Can you latch hook with fabric

This extra functions a lot like a seam allowance when it comes to finishing your project. Start hooking! To form a latch hook knot, fold a piece of cut yarn in half around your latch hook tool, just below the latch mechanism. Insert the tip of your latch hook tool from front to back to front under one of the horizontal bars of your rug canvas. Wrap the tail ends of your yarn around the hook as shown above — in between the latch mechanism of your tool and under the hook part of the tool itself.

Pull the hook tool back under the horizontal bar of rug canvas. The latch mechanism will close by itself around the tail ends of your yarn, and the hook will guide the tails back under the horizontal bar as well as through the folded end of yarn. To tighten the knot, pull gently on the ends. This is what several finished knots look like in an in-progress latch hooking project:. You can get creative and incorporate fun designs, color changes, varying thicknesses of yarn, varying lengths of yarn, different fibers, and more in your latch hook projects.

Creatively combining different fiber combinations and pile heights results in really beautiful and interesting finished latch hook projects. You can see from looking at the back of my project here that I played with primary colors, stripes, and a few different yarns. Hi Heidi.

I loved latch hook as a kid and am so thrilled it is coming back as a yarn craft. This is so awesome. Thanks for sharing all the clear DIY tutorial. Hi Heidi I found your tutorial really helpful. I cant seem to find and helpful tips on this. If you look at my latch hook finishing tutorial , you can use the whip stitch demonstrated to hold two piece of canvas together flat and sew them that way.

Hopefully this gives you some direction to start with! Feel free to reply here or email me at heidi-at-handsoccupied-dot-com with other ideas or questions! Hi there, this tutorial is very helpful! I wonder what kind of yarn how thick are the best for latch hook? I bought some rug wool but they are too thin for the canvas… Thank you so much!

Thanks for the kind words. You can get rug canvas in smaller more squares per inch or larger fewer squares per inch sizes. Much like you pair knitting needles or crochet hooks with appropriately-sized yarn, latch hook is like a less intense version of that. At the end of the day with most latch hook projects most often using a 4 or 5-mesh rug canvas worsted weight yarn will work great!

Hope this helps, and thanks for reaching out! Hi I recently found one ounce little packages of precut virgin wool rug yarn in different colors that I had bought about 40 years ago on a close out sale. Either way, thanks for your time. Do I need to remove the color from the sheets before I dye them bright colors? Please advise. I would recommend starting with white sheets. If you dye colored sheets, the colors will mix… that is, if you use red dye on a blue sheet, it will turn out purplish.

I am making mine now. The beginning edge is curling does it flatten out or am I doing something wrong. Rit fabric dye. Made By Marzipan may have received product or payment for this post. Posts may contain affiliate links. Show it off! Tracy says. Angela says. Melissa says. Lindsay says. XxTuffy15xX2 says.

Sarenda says. Angie says. The thick cotton shirts make for thick strips that are harder to pull through the mesh canvas. I recommend going for large t-shirts that are thin and soft cotton jersey fabric that will be much easier to latch-hook.

Count the number of squares in the mesh canvas on two adjacent sides. Multiply those two numbers. This equals the total amount of squares.

Divide that number in half to latch-hook every-other square. Rotary Cutter Every crafter should own a good rotary cutter. Splurge on a good one with an ergonomic grip trust me! This tool is great for cutting many things from plastic to paper to fabric. I have this one. Self-healing Cutting Mat Another tool every maker should own is a self-healing cutting mat.

Clear Ruler with Grid You can find a clear ruler with the grid at fabric and sewing stores. This is a great set of clear grid rulers to have for multiple projects. I started out with a cheap wooden-handled latch-hook and within the first few inches of the tshirt rug I went out and purchased a comfort grip latch-hook like this one. Needle-Nose Pliers I thank my husband for this one! He handed me needle-nose pliers and I never looked back. The hardest part of the whole t-shirt rug project is pulling the strips tight.

At first, I could only work on the project for short periods of time 30 minutes per session at most because of the repetitive stress on my hands. See above for how to calculate how many t-shirts you need. On your self-healing cutting mat, layout a shirt. Begin by cutting off the neck hole and sleeves. This will give you nice straight edges to work with. Different size t-shirts will provide different amounts of strips.

Write down a rough count of how many strips each t-shirt provides. Make sure to cut extra strips! Soak your fabric in hot water before dyeing.

I weighed piles of t-shirts strips with a luggage scale in plastic bags and used the washing machine to dye the fabric. Mix all the strips together. This is me at the beginning, settled on the floor in front of Netflix. This project pairs well with a binge of your favorite series! The best method for the latch-hook t-shirt rug is to use every-other square.

This will be plenty thick and much easier to work with than if you were to use every square of the mesh. I recommend using a needle-nose pliers to grab the ends and pull tight. A mini skirt is the perfect size for a tote bag.

Follow these simple steps to upcycling a skirt into a bag for everyday use. I am in love with the look and feel of this rug. It is also VERY heavy for a rug…15 pounds! Many people have asked how I clean my t-shirt rug. For spot cleaning, I soak the area and gently scrub with laundry detergent.

To clean the whole rug, on a hot summer day I dunk the whole rug in a large tab and soak with a small amount of laundry detergent, then rinse with the garden hose. I then hang it over something sturdy to allow air flow all around it and let it dry. It takes a couple of dry, hot days to dry completely. Have you made a DIY rug using upcycled t-shirts?

Leave your questions and comments below. Hi Leslie — I folded over the mesh canvas about inches on all edges and just latch-hooked all the way to the edge. This will be interesting to see how mine turns out. I tried the dye but it bled when washed in the machine. I only made a small rug but was disappointed when the rug changed colors after washing. Thanks for the good tutorial though! Oh no : Did you dry the fabric in your clothes dryer after dying?

The drying is an essential part to set the dye into the fabric. Maybe you could re-dye the whole thing? Hi Charity — Dye, wash, dry. This is the process with Rit dye, follow the dyeing instructions on your fabric dye to ensure you get the best result. Do you feel the knots under your feet? Hi Treneen — The rug is actually very comfortable to walk, stand, and sit on. The soft tshirt fabric helps this as well. If you make one, send me pictures!

What if you want to make the rug out of old t shirts skipping the dyeing process? Will it work the same? Hi Suz — Absolutely! You could have a rainbow of t-shirts for a multi-colored tshirt rug. The dying process is not required to make the rug. If you make one, send me a picture so I can feature it :. Thank you for this tutorial. You explained everything very clearly compared to a heck of a lot of supposed tutorials I went to before I, thankfully, came to yours. Thank you again.

I guess I missed it, but how did you turn the soft t shirt cotton into those tight rope like coils?