The Rug Hook Book: Techniques, Projects And Patterns For This Easy, Traditional Craft

by Thom Boswell

“This book’s most outstanding feature is the section of colorful patterns for making one’s own hooked rugs....A gallery of exemplary hooked rugs by artists offers inspiration....Recommended.” — Library Journal . “Rug hookers of any level of experience will no doubt find something here that will inform and challenge them.”— McCall’s Needlework.

Genres: Crafts

144 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1992

Reviews

[Deborah · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the first book I bought when I became interested in rug hooking in the mid-1990s, and I still think it's one of the best introductions for anyone interested in the craft. This book contains a gallery of contemporary artists with gorgeous colour plates, an excellent section on techniques, a number of projects, and an appendix of patterns taken from the books of Kent, Kopp & Kopp, and McGown.