What is VIP Rug Hooking?
V(alue) I(intense) P(alette) hooking is a simple way of hooking stunning rugs with little to no experience with drawing or painting. It is based on the concept that the eye focuses on differences in value and intensity, more than differences in color. So the best rugs are those that contain dark and light, dull and bright.
The Basics
VALUE. Every color can be created in different values. The value is the lightest or darkness of the color.
Eight values are available in my 8-Value Packs of wool.
INTENSITY. The color can be varied in its purity or intensity by adding white, gray, and black to the color. This will brighten (+white) or dull (+gray and black) the color. TINTS are the pure color + white. TONES are the pure color + gray. SHADES are the pure color + black.
The tints are the #1 and #2 values in my 8-value Packs of wool. Eight shades of each color are available in from me in 8-Value Packs of wool.
PALETTE: There are twelve main colors on a color wheel. These colors are created by mixing three primary colors: red, yellow and blue. The result of mixing these colors is a palette of sixty-seven related colors which I call “kinship colors”. If you hook with kinship colors, you never have to worry about color planning because all of your colors are married to each other in the dye formulas used. They will all look terrific together.
All sixty-seven Kinship Colors are available from me in 8-value Packs, Single-Value Packs, Primitive Packs, Country Packs, Dapple Packs, and Texture Packs.