Photos of proddy frames and more.
Rag rug proddy.
Heather ritchie uk guide to the hooky rug.
How to use a spring hook if making a proddy picture mat thick wool fabric is perfect it gives your rug body and cutting your peices 2 long x 1 2 wide allows the peices to stand up firm keeping the picture in shape.
For other designs you may prefer cutting the peices 3 long x 1 2 wide.
The image below is a selection of very simple progger tools which are all you need to get started in rag rug making.
The resulting shaggy rug surface of the proddy proggy rug can be trimmed or simply left as is note.
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Making rugs hooked prodded and rag rugs has 6 166 members.
It is both a hobby craft where mats are created by many for the pure joy of it and it has also been elevated into an art form by some textile artists.
Rag rugs made this way have many names such as clippies stobbies clippers and peggies.
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If the material is thin as in cottons cut them 3 long x 1 wide.
Over the years the craft of making floor coverings from rags or scraps of fabric fell out of favour for a range of reasons.
These techniques are not latch hooking.
Gene shepherd how to hook rugs.
It works on the same principle as the proddy frame by rolling up the rug from both ends and securing it with gears on the side of the frame.
In northumberland they are called proggy mats and in scotland they are called clootie mats.
The craft of proddy mat making is still very much alive and well.
They were often made for more.
