Rag Rugs Tour
1. Tambour
2. Shirred 
3. Standing wool

4. Knitted
5. Flat Wrap
6. Amish Knot

7. Chain Braids
8. Broomstick & String Crochet
9. Crocheted

10. Fabric Tapestry
11. Anchored Loop
12. Hooked, Poked, Prodded, Bodkin

13. Needleworked
14. Toothbrush rugs
15. Braided rugs

16. Knotted & strung shags
17. Loom woven
18. Patched (penny rugs) & sewn shags
19. Frame made rugs
20. Wagon wheel & frame braids
21. Odds 'n ends

S-10: TAMBOUR SET
Designed to get you started making the easiest of the tambour braids with your own cotton strip. The set includes Bulletin #9: Tambour Braids; a traditional rug hook; a 6-inch lacing needle; and an 18" X 24" rug canvas. 

Bulletin #9: INTRODUCTION TO TAMBOUR BRAIDS
This is an introduction to tambour braids done on rug canvas and covers the basic two-strand tambour braid (which is the easiest tambour technique and the best place for beginners to start). 8-1/2" X 5-1/2", 10 pages. 

LACING NEEDLES 
For all of the rugs made with folded cotton strips (crocheted, bohemian braids, chain braids, knitted, etc.) there will always be tag ends of fabric strip that have to be worked back into the rug at the finish. Lacing needles make the work easy. For cotton braided rugs, the needls can be used with fabric strip to join the braids for a super-strong construction. Lacing needles are also the primary tools needed to make Flat Wrap and Amish Knot rugs, and can be used as "toothbrush" tools for naalbinding and related rugs. 

6" Steel lacing needle with curved, blunt tip
these needles  are just the best lacing needle we've found. The eye will take 1-1/2" cotton strip for lacing and the curved tip makes lacing cotton braided rugs much easier than using straight lacing needles. 
6" Plastic lacing needle
We've carried these needles for years and though the needles are plastic, they do stand up to use for quite a long time. The eye is large enough for 1-1/2" fabric strip.

TRADITIONAL RUG HOOKS
These are the traditional rug hooks with wooden handles. The shaft size (3.5mm) is well suited to tambour rugs. (You can use a crochet hook instead, but the handle on these hooks minimizes hand strain in making tambour rugs, with either canvas or burlap bases.)

"REMBRANDT" RUG CANVAS
For beginners with tambour rugs, we really recommend a canvas base. It is much easier to learn the technique on canvas. This premium rug canvas has appx. 1/4 inch holes making it ideal for rugmaking. Precut, natural color, Sizes are approximate. Ready to use.)

 
 

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