Lindsay Gruetzmacher
Lindsay Gruetzmacher is a passionate punch needle artist and instructor from the Twin Cities. She received her Oxford Teaching Certificate from Amy Oxford (the inventor of the Oxford punch needle, the most popular punch needle in use) and has taught at a variety of venues. Having recently decided to pursue instructing and design full-time, Lindsay is working to bring this fun and easy craft to everyone! https://www.illustratedgoods.com/
August 2019
Punch Needle Rug Hooking
Punch needle rug hooking is quick and easy to learn, and once you know the basics, the possibilities of what you can make with this new fiber skill are endless! Remember hooked rugs from your great-grandmother’s era? While rug hooking uses a small hook that is used to pull up loops of yarn, the ‘punch needle’ tool allows users to paint with yarn and create rugs or other useful items more quickly and easily. Recently, there has been a rebirth…
Find out more »October 2019
Punch Needle Rug Hooking
Punch needle rug hooking is quick and easy to learn, and once you know the basics, the possibilities of what you can make with this new fiber skill are endless! Remember hooked rugs from your great-grandmother’s era? While rug hooking used a small needle that was used to pull ‘hooks’ of yarn, the development of the ‘punch needle’ tool allowed users to push yarn and create rugs or other items more quickly and easily. There has been a rebirth of…
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