The Secrets of Primitive Hooked Rugs––Price $17.95

64 pages of pure delight. This is Barbara Carroll's new book on "The Secrets of Primitive Hooked Rugs". This is a great guide to primitive rug hooking. There is a pull-out pattern of "The Woolly Horse" that you can use to hook your own rug.

 

 

 

 

 

Antique Colours for Primitive Rugs ––by Emma Lou Lais & Barbara Carroll–– formulas using Cushing acid dyes––Price $15.95

80 pages of formulas to dye wool for your rug. This is a great source for anyone wanting to get started dyeing. Includes paper color samples & color wheel. This book compliments their other book titled American Primitive Hooked Rugs

American Primitive Hooked Rugs by Barbara Carroll & Emma Lou Lais –– Price $30.00

100 pages of Primer information for recreating antique rugs. Covers equipment, gathering, dyeing and hooking wool. Many color pictures of rugs. A great companion to Antique Colors for Primitive Rugs also by the same authors.

The Secrets of Finishing Hooked Rugs ––presented by Rug Hooking Magazine–– Price $17.95

This is a complete guide to finishing a hooked rug.
Great color pictures show many ways to finish a rug

 

 

"Solid As The Oak" pattern on Linen by Barbara Carroll–– Price $47.00

This is an example of the finished rug (click on picture for larger view)