From the beautiful hand-knotted rugs of the Orient to the braided rugs made in log cabins from old clothing, hand-made rugs have been adding a personal and warm touch to our homes for centuries. Crafty Tips is excited to showcase these modern-day rug makers who share their craft by providing free rug making tips, techniques and patterns and offering their hand made rugs for sale.
As an added bonus, all the website owners have included their favorite rug making tips .
The Beaconsfield Hooking Crafters Guild is a non-profit organization, dedicated to promote rug hooking as a fiber art form. It is located in Beaconsfield, 20 minutes from downtown Montreal, Canada. The web site provides information about this rug hooking guide, a gallery of members' rugs, tips on rugmaking, events calendar and a photo album.
When hooking in a small area with a limited amount of space or when shading in a small area, remember this: if you zig-zag your loops, it will appear to have more colour and the next colours will fit between the previous loops and you will not get a striped look.