SEATTLE — Fiber Artist Andie Solar demonstrates the art of punch needle, an embroidery method in which an artist can create rugs, wall hanging, or cushion covers by threading loops of acrylic or ...

Punch needle rug hooking- sometimes described as "painting with wool"- is a versatile craft that began in the 1880s. Fast, easy, and fun, this traditional craft is enjoying new popularity with ...

“Traditional rug hooking is done with a crochet hook, so with a hook you pull up loops. That started in the 1830s. What we do is called punch needle rug hooking, and we punch down,” she explaine ...

The couple advertised the tool in a rug-hooking magazine, but most sales were through word of mouth. “I knew all the punchers, and there was only one other punch needle, so it was pretty easy ...

Crafters with an especially chill demeanour might opt for rug-hooking ... require a literal hook.) There's also something known as punch needle, so called for the tool you need to do it.

Paid workshops are planned both days. They include knitting, spinning, weaving, punch needle, rug hooking, wet felting, needle felting, kumihimo on a Maru Dai, Viking knitting and animal husbandry.

The three most popular rug-making methods are rag rugging (using strips of fabric), latch hooking (making with yarn), and punch needle (more for decoration purposes, but can be used for rug ...