Customer Reviews

The Complete Book of Rug Hooking

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When I was a beginning hooker, I borrowed this book from our local library. It was so good, and helpful, that I did not want to return it. Especially helpful then (and now) was the leaves & flowers section and finishing the rug. I have purchased the book and refer to it often!

I personally found this book to be a big disappointment. The designs were extremely old fashioned and not very exciting. The details on dying fabrics were the only things worth while. If you are looking for a fantastic book on this subject look at "The Rug Hook Book" by Thom Boswell, it covers it all from where to get supplies, choosing fabrics (with lots of ideas for adding fun and unusual materials for texture and color), great patterns from traditional to modern. I just can't say enough. If you only buy one book.....this should be the one!!!

This book gives very detailed instructions on dyeing. It covers jar dyeing, casserole dyeing, spot dyeing and gradation dyeing. There are also instructions on shading flowers, leaves and animal eyes. Order it before it goes out of print!

If you are a serious, traditional rug hooker, or want to be, this is the book for you. Joan Moshimer was trained in the Perl McGowen style of hooking, but went out on her own with a bit more wimsey. This covers it all, including dying intructions.

As a beginner I found this book very helpful. It should be in any rug hookers library.

This book is a great addition to a rug hookers book collection and especially for the new hooker :-) It gives detailed instruction on how to hook along with some history of the art, a section on how to tranfer patterns to your backing and dying lessons. It is a good all around hooking book.
She also has a picture gallery of rugs.

In rug hooking nothing is "old fashion"--Just diffrent taste. Once You learn the basics the sky is your limit.

Buk look out --like M&M's you may not be able to stop with one book--or with one rug--

Ifd you want to learn how to hook rugs than this is your book. Details and descriptions are helpful. Rughooking is not hard but this book helps you get a jump start.

I bought this product as part of a birthday present for my wife. It was delivered in good shape and on time. She is very pleased with it and is teaching herself to hook rugs. Actually I found the chapter on the history of rug hooking interesting myself.