Woolley Fox American Folk Art Rug Hooking: 18 American Folk Art Projects with Rug Hooking Basics, Tips & Techniques

by Barbara Carroll

Book Overview

Learn everything you need to know to successfully complete 18 authentic American folk art projects. Woolley Fox American Folk Art Rug Hooking is divided into three sections that provide you with inspiration, how-to basics, and projects with patterns. Part I invites you to the Woolley Fox, where rug hooking enthusiasts from around the world attend workshops. Part II details the rug hooking basics with step-by-step instructions and photographs...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1890621927
• ISBN13: 9781890621926
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: Landauer (IA)
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.9" x 10.9"

Customer Reviews

Wooly Fox American Rug Hooking

Barbara Carroll writes a great book on rug hooking....Easy to read especially for a new hooker

This book is a MUST HAVE for primitive rug hookers

The patterns and photos in this book are superb! This is one of the best rug hooking books I've ever had. The patterns are plentiful and EXCELLENT. I highly recommend this book to primitive rug hookers -- and to just anyone who loves folk art. This book is a wonderful treasure to peruse over and over again. It became my favorite book in my rug hooking library the minute I got my hands on it.

A welcome and enthusiastically recommended addition

Woolley Fox American Folk Art Rug Hooking by expert needlecrafter and rug hooker Barbara Carroll is divided into three major sections, Part I tours the Wooley Fox guesthouses and classroom, Barbara's wool collection, and introduces the reader to the art of rug hooking. Part II provides rug hooking basics, step-by-step instructions, including how to work with wool, dyeing wool, cutting wool, tools, hooking the wool, transferring the pattern, as well as adding backing, borders, and finishing. Part II offers eighteen patterns along with complete "how to" instructions inspired by leading American folk artists Warren Kimble and Carol Endres. Beautifully and profusely illustrated throughout, Barbara Carroll's Woolley Fox American Folk Art Rug Hooking is a welcome and enthusiastically recommended addition to any personal, academic, professional, or community library needlecraft instructional reference collection.

Hooking fun!

I just love this book! It starts with the basics of how to hook a rug, but then it also has some great patterns and instructions for projects. Each project has a level of difficulty assigned and there are several designs by Warren Kimble and Carol Endres! Excellent!