Intermediate & Advanced Punch Needle Rug Hooking: Techniques, Projects, and Inspirations

Take your punch needle crafting to intermediate and advanced levels with expertly explained techniques, exciting projects, and inspiring examples by 26 Oxford Certified Instructors.

For punch needle lovers who want to reach the next level of skill and enjoyment with their craft, Amy Oxford, the inventor of the craft's standard tool (the Oxford Punch Needle) and founder of the Oxford Rug Hooking School, provides instructions and artistic inspiration.

In these pages, a combination of teaching, examples, and projects give makers a perfect mix for building their skills and for punching up their excitement. 

Next level skills and projects taught include: 

• Using novelty yarns with the Seashell Project
• Sculpting with the Sweater Letter
• Shading with Shaded Leaves
• Punching with fabric strips with the Flower Project
• Two-color beading stitch with the Perfectly Paisley Project

Additionally, Amy welcomes 26 Oxford Certified guest instructors throughout the book, who offer examples of their works that highlight the techniques, from shading with handpainted yarn to succeeding with narrative designs. Gorgeous image galleries of works,in a wide range of styles, show combinations of the book's techniques and include the artists' comments, tips, and insights. Photos of the capstone projects that were designed and punched by today's top punch needle artists as the final step to qualify for their Oxford Teacher Certifications, add additional visual inspiration.


Praise for Intermedia & Advanced Punch Needle Rug Hooking...

“A wonderful follow up . . . Expands the possibilities of punch needle . . . This book is the perfect next step in offering the knowledge and inspiration you need for your next punch needle project.” —Arounna Khounnoraj of Bookhou, author, Visible Mending

“Amy Oxford is a gifted and generous teacher, and together with Louise Kulp, they have created a book that both expresses their passion for punch needle and gives clear easy to follow instructions to people who want to grow their rug hooking skills and become more creative with the art form.” —Deanne Fitzpatrick, hookingrugs.com

“This book is like being given a private tour of your favorite designers’ creative dream projects. If you’ve mastered the basics of punch needle and are wondering what else you can do with this delightfully satisfying medium, these unique and thoughtful projects will inspire hours of next-level dreaming and doing . . . clever, colorful projects invite us to further explore the gorgeous possibilities of this fun and practical craft.” —Alicia Paulson, founder, Posie Gets Cozy; author, Embroidery Companion

“Where would we punchers be without Amy Oxford?...just like in her previous book I am finding there is even more to learn about this craft I so love.” —Sallie Dale, founder, The Urban Acres

Amy Oxford is the founder of the Oxford Rug Hooking School and is an internationally renowned instructor. She is the inventor, manufacturer, and distributor of the Oxford Punch Needle, and her teacher certification program has over the past three decades resulted in over 130 Oxford Certified Instructors in the US, Canada, the UK, Europe, the UAE, and Japan. Amy has been licensed by the Shelburne Museum to make adaptations of their antique rugs and has helped catalog the museum’s renowned collection of historic hooked rugs. She is the author of six previous books, including the bestselling Punch Needle Rug Hooking: Your Complete Resource to Learn & Love the Craft. She lives in Cornwall, Vermont.

Louise Kulp is a painter, fiber artist, and art educator and in 2018 earned certification as an Advanced Oxford Instructor with a focus on special techniques. Louise has taught the joy of punch needle rug hooking to hundreds of students in many different settings, from women in a grief support group in rural Maine to second graders in an after-school program in the Bronx. She lives in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.