Latch-hooking is the latest old-school craft to experience a revival. Popular in the 1970s, latch-hooking is cool, kitsch and shockingly easy to do - think painting with numbers using wool. This book provides simple, illustrated, step-by-step methods and techniques for rugs using straightforward latch-hooking. It will provide inspiration and advice on designing your own rugs and also contain more thank 30 different rug designs which you can follow from concept to finished product. Patterns are included in graph form of the design, and will include a list of materials, quantities and colours.

About the Author

Lynda Spiro set up her Cockpit Arts Studio to make originalcontemporary rugs and wall art in 2004, with the help of a Cockpit ArtsSeedbed Award. Her rugs, with their huge variety of colours, texturesand designs, have gained rapid popularity. They have been selected andfeatured by the Bar Council in their inaugural showcase ofdesigner-makers at their new offices in High Holborn, and she has beencommissioned to make a rug for wall-hanging in the newly refurbishedPenny Farthing Hotel in Berkhamstead, Hertfordshire.

Prizes

Includes patterns and designs to follow, as well as information and ideas for creating and making your own designsMethods and projects make use of cheap, easily obtainable materials,and provide straightforward, hand-holding guidance through each makingsequenceAn excellent introductory book for absolute beginners to rug-making, using the simplest technique there isHighly integrated, totally practical, step-by-step instructions will make this an accessible and informative title