Unusual

Nathalie Lett lives and works in Paris. Among her production are handtufted rugs.

"Log cabin" rugs

Part of a selection of "American Log Cabin Hooked Rugs, early 20th century" at http://whereinthewot.blogspot.co.uk/2010/07/american-log-cabin-hooked-rugs-early.html

Hooked in London: Rosettes

Hooked in London: Rosettes: Tiny rosettes for making into brooches or adding to bags etc...each one hooked in silk and sheer fabrics.  Happy Hooking - Jill

Rosettes

Tiny rosettes for making into brooches or adding to bags etc...each one hooked in silk and sheer fabrics. 

Happy Hooking - Jill

Rag rugging in The Gambia

More photos of Gambian rugs and ruggers are at makings.co.uk, which is another source of rag rugging tools.

I found the site while looking for information on the "Browns tool" but that should be a separate post!

The Brown's tool

The "Brown's tool" is also known as the Brown's rag rugger tool, or simply as the rag rugger tool (not to be confused with a hook or proddy...). In Yorkshire it's called a bodger.

Complete information on how to use the "Brown's tool" is on the Makings Handicrafts website - as well as basic technique, you learn a secret and get tips!

This family history web page has a photo of rag rug tools used in the 1940s/50s, one of which has the name Brown's and a patent number RD673864 and "made in England". That probably explains why the tool is known as the Brown's tool - Mr (or Ms) Brown invented and patented it.

The vintage tool has a different configuration of spring and lever; this one sold recently on ebay.

Annie Sherburne

Thank you for sharing your design ideas with us today Annie.  We all enjoyed seeing you and your wonderful work.

We now have plenty of ideas on which to ponder....

 

 

Jill

Designed and hooked by Jill Izzard

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL RUG HOOKERS EVERYWHERE....

In between days

Festivities fade
The in-between moments
To reflect and hope....

and do a little rug hooking maybe?

Enjoy the remaining days of 2012 - Jill

To give...

It's that time of year - present giving and present making too.

 

Here is a cushion Clare made for her friend Grace as a Christmas gift.

Made with wool pencil rovings,  using the punch-needle technique and working  on her  new wooden frame made by Tom (USA). 

The centre panel is cotton lawn on which Clare photo-printed the chicken design. This panel was then quilted.

Now the backing has been stitched to the front and the cushion is complete.

 I know Grace will be delighted with her gift.

 

 

MERRY CHRISTMAS and  A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL

Jill

 

December meeting

We all enjoyed our Christmas Meeting at Craft Central in Clerkenwell. Everyone was working on different projects whilst nibbling on lots of scrummy goodies!

This photo shows  Sandra's seat pad - now completed. I just love the colour combination.

We are now looking forward to our January meeting when Annie Sherburne will be coming along to give us lots of creative ideas for our rug hooking.

Festive Greetings to all - Jill

Clare sent me the latest Rug Hooking Magazine yesterday - some innovative projects within. Here is one of them...a combination of Knitting and Rug Hooking...

a colourful and interesting article.

Happy Hooking - Jill

Goodies in the Post ....

 

Look what Mr Postie brought today! I thought I would share this photo with you.

My friend Clare visited a  Rug Event in York  last Saturday. She bought the above spoon for me. The rovings and yarn have been dyed by Clare. She is an expert on dyeing!

The wooden spoon  has  pyrography designed by Lewis Creed  - both he and his wife Louisa are rug hookers.

The cat picture shows a small detail of a rug designed and made by Louisa Creed. I so admire her work.

Happy Hooking - Jill

I saw this rug hooked panel complete with found objects (objet trouvé!!) at the Knitting and Stitching Show today. Well worth a visit.
Jill

Clare's Artist Trading Cards....Hooked!

It's so great to receive a letter these days...although I wouldn't be without e mail...however this morning I received a letter and a small present.  Two beautifully hooked ATC's made by my friend Clare who lives in Skipton - I thought I would share them with you.

The cards have been hooked with Pencil Rovings, some dyed by Clare and some by Cilla Cameron.

See you on Saturday in Clerkenwell. Happy Hooking - Jill

Ben Hall's rugs

A leaflet from a 1999 Crafts Council exhibition turned up recently - it mentioned a fingerprint rug by Ben Hall. Three cheers for the computer age - here it is on his website -

I also enjoyed the "carpet beater" rugs, of which this is an example -

Made of recycled denim.

On his website he says "As a maker/designer I have always been attracted to salvage and re-using materials that may have outlived their original purpose in producing something new. " He enjoys the limitations and constraints of the medium. Do look at his website to see other hooked and proddy work.

Sheep rugs

Patty Yoder's hooked rugs are  on show in Shelburne, Vermont until the end of October. The show is called "The Alphabet of Sheep" and you can read about it, and see more photos, here (from which the picture comes). She published a children's book of the same name in 2003, but unfortunately it's out of print.

From the Shelburne Museum website:

Patty Yoder (1943-2005) created whimsical rugs with an acute attention to detail and an aesthetic eye for color. Born in Nebraska and raised in Ohio, Patty acquired her passion for the traditional art of rug hooking after she and her husband Ramsey retired and moved to a farm in Tinmouth, Vermont.

Together they began to collect rugs, particularly from Esther Knipe, a self-taught hooker, that fueled Patty’s inspiration. Yet it was not until 1992, five years after Esther’s death, that she began to make her own creations. Between 1992 and 2005 she completed a total of 44 rugs.

The Alphabet of Sheep series combines two of her favorite things: the sheep on her farm and the alphabet. Her rugs incorporate her family, friends, or sheep as the subject matter, a joyous celebration of one woman’s life. Through her affiliation with the Green Mountain Rug Hooking Guild, Patty helped to continue contemporary interpretation of this New England artistic tradition.

Today, at our meeting at Craft Central,  Janet K created these wonderful corsages from scraps of wool, exotic fabrics and ribbon. They are  beautiful and I am sure the recipients will be delighted to receive them ....

The Thames

Janet has completed her hooked 'chair pad' based on The Thames and made from scraps of quilting cotton fabrics... it's wonderful!

...best wishes with your new design Janet.
Jill

Beneath The Waves

Yesterday I showed some Year Five pupils how to make flowers using the prodding technique...they made a good attempt at producing some very colourful and unique coral reef plants for their artwork titled Beneath The Waves...

...other examples by Year Five can be seen in a new gallery within my website www.jilltextileart.com


Jill