The Rug Hookers Bible: The Best From 30 Years Of Jane Olsons Ruggers Roundtable

This is my favorite rug hooking book, and I believe I own them all. The photographs are beautiful and so helpful, the instructions are clear and the authors go into the kind of detail that is really helpful to beginners like me, and I expect to experienced hookers as well. The two companion DVDs, if you can find them, are amazing and illustrate the beginning chapters beautifully. Learning by watching someone actually do the hooking is even better than reading about it. A lot of books for beginners gloss over some important steps, and you are left wondering how to correctly put the pattern on the frame, or which direction to hold your hook, or how to turn a corner, or how to fill in a little space,etc. I dont mean to imply that the book is at all simplistic, because the later chapters detail quite advanced techniques. I am only saying that it is detailed in a good way, which is very helpful. I expect to use this book for many years to come.

Excellent resource book for the beginner to expert rug hooker. Highly recommended.

Wonderful book for anyone who is just learning how to hook rugs. Im sure that I will benefit greatly from using it.

good book

It is a great book!

The first 3 chapters alone are worth the purchase if you are a new rug hooker. The remainder of the book is a very good reference.

This is a great, step by step, instructional manual. The directions are easy to understand and the many pictures really show whats supposed to happen. This book has helped me more than the rug hooking classes Ive taken.

THis was not my kind of book since I do mostly primative hooking and almost no shading. If you like shading It would be very good.

excellent

Great book for a beginner