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Introduction to Rag Rugging
Bore Place
Bore Place Road, Chiddingstone
Chiddingstone, Kent TN8 7AR
Sunday 2 March
The workshop will run on Sunday 2 March 2025 10.00 - 16.00
Tickets are £60.00
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Introduction to Rag Rugging
Join textile artist Mary Whitaker for a day of artisanal rag rug making!
Rag rugging is the ultimate recycling project which has been around in different guises for hundreds of years. The crafts are enjoying a resurgence in popularity - its quick to learn, practical, hugely satisfying and great for the planet.
Historically, when your clothes were beyond repair, they were shredded up and made into something else - usually rugs and baskets. Traditionally a new hearth rug would be put out on Christmas eve, the old one would be moved to the kitchen and the kitchen one would be put onto the compost heap - perfect circular recycling!
In this introductory course we will be exploring two methods of rag rugging: looping and progging. Looping is where you pull loops of fabric through sacking - the effect can be very neat and accurate when you get proficient. Progging is where you pull tufts of fabric through the holes - this is quite fluffy in texture so often best for more abstract pieces.
Rag rugging is the ultimate recycling project which has been around in different guises for hundreds of years. The crafts are enjoying a resurgence in popularity - its quick to learn, practical, hugely satisfying and great for the planet.
Historically, when your clothes were beyond repair, they were shredded up and made into something else - usually rugs and baskets. Traditionally a new hearth rug would be put out on Christmas eve, the old one would be moved to the kitchen and the kitchen one would be put onto the compost heap - perfect circular recycling!
In this introductory course we will be exploring two methods of rag rugging: looping and progging. Looping is where you pull loops of fabric through sacking - the effect can be very neat and accurate when you get proficient. Progging is where you pull tufts of fabric through the holes - this is quite fluffy in texture so often best for more abstract pieces.
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