SEATTLE — Fiber Artist Andie Solar demonstrates the art of punch needle, an embroidery method in which an artist can create rugs, wall hanging, or cushion covers by threading loops of acrylic or ...

“Traditional rug hooking is done with a crochet hook, so with a hook you pull up loops. That started in the 1830s. What we do is called punch needle rug hooking, and we punch down,” she explained.