My business, Alaska Locker Hooking Etc., was started in 1999 when I wrote and self-published the first and most comprehensive book on locker hooking with fabric, entitled, "Locker Hooking With Fabric Strips", ©1999.  This book started a “locker hooking revolution” from Anchorage, Alaska and throughout the USA!  I've enjoyed many years of doing shows, demonstrations, Alaska State Fair, and teaching locker hooking classes through the Anchorage Community schools, Michael's Arts & Crafts store and Jo-Ann Fabrics & Crafts store.  Want to learn how to locker hook?  Start with the Beginning Locker Hooking Kit! You can find epatterns in my online shops.

Locker hooking is an "old "rug hooking technique" and thought to have originatated in Great Britain in the early 1900's. It is different from latch hooking and traditional rug hooking.  It's an unique art, in that the yarn is "inside" the fabric loops, thus "locking the loops in place".  It's easy to do, fast, fun, portable, and something different!  Using a locker hook (a crochet hook with a large needle 'eye" at the other end for yarn), fabric strips, yarn, and latch hook rug canvas you can make rugs, wall hangings, baskets, purses, frames, clothing, blankets, kitchen and home decor, personal accessories, and so much more!  Using latch hook rug canvas as the foundation opens up endless possibilies and creativity as you can use any material that fits through a canvas square!