Rug Making

* "Schirren" Rug Hook
The "Schirren" rug hook has a long thin shaft, on which to thread and store your strips of fabric, and a crochet hook on one end to make your joining stitches as you peel the material off. A crook near the end facilitates the holding of the needle and directing the hook. A removable stop on the feed end keeps the working strips in place. With instructions. (LB93) $9.00

* Braid Aid:
The (RG007) $14.50 Braid Aid is a set of 3 standard clamps that fold your strips of fabric into a bias binding and holds it for you as you braid. For years, rug braiders have turned to Braid-Aid for high quality braiding tools. All Braid-Aid tools are constructed of tempered steel and then zinc plated for a smooth work surface. Works with strips 1.25 to 1.5 in wide. Set of 3, adjustable for finished braids of .5" to 1.5".

* Braidmaster (Set 3) (RG012) $12.00

* Cloth Slitter, #500
Comes with #4 cutter head if no size specified. Refer to Code RG014 for cutter choices (RG013) $185.00

* Cloth Slitter, Cutter Head:
Cutting head for Cloth Cutter #500, available in sizes ranging from 01-10 (RG014) $24.00

* "Strip-It" Fabric Stripper
Drop in blades permit cutting of multiple strips from 1/4" to 1-1/4" in 1/4" intervals. Secured automatically to tables up to 1" thick. (FA23) $12.85

* Fabric Strip Cutter "Simplicity" Electric
An electric cutter for cutting single strips of any fabric in widths from 3/8" to 2-3/4" for bias tape making or rug making. Cutting is made by the pressure of a rotating blade agaist an anvil, requiring no blade sharpening. Cpmes with a pinking blade and a straight blade. 110 Volt, Suitable for Continental US Only. (BN38) $90.00

* Latch Hook, Offset, Wood Handle (SU49) $3.00

* Latch Hook.
For knotting into canvas for rug making. Straight shaft, wood handle. (SU40) $3.00

* Locker Needle, Fine.
For working on fine canvas (8-10) holes per inch for miniature work. Needle has a crochet hook on one end and a eye on the other. 2mm x 5" long (LE83) $5.00

* Locker Needle:
Used for a unique canvas needlework technique, this heavy 6" needle has an eye on one end and a hook on the opposite end. Carded with instructions. (MW01) $8.00

* The "Auto" Prodding Tool
A spring loaded steel tool with wood handle for making prodded rugs using short, pre-cut strips of fabric worked into a loose woven backing such as "monks" cloth. (LF71) $32.00

* Prodding Tool:
A finely finished 4-3/4" hardwood tool for pushing "rag" strips into a loose backing to make the very rich "prodded" rugs, popular in UK. Uses small pieces of fabric rather than the long strips required for punch or braided rugs. (LF54) $8.00

* Reel Aid, For Vari-Folder Braid Aid (RG010) $15.00

* Braiding Needle
For joining strips in rug braiding technique, a heavy steel bent tip (pack) needle with a blunt point. Available in 4" (LH45) $2.90 and 6" (LH46) $4.00 lengths

* Rug Braiding Needle, 6" (LH46) $4.00

* Rug Hook, "Primitive" Lg Hdl, 2.0/2.6Mm (RQ48) $5.00

* Rug Hook, Primitive.
Fine rug hooks, 1-1/4" long, available in 2 or 2.6mm hook. (RQ47) $5.00

* Rug Hooks.
Traditional wood handled rug hook for working puinch needle rugs on a canvas backing. Available in 3.0mm, 3.5mm and 4.0mm; Straight in 1.25" (RQ02) $5.00 and curved (RQ04) $7.00

Rug Hook, 3.5Mm Curved (RQ07) $7.00

* Rug Hook, Curved; 3.0, 3.5, 4.0Mm (RQ04) $7.00

* Quick-Tie-Rya Rug Hook
An amazing tool which will, from a length of yarn, deliver a perfectly cut, knotted yarn to your mesh canvas, in a continuous manner for a pile rug. (TM32) $15.00

Rug Punch Needle
Needle with wood handle and metal shaft with eye that holds thread-- for the technique of rugmaking where you poke the needle in and out to make loops for the rug pile, working from the underside. By Susan Bates. (SU37) $3.00

* Scrim, Sized Cotton; 5 Mesh; 2.5 Oz; 38" (RG005) $3.00

* 1.25" Spring Clamp.
A handy tool for stretching canvas canvas to a frame, rug braiding, holding a pattern in place, keeping a book open, etc. Plastic swivel pads will not scratch. 3 3/4" long, 1.25" jaw opening. (HL91) $12.00

* Braid Aid:
The (RG007) $14.50 Braid Aid is a set of 3 standard clamps that fold your strips of fabric into a bias binding and holds it for you as you braid. The (RG008) $3.25 Braidkin needle laces the braids together. These are the only braiders that fold nearly all weights of materials in widths from 1.25 in. to 2.25 in. The most versatile braider of all, the Vari-Folder Braid-Aids are designed to fold perfectly light or heavy material cut the width desired to make braids 1/2 in, 3/4 in, 1 in or 1 1/4 in wide. (RG006) $19.00