet, and it uses a crochet like hook and you pull the fabric up through the grid like rug hooking but then run a string threw with the crochet hook which keeps the fabric from pulling back out. It looks nice. It's easy, and you don't have to count or think about what your doing.
fondly from a quilting farmgirl, gloria g. Richards, TX
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
8529 Posts |
Posted - Sep 20 2006 : 8:29:41 PM
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i did recently purchase the backing and yarn and needle ... am accumulating lots of 'homespuns' .. then i'll try my hand at it. i saw samples in a primitive FARMHOUSE shoppe and fell in love with it. have some very 'basic' instructions. gloria .. would love to see your projects.
jayne .. when i get back home .. i can take a photo of the kit and instructions to show you. don't see the supplies in the local 'crafts' stores yet though.
True Friends, Frannie
CABIN CREEK FARM
KENTUCKY
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
8529 Posts |
Posted - Sep 20 2006 : 8:33:18 PM
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http://www.geocities.com/lockerhooking/
i just 'googled' it .. and came up with the above web -site .. and more .. that explains locker-hooking! gonna' go read them all! xo
True Friends, Frannie
CABIN CREEK FARM
KENTUCKY
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sunshine
True Blue Farmgirl
4877 Posts
Wendy
Utah
USA
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daffodil dreamer
True Blue Farmgirl
805 Posts
Jayne
Hamilton
Victoria
Australia
805 Posts |
Posted - Sep 20 2006 : 8:51:00 PM
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Hi Gloria and Frannie,
I like to make rag rugs but had never seen this technique before. Looks easier and more 'solid' than latch hooking - if that makes sense?! Looks as though it would make really long lasting, hard wearing rugs.
Thanks,
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frannie
True Blue Farmgirl
2246 Posts
fran
bonham
texas
USA
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Posted - Sep 20 2006 : 9:38:40 PM
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i have done this as well, and i really like it.
i got all my supplies at a quilt shop in mckinney, texas.
so far i've only made a pillow for a wicker ottoman that i have. i like it cause im partial to scrap crafts and i used old silk ties and blouses to make the strips.
i'd really like my next project to be a primitive type picture of a cat or something like that but i didnt do that off the bat cause i didnt want to make something that had to look like something, that way if i made a mistake it wouldnt show, i thought.
i started out using cotton, but i switched to silk cause it was easier on my hands, and i also think i had cut the cotton too wide.
love
fran
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Bridge
True Blue Farmgirl
814 Posts
Bridgette
Southern
Indiana
USA
814 Posts |
Posted - Sep 21 2006 : 09:40:39 AM
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Here's a good easy to understand demo of locker hooking.
Locker Hooking Demo
I have been wanting to try this but........right now it's on the "LIST" :)
~~Bridge's Boutique~~
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Edited by - Bridge on Sep 21 2006 09:46:08 AM |
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abbasgurl
True Blue Farmgirl
1262 Posts
Rhonda
USA
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Posted - Sep 21 2006 : 8:56:41 PM
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Hahaha Bridge...I know the list you speak of! Perhaps I will be adding Locker Hooking. LOL
...and I will sing at the top of my lungs, and I will dance, even if I'm the only one! |
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newheart
True Blue Farmgirl
471 Posts
Margie
Owings Mills
Maryland
USA
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Posted - Sep 23 2006 : 04:57:57 AM
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Hi... I was at Walmart Friday to pick up knitting needles and found a book in the Clearance box for Locker Hooking for 7 bucks, oh well I'll buy it i thought..when I checked out the book was only 5 bucks and it is wonderful.....
Can not wait to get supplies to do this craft.... I am willing to share with anyone who wants to "borrow" the book....by snail mail...
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Sep 23 2006 : 05:52:39 AM
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thanks bridge .. those were good directions. i brought my kit with me .. but so far .. been too busy having fun with the babes .. that i haven't even opened it! xo
True Friends, Frannie
CABIN CREEK FARM
KENTUCKY
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