Reply #18: I used to sell the designs

[troubleinwinter]

drawn onto the backings, for rug hookers to do their own hooking. I turned the business of my designs over to another woman. Now it is a hobby for me again! There are many designers who sell designs on backing.

How long? Hahahaha! It depennnnnds! Slow going when you start, but some very experienced people hook like the wind! It depends partly on whether you are doing an intricate part of the design or a plain part. I'm pretty slow. I would say it takes me about 4 hours for a square foot, if it's a simple part & I don't have to make a lot of decisions. It is relaxing once you get going... a nice thing to do in front of the TV in the evening (after spending all day in the kitchen dyeing wools on the stove, getting the perfect 'mottled texture', for your special project!).