Latch Hook Rugs
Latch hook rugs process allows to create a looped pile fabric, tapestry or rug. The hook, that is used when you latch hook rugs, has much in common with a crochet hook. Often it is inserted into a wooden handle. This handle is used to pull laces of narrowly cut fabric from the back up to the front of the item that is being created.
The strips from loops look like ribbon when you latch hook rugs. Usually woolen fabric is used in traditional rug hooking, though in some geographic areas the use of woolen yarn was common. The fabric strips are pulled through a backing, usually burlap, on which an ornament or an image has been depicted.
There are a huge variety of different styles of rugs hooking. The result of some is finely shaded, realistic fruits, flowers, and scrolls, which were so popular in the middle of the 20th century. Other styles present more primitive, folk-art style, associated with country decor.
Latch hook rugs techniques differ by material manipulations and artistic vision of a craftsman.