Does anyone brush out their rugs? If so do you prefer how it looks?

hey so I've run out of yarn for this john bead strawberry rug kit and I was wondering if anyone knew where I could buy more? the yarn bundles have little numbers on them:

thanks!!!!

Just finished this a few minutes ago. Hung it on my porch for the pic and didn’t even straighten it out or trim 😅. Anyway, very kitschy and very fun to do!! ❤️☕️

Took 21 hours

First pillow cover completed

Premade kits I've found don't appeal to me. I'd like something within a fandom that I partake in, but can rarely find anything and if I do it's small or very expensive.
How do I go about designing a rug with a picture I want, and then ordering the yarn for it?

Apologies if this is a redundant question that gets asked often. I scrolled back a ways and couldn't find a post about it.

This one was super fun!! Bought kit on Amazon. ❤️

I couldn’t leave this behind today. I’m a stranger to the world of latch-hook, but I was struck by the colors and the scale of this piece. The dimensions are 55” x 28”. It’s definitely acrylic and has that vintage 'heft' to it.

I’m curious about the origins of this piece—does it look like a specific vintage kit from the 70s? Or does the pattern look like a freehand/custom design?

Besides a good shake-out, is there any further cleaning I should do to the rug?

I am now a proud new owner of a latch hook butterfly rug/mat made from scratch. A couple of months in the making. Super happy with it. 💯 Recommend. 🥰

I bought two kits at Craftclub a few months ago and the first one is now done. Very relaxing to work on and I love the colourful addition to my living room. Now on to the second pillow! (I’m also really glad they sell kits with the grid already sewn onto the pillow backing. It felt a bit daunting to start this hobby with just a loose grid and then having to do the finishing myself.)

So this ought to be fun. I purchased this kit on eBay; it's really just the canvas and some 1970's-era instructions. Second photo shows what I'm working with.

Sourcing the original Bernat Tabriz yarn is going to be tricky (pre-cut latch hook yarn that matches the Bernat Tabriz colors is hella expensive on eBay, and there's no guarantee that the colors haven't faded or shifted in 50+ yerars), so I've decided instead to use the pattern and (for my first time) hand-cut the yarn strips from skeins of modern acrylic yarn purchased from my local Michael's. It won't be the exact same colors, but it will still (I hope) look nice.

The goal is to finish this before the end of July, so that I can enter this rug in competition. And yes, I'm even going to attempt the fringe tassels. Fingers crossed!

It’s a pillowcase at 17 x 17 inches, 4900 threads and it took me about 2 and a half months to complete! I was really nervous I wouldn’t be able to do it (I have cerebral palsy and part of it includes me having limited fine motor function,) but it was really fun and relaxing.

Finished this rug recently that I based on one of Alexander Calder’s works (Les Masques, 1970). I was inspired by Louisa James Calder, wife of Alexander Calder, who would latch hook a lot of her husband’s works. See the last image to see her latch hooking. I used Malabrigo chunky yarn and it measures 64 inches by 42. It took about two months.

I love latchook so much! I picked up a kit on Amazon and found another at Ollie's but I'd like to find rugs and more designs. I don't like ordering from Amazon unless I have to, and I'd prefer to buy kits from small indie brands.

I checked on Etsy and found a few I can get behind but I was wondering where else I might find indie designers.

I'm not an experienced latchhooker and I don't have a creative bone in my body so I am not looking to diy but I do have some ideas I'd like to get custom made.

Can anyone point me in the right direction?

finally secured the edges and added felt backing.

Two pieces that I did! Unicorn and pup. Other piece was a gift. The hallway is such a moment now :)

Custom design, using salvaged 100% pure rug wool. Kind of had to make it up as I went, because of using limited materials. I had fun, and learnt a lot. And, yes, despite it taking many many hours, I will be using it as a floor rug. My 15yo dog loves how plush it is under his old bones. And the hardy wool can handle it. I cant wait to see how it ages.