Judy Taylor Books

The NEW Joy of Hooking (With Yarn!) is the perfect starter book for learning to hook with yarn. All the basics are covered, including rug hooking instructions, which backing to choose, what yarns work best for rug hooking, getting your design on the backing, finishing your projects, building your own frame, hundreds of pictures and illustrations, beginner patterns to try your new skills. 2nd edition of the award-winning Joy of Hooking (With Yarn!)

138 pages

Reviews:

A full 10, without a doubt. Absolutely nothing missing or lacking. As a beginner book, it’s ideal, and for people who have been hooking for a long time, it is an amazingly inspiring book that covers all the bases. (Coffee Time on Youtube)

I am a teacher with the Rug Hooking Guild of Newfoundland and Labrador. Many of our members hook in the traditional style with various mediums. I have taught several yarn classes in the past few years and am happy to say that yarn is becoming a “happy medium.” Your book, “Hooking With Yarn” has been an inspiration. It accompanies me to workshops and is used as reference material. Thank you so much. This is my first visit to your wonderful website but I’m sure not the last. Note: Grenfell style hooking of Northern Newfoundland is now making a comeback but most of the hookers are doing the patterns in fine yarn instead of silk stockings. Interesting!   (Venissa)

Until I read Judy Taylor’s book, Hooking With Yarn, I believed if you hooked a rug with yarn rather than wool fabric you would have to choose a simple rug design and your choices of colors would be limited. Judy’s book showed me I was mistaken on my preconcieved notion on using yarn to hook a rug. Judy has introduced me to a whole new world of rug hooking. I still enjoy hooking with wool fabric but my passion is hooking with yarn, especially Judy’s yarn. Judy’s yarn feels so warm and pleasing between my fingers that I often lose track of time while hooking. With Judy’s tremendous selection of beautiful yarns and breathtaking colors I have no boundaries with my rug. If it wasn’t for Judy’s willingness to share her rug hooking knowledge and her beautiful yarns I know that my rug (in memory of our dog Nick) would still be just an idea bouncing around in my head.  ( Nancy)

This is a very well-planned book with easy-to-follow directions, clear explanatory photographs, and a logical progression for hooking with yarn. The images of finished pieces are accurate reproductions and show an interesting variety of styles, subjects and ideas. I would recommend this book to seasoned rug hookers as well as beginning rug hookers because I continue to turn to it for answers and inspiration. (Terri)

This book is a good one for anyone interested in hooking with yarn. It’s full of easy, yet interesting text, pictures and projects for anyone who wants to learn how to hook or wants to further their skills. Judy Taylor is a bright, talented person, who knows all aspects of hooking very well. She explains every aspect of this craft well, and she is a very creative artist with many of her own rugs in the book. She is the reason I have learned to hook with yarn, and I love it. This book is a must-have for any rug hooker’s shelf! (Kerry M.)

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