Rug Hooking Frame

Choosing a Rug Hooking Frame

Choosing a Rug Hooking Frame

rug hooking frame

Choosing a rug hooking frame may be challenging if you are new to the craft.

Once you have all of your assorted fabric pieces, as well as an idea of what you would like to do with those fabric pieces, it is important to search for your frames.

These frames are absolutely essential when it comes to hooking the personally crafted rug that you want to make.

In the beginning stages of rug hooking, your goal should be to get familiar with the craft and the supplies that are used to create the rugs. At this point, a standard rug hooking frame is appropriate.

It is best to purchase a frame that allows you to secure the fabric that you are using to create the wood.

These often have small pieces of wood that hold the material in place. It is also important to select a frame that is highly durable.

In some instances, you will be placing a lot of pressure on the frame when hooking. At all costs, it is important to avoid purchasing cheaply made frames.

If you want to start in hooking your own rugs, it is absolutely essential that you know what to look for when purchasing a rug hooking frame.

Here's Rug Hooking Frame Selections:

Floor Standing Rug Hooking Frame - 17"X30"X45"...

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Today's Discussion

Ways to finish a latch hook project?
I have a nice 20x20in latch hook with a lot of history behind it, i finally finished it around christmas time, and i would like to frame it some way so i can leave it in a music hall i rehearse in. I don't wanna do a pillow or rug because i know it will get all dusty, i was also thinking maybe i could put it in a shadow box, then people could sign it, but i don't know of any shadow boxes big enough. Any other tips or ideas? Thanks

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Treece
Take it to a Michael's Arts and Crafts store or and Aaron Brothers store and tell them what you would like to do and they might be able to do something custom for you... maybe a bit pricey though... or they both have 'shadowbox" type frames in all shapes and sizes you might find an off the shelf size that will work for what you want.

Allison
Michaels and JoAnns both do custom framing. Although it can get expensive they usually have 50-60% off coupons in their ads. Although it may be expensive initially, if this is something that you really treasure, you might be happier with getting it done the way you want the first time.

Miz T
You could put it on a stretcher frame and then "float" the stretcher frame inside a deep frame. If you had the deep frame made of stock lumber, say 1 by 4s cut 22 inches long, with mitered corners glued and nailed together and reinforced with corner braces, and then painted black, suspending the latch-hook project on a stretcher frame inside it, it would be a really impressive piece of art for very little money. You can bind the edges with rug binding and secure it to the back. Then use a piece of wide binding or even a piece of unbleached muslin to make a sleeve at the top and at the bottom. Insert a dowel rod or a 1" wooden curtain rod in each sleeve and suspend the hanging from the top rod (with or without finials, your choice).



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