![]() ![]() I don’t mind the sound but it scares the crap out of my cat Whiskers. Use your scissors to cut a small notch across the selvage and then use your hands to rip the fabric. As long as you like the colors you’ll like the way it looks after being locker hooked.įor the longest pieces use the full width of the fabric, the way you would buy it off the bolt at the fabric store, not a fat quarter or pre-cut package. Quilters cotton is perfect for locker hook, definitely check the remnant racks for fabrics. If you want to tear your fabric you need to make sure you’re using woven fabric. I usually end up somewhere in the middle preparing a few pieces and then hooking then prepping again. You can get your fabric ready before you start or tear pieces as you go. I used a black sharpie to help me keep track of my log cabin locker hook block and it made it 100x easier to know when to stop and switch colors. You don’t see the mesh when you’re done so it all gets covered up. Sharpie – Is it really a craft if you don’t use a sharpie? If you want to follow a specific pattern it’s really easy to draw it on with a sharpie. It took so much longer! If you have one or if you’re at the store anyway pick one up. Tapestry Needle – Technically this is optional, I didn’t use a tapestry needle (or yarn needle) for the Spring colors mat, I used the hook to pull the fabric around and around and around. Read all about Dollar Tree Yarns Optional Tools ![]() ![]() Just Yarn Worsted from the Dollar Tree is a great option for Locker Hooking, if you wanted to put together a little kit you could grab a skein of black, grey, and white to cover all your bases. It also has enough grip to easily tie into a knot, which is great when you need to add another piece of yarn in the middle of a piece. I think it’s a great option if you need to buy yarn, it’s really cheap, easy to find and it fits perfectly in the eye of the needle on the locker hook. The scrappy Christmas mat was also done with Red Heart Super Saver. You don’t really notice the yarn in the dark half of the block but it does stand out on the green side more than I would like. I used baker’s twine for the Spring colors mat and burgundy Super Saver yarn for the log cabin block. The yarn won’t be that visible but it’s better if it blends in with the colors you’re using. I am currently cleaning out my craft room (4 years running) and this is a great way to use up all the random assortments of quilters cotton I have laying around. The pretty part of the design is made with fabric strips, ribbon, or thick yarn. I found the grid to be very helpful when I was working on my Log Cabin block, especially before I started drawing the pattern on. The fabric I bought is an off-white mesh and it has a blue grid running through it. It doesn’t unravel so you can cut it up to make a lot of smaller projects. I bought a pack at Joann’s, it was about $10 for a 36×60 piece and I was able to use a 50% off coupon. It’s a heavy duty canvas mesh with large holes, about a 1/4 inch square. You need a special fabric for locker hooking, it’s the same material you would use for latch hook and will probably be labeled latch hook canvas. Just like crochet hooks and knitting needles you keep using the hook over and over for as many projects as you want. But you can easily get a locker hook on Amazon. I have a feeling it’s a new thing that doesn’t quite have a home yet. ![]() I found mine very randomly at Joann’s, it wasn’t even on a shelf, there was a pile of them on a stack of crochet books. A locker hook looks like a short metal crochet hook with a large eye on the end. ![]()
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