Hooked Rugs

Supplies: 

• Monk's cloth, rug warp or rug linen or similarly loosely woven fabric to serve as a backing; 
• rug hook; 
• felted wool strips or other fabric that does not readily fray;
• frame to hold the fabric (like a large embroidery hoop or quilter's frame)
• scissors, rotary cutter, straight edge

There are numerous outlets that sell precut wool strips. There are also cutters designed for cutting consistent width strips.

It is all more expense that I care to invest in. 

I made a simple frame of scraps with adhesive velcro to secure my fabric and cut strips of wool and silk using the rotary scissors. I got started by watching Gene Shephard's video:  How to Hook Rugs

My first carpet is all wool, mostly felted wool that was purchased as well as a re-purposed shawl from Nepal and remnants of a Scottish kilt.

Hooked rug, wool