14 best rug making kits for beginners

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ROCKY&CHAO Alpaca Rug Making Kit

No Drama Llama! One of the cutest rug kits we’ve come across, this colourful alpaca latch hook rug kit comes with everything you need, including a mesh canvas and pre-cut yarn.

ROCKY&CHAO Abstract Pattern Latch Hook Rug Kit

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Play with colour and pattern to create your own handmade rug. Guests won’t believe you made it when they pop round to your home!

Cactus Latch Hook Kit Rug

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Home Sweet Home! If you’re looking for rug kits to brighten up your home decor then this design would make a wonderful door mat to greet you. The rug kit contains pre-cut yarn so you don’t need to worry about working out how much you need, simply get out the tool and start latching.

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Offfay Retro Bus Latch Hook Kit

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All aboard! This vibrant, fun latch hook rug would be great to make for a friend for a house warming present, or perhaps to gift them if they’ve just bought a camper van! It includes everything you need to make a rug including pre-cut yarn, colour coded canvas and a latch hook tool.

LatchKit Sloth Latch Hook Rug Kit

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What a sweetie! Take advice from this sloth and go slow as you learn how to make your first latch hook rug with this easy to follow rug kit. As this is a smaller round rug, it’s a great project for children.

The Best Rug Kits

Pom Stitch Tassel Pom Pom Rug Kit

The Best Rug Kits

Pom Stitch Tassel Pom Pom Rug Kit

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Cute, colourful and full of character, pom poms are so versatile. Not only are they great for kids crafts projects, they also make a fantastic rug! This pom pom rug kit contains rainbow yarn balls to make a soft and fluffy rug to brighten up a bedroom – teenagers in particular would love it.

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Vervaco Vervaco Care Bears Latch Hook Shaped Rug Kit

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This super-cute rug is perfect for a little one’s nursery or as a present for a new arrival. The kit comes with everything you need, including a latch-hook tool and step-by-step instructions.

The Best Rag Rug Kits

Rag Rug Introductory Kit

The Best Rag Rug Kits

Rag Rug Introductory Kit

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This Rugged Life Rag Rug Kit is perfect for beginners, not just because it’s an introduction kit for crafters who are new to rag rugging, but because it’s been designed by a Rag Rug Expert. Professional Rag Rugger Elspeth Jackson is the author of two rag rug books including Rag Rug Techniques for Beginners. She also runs workshops and her kits are some of the best we’ve come across.

Peakdale Rag Rug Kit

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You’ll be able to make your own metre-long rug with this rug making kit, which contains the hessian backing and rag rug tools needed to make a sturdy, hardwearing new rug for your home.

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Large traditional prodded rag rug kit

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This kit is perfect to make a traditional rag rug – perfect for using up old scraps of fabric to make something beautiful for your home. It’s also one of the cheaper rug kits available, so great for getting into the craft on a budget.

Rag Rug Heart

Wreaths don’t need to be round! This heart rag rug kit isn’t just colourful and a joy to look it, it’s also easy to make. The kit includes a heart frame, materials and instructions and as well as the fabric strips in your chosen colours. It also contains ribbon to hang it.

Proggy Mat Ladybird

Rag rugging is also referred to ‘hook and proggy’, which was a popular craft in Northern England, so it’s great to see there are also ‘proggy’ rug kits available. This one comes with fleece strips to make a ladybird.

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Wool Couture Loop Stitch Rug Knitting Kit

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There are many types of rug kits available and this one is for a knitted rug. If you like the classic sheepskin rugs but fancy making your own, this loopy knitting technique is very effective. It’s made from pure merino yarn.

Trimits Trimits Latch Hook Kit, Sunflower, 30 x 30cm

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Starting small is the best way when you’re trying a new craft for the first time. You can make a small sunflower square in this kit, a great little project to give you enough experience to practise using a latch hook.

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ROCKY&CHAO Alpaca Rug Making Kit

ROCKY&CHAO Alpaca Rug Making Kit

ROCKY&CHAO Abstract Pattern Latch Hook Rug Kit

ROCKY&CHAO Abstract Pattern Latch Hook Rug Kit

Cactus Latch Hook Kit Rug

Cactus Latch Hook Kit Rug

Offfay Retro Bus Latch Hook Kit

Offfay Retro Bus Latch Hook Kit

LatchKit Sloth Latch Hook Rug Kit

LatchKit Sloth Latch Hook Rug Kit

Pom Stitch Tassel Pom Pom Rug Kit

Pom Stitch Tassel Pom Pom Rug Kit

Vervaco Vervaco Care Bears Latch Hook Shaped Rug Kit

Vervaco Vervaco Care Bears Latch Hook Shaped Rug Kit

Rag Rug Introductory Kit

Rag Rug Introductory Kit

Peakdale Rag Rug Kit

Peakdale Rag Rug Kit

Large traditional prodded rag rug kit

Large traditional prodded rag rug kit

Rag Rug Heart

Proggy Mat Ladybird

Wool Couture Loop Stitch Rug Knitting Kit

Wool Couture Loop Stitch Rug Knitting Kit

Trimits Trimits Latch Hook Kit, Sunflower, 30 x 30cm

Trimits Trimits Latch Hook Kit, Sunflower, 30 x 30cm

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