Rug Hooking Wools
With Rachelle LeBlanc, Hooked Rug Artiste
The Wool Shop features
Top quality, bright, clean Canadian fleece great for hooking or finishing all hooked rug projects.
Many colors are available, and quantities are limited.
- Price per skein: $4.50
Fibre: 100% Canadian Wool, 2 ply
Weight: 113g. per skein
Yards/Metres: Approx. 215 yds/196 m
Care: Hand wash, dry flat
All colors are available to ship the very same day.
The Wool Shop features
The most comments I receive from people, are on the quality of wool used, and how beautiful the colors are in my rugs. My secret: Overdyeing all my wool. White or Ivory wool is hard to find and is often very expansive. When overdyeing coloured wools, the cloth is transformed into a workable palette by giving your colors softness and fluidity. They can be changed into dark colors, or lightly dirtied for pastels. All kinds of dyeing methods can be used on coloured wools, even when fibre contents are mixed, as long as the amount of synthetics are at a minimum.
All Hooked Rug Studio wools are new woollen cloth and are unwashed unless stated otherwise. These are my favourite wools to use, and I have used them all in my projects.
They are priced by meter, (39 1/2") and amounts can be purchased by 1/4, 1/2, 3/4, or 1 meter. Qualities are limited and may not be repeated.
# 101.
100% Wool Light pink 57" wide $14.50 meter
# 102. 97% Wool 3% Nylon Burgundy / Wine 57"
wide $14.50 meter
#106. 97% Wool 3% Nylon Wine-navy-beige-pink 57" wide $
12.50 meter
#107. 65% Wool 45% Polyester Heather Grey 57'
wide $ 9.50 meter
#108. 100% Polyester Green 57" wide
$7.75 meter
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109. 85% Polyester 15% Wool Light Beige 57"
wide $8.00 meter
# 110.
85% Polyester 15% Wool Medium Beige 57" wide $
8.00 meter
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111. 65% Wool 35% Polyester Green Heather 57"wide
$12.00 meter
# 112. 80% Wool 20% Polyester Brown-grey-red-black
58' wide $ 12.75 meter
#113. 100% Wool Green- Aqua/Blue - Mint
52" pre-washed $15 meter
#114. 100% Wool Red- Pink-Burgundy
58"wide $15 meter
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115. SOLD OUT
# 116.
SOLD OUT
#117. 80% Wool 20% Polyester 58" wide $12.50 meter
#118. 85% Polyester 15% Wool 57"wide $15.50
meter
#119. 100% Wool Light Lilac/Blue 57" wide $ 15.75 meter
#120.
98% Wool 2% Cashmere Light Blue 57"wide $17.00 meter
#121.
85% Wool 15 % Cashmere Khaki Beige 57"wide $19.50 meter
#122.
85% Wool 15% Cashmere Camel 57" wide $19.50 meter
#123
100% Wool (coating) Dark Aqua 57" wide $15.50
meter
With more to come!
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Over-dyeing for Beautiful Results Color Chart |
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Over-dyeing is a great way to learn how one color affects the another. Over-dyeing can |
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Over-dyeing is my favourite dyeing method because one color affects another and | ||||||||
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When dyeing dark colors, the dye bath will need to be stronger. When dyeing pale |
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Over-dyeing YELLOW wool will result: |
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Over-dyeing GREEN wool will result: |
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- green will give you yellow green |
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- blue will give you aqua |
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- blue will give you green |
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- purple will give you greyed brown |
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- purple will give you grey |
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- red will give you grey |
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- red will give you orange |
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- brown will give you olive green |
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- brown will give you golden brown |
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- yellow will give you yellow-green |
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Over-dyeing TURQUOISE wool will result: |
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- blue will give you blue-green |
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- red will give you wine |
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- purple will give you greyed-blue |
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- brown will give you off-black |
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- red will give you greyed red |
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- yellow will give you grey |
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- brown will give you greyed brown |
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- green will give you greyed brown |
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- yellow will give you green |
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- blue will give you plum |
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Over-dyeing ORANGE wool will result: |
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- yellow will give you golden yellow |
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-yellow will give you golden brown |
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- green will give you greyed brown |
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- green will give you olive green |
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- blue will give you grey |
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- blue will give you grey |
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- purple will give you brown |
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- red will give you tangerine |
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- red will give you brown |
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Over-dyeing BLUE wool will result: |
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- red will give you purple |
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- brown will give you orange red |
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- brown will give you greyed-brown or blue |
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- yellow will give you green |
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- purple will give you plum |
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- green will give you aqua |
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| The best weight to use is the skirt or light coat weight. It is important that there be at least | |||||||||
| 4 to 5 threads in a stripe in order for the stripe to hold together during hooking. | |||||||||