Locker Hooking

A video for crafters who want a brief introduction to Locker Hooking

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• Hantex
• locker
• hooking

[123crafter]

hello ppjbsmith,

thanks for sharing this video, what ia the brand of yarn you were holding at the end.

thanks much

lautina

[ppjbsmith]

Hi lautina

Thanks for the comment. The yarn is a portuguese brand called Rosarios but any chunky style yarn will work.

Regards

Jacqui

[babyvan99]

Fun! Very unique!

[susanbyrne1]

Hi where can i buy a locker hook, I live in Ireland

[mish314]

No, it is not the same as latch hooking, even though it uses the same canvas. Latch hooking uses a tool with a very small hook and a 'latch' that keeps whatever you've hooked, usually 3-4 inch pieces of yarn, temporarily secured. Latch hooking makes a sort of coarse plush almost....both are great fun...

[Bethintx1]

I have had a locker hook for years not knowing what it was for. I found a knooking video for Leisure Arts and thought since the tool is basically the same that it was the same thing. I was wrong. knooking is knitting with a crochet hook and using cording to hold the stitches. Locker hooking clearly is not. Thanks for the video.

[brawyn777]

is this the same as latch hooking?this looks easy to do

[Stampin494]

I just discovered this craft. Thanks for making it seem so easy and fun! Patty

[Knittin66]

Glad to see something new,good job .THANKS

[kerryoh8]

This is terrific. Really appreciate the time

taken to produce this demonstration/instruction on locker hooking.  Thank you.

[5susie]

I'm happy if I've been able to help Tami it's a brilliant craft and by the way you don't have to work from side to side you can follow a shape and fill it in for example.

If you can learn to use both hands whilst working from side to side though that also gives a different effect too.

You don't need to use canvas as a base to locker hook, you can locker hook into knitted items, linen, hessian, most fabrics that have holes in them. You can also "Locker Hook Weave" and make your own fabric!

[5susie]

Yes, Tami, beads with large holes are needed but it's your locker thread (string) that is the answer, you thread the bead or beads onto that and as long as the locker thread is strong enough the thickness doesn't matter; bear in mind that the thickness of the locker thread changes the 'look' of the finished item.

Your locker thread can be lace, ribbon, as well as yarn/wool and string and you can allow it to be seen. Try using a thin ribbon to make the loops and lace as the locker thread......