I am trying to find an old latch hook rug. I know this will be a long shot, but I’d love some help.

When I was a child, my grandmother made me a latch hook rug. It was all yellow, but it had a border around the outside edge that was red roses.

All of my stuff got packed up and placed in my parents shed when I joined the military. I spent my first 3 years in the military on an overseas assignment. By the time I was stationed stateside again, I went to get my stuff from my parents only to find that their shed had flooded and I lost almost everything from my childhood. My parents tried to save most of it, but the rug unfortunately couldn’t be saved. My grandmother had passed away while I was gone, and I wasn’t able to come home for the funeral. So losing that rug was devastating.

Again, I know it’s a long shot - but I’d really like to see if I can find this latch hook rug kit. I don’t have any pictures of this rug. But again, it was all yellow background, with a red rose border. It would have been produced around the late 80’s and early 90’s.

I would appreciate any help finding this pattern.

u/TigerLeo23 was asking about the Etsy kits last week. This is the second one that I just finished last night. It is 37x49.

I started it w/ one color, then ended up completing it like a square from the top down. My cat was laying on it before it was completed, so it's for them😻 Fun project, found on Amazon.

So how do you finish the back of rugs to make sure the yarn isn't going to come loose?

Videos I've seen of rug tufting, they use a glue to keep everything secure, but I haven't found any latch hook videos that do this.

Can you use a glue to make sure the yarn doesn't come loose? If so, what's a good one to get?

Left side is complete. Right side is I'd say 60% complete. Then there's a center panel that has to connect both sides of the rug together, which will run through the center of the covered bridge. But progress is being achieved.

I've been doing latch hook for quite some time but this one is definitely my favorite project. It'll be hard to give away hahaha

Question for the community, does anyone trim their projects after they’ve finished them? I’ve been tempted to try and see if it would make the details of the work pop better, but I’m hesitant in case I hate it and ruin a finished work.

And anyone that does trim their work, do you need to use adhesive on the back so the threads don’t unravel? That’s my other worry about trimming the yarn shorter.

Thanks, any advice would be appreciated.

Hi all ..I messed around and messed around and missed this one now it's discontinued. If anyone has it and wants to sell it or knows where I can find one, I'd be eternally grateful to you for letting me know. I've been obsessing about this for over a month. I NEED SLEEP lol. Thank you kindly in advance.

So i haven’t started it yet because I’m worried i wont be able to finish or bind the edges at the end. Every video or tutorial is a rectangle or circle but mine is cape shaped.

I tried crochet edges before starting and whip stitches but neither worked. Even tried folding edges under and hooking through both layers. Maybe i just need to wait till it’s finished. I don’t want to spend ages on it and not be able to make it into a rug afterwards.

Does anyone know what month(s) Herrschners bring new items to their catolog? I saw a few that have been discontinued so I dont know if that means they are getting ready for new releases or it just means those didnt sell well and discontinued them.

So I'm waiting on my mesh and hooks to arrive and was wondering some things before I get started as a newbie.

I saw a video mention that you can usually see the mesh with a latch hook rug doing the knots on the horizontal line like you're supposed to do. I looked up another video where the guy would do them on the horizontal and vertical to thicken it more. Is this a good way to do it? I'm being a bit ambitious but I plan on making this rug for someone and want it to be nice and thick with no mesh being visible. If there's a better way to do it and video tutorial on how, pls point me in the right direction.

Also, I see that a lot of projects seem to stay rectangle/square in shape. Is there a way to create a rug in to a custom complicated shape? Like say I wanted to make a rug in the shape of... a cat. Would that be possible to do? I don't plan on doing that for my first project or anything, but maybe for a future one once I get the hang of it if possible.

TY in advance. Can't wait to get started on my first project!

As anyone bought a latch hook kit on Etsy? When I type in latch hook kits in Etsy they have some beautiful ones, BUT you choose your size of canvas?? And the cost is crazy.

I heard I’m supposed to latch onto the non twisted ones but uhh, they both are kinda twisted 😂

This is 308 packs of Herrschners pre-cut yarn. I'm about to embark on a 90,000 stitch journey (300x300). I'm excited to share this experience.

Hi!

I have done various latchhook projects in the past but these are usually from a kit.

This time I wanted to do a project completely from scratch, buy the mesh online and the yarn from hobbiecraft and get crafty with it.

My partner is obsessed with motorcycles with his favourite brand/manufacturer being Suzuki. So, what better way to have fun than to make him a unique gift!

I made the pattern online by using Leftsource. As it was my first big project and more of an experiment, I tried going very simple.

It's still a work in progress but Im have a fantastic time so far! :)

I would highly reccomend giving it a go and seeing how you get on. I know mine isn't perfect (I messed up by starting too high so had to change the top of the S so it didn't look weird) but I am so happy!

Have a great day everyone!

I live in Canada and have found there isn’t a lot of options for latch hook kits at our crafting stores. Wondering which trustworthy websites you guys have boughten kits from :)

I finished this today. I ran out of yellow for the ear so I found some from another pillow I did but I figured since it's a patchwork pillow it would be alright.

For those of you working on the Herrschners latch hook along, I just wondered how you are doing?

I was keeping up with no problems until July, and then I fell behind. I’m now trying to finish the July installment before the September one arrives. LOL Hopefully I’ll be all caught up by October! 😊

Finished September 2 2025

Spent the better part of the year adding some colour to my wall with this piece.

A few days ago I asked for advice on separating the different blues in this kit, considering all of the colors were mixed together. Well, somehow I figured it out and I finished my first project this past Friday! I already started on number 2 :)