Beyond hooking

As well as hooked rugs wool can be used for felted rugs - here's an article about an workshop set up in Iran, working with traditional felt makers to make rugs that appeal to Western customers - http://handeyemagazine.com

Chickens Galore

Designed and hooked by Jill Izzard

I made this little mat for a Chicken Project.

Deb and her friends from Woolwright's Rug Hooking Guild, Lancaster, USA, started this project and asked me if Hooked-in-London members would like to join in.

Some have already finished their 'chicken inspired pieces' and others are still working on them....watch this space....

My mat was hooked from old discarded T Shirts and Vests which I then dyed. The loops were then sheared to create a textured effect.

Jill

This little bag is titled "Cockscomb". It was made using various rug hooking techniques by my friend Clare Hutchinson. Clare joined in with our Chicken Project which was started by Deb Burcin from Woolwrights Rug Making Group in USA.

We have other 'Chicken Project rugs/mats/coasters to show which will be posted very soon.

Jill

Annie Sherburne's rugs and shop

... can be found on the first floor of the Oxo Tower shopping arcade. Look, amid the wool and other textile necessities, an exhibition of old rug-making tools! -At the door, a welcoming rug - and more inside -
Annie has exhibited at the "Origin" craft fair - the link leads to her "Cosmic Flowers".

A wonderful resource

If you don't know it already, have a look at The Textile Blog thetextileblog.blogspot.com- it's full of interesting information on all sorts of textiles, including rugs, like this one by Joseph Maria Olbrich, c1900 - More about these rugs is here.

"Road" rug

Although the original area isn't finished - and I'm still looking for cream wool to cut up and use - I've bitten the bullet and added more "roads" on two sides, so that it ends up a respectable size. Hopefully there'll be a bit of progress before the next meeting!

Hungry Fish Windy Day

Designed and hooked by Ruth Robinson

I seem to have a lot of sketches of fish with big heads and jaws.. not sure what that's about - but this was the result!

April Meeting

Hooked rugs, jewellery, book covers and .... a hand-made Corgi! We are soooo versatile!

'Hooked in London' Rug

Designed and hooked by Jill Izzard

Hi Folks At last my rug is finished, thanks to some wonderful weather which meant I was able to sit in my garden hooking today!
See you soon - Jill

My friend, Clare, has just finished this hooked rug using 100% wool.

The rug was made for the owners of 'Phoenix' a beautiful narrow boat.

I wanted to share this rug with you all - Jill

KATZE

This is a rug my friend Karin Martin is working on in Germany. Her inspiration was a photo of our cat, but she's given it a sort of classical Italian painting look with wonderful decorative borders!

Progress made so far....

Hi everyone - I expect you are all too busy 'hooking' to add any photos or messages to our Blog?



If this is the case then you can check out the progress I've made since our last meeting on my 'lettering project'. I am not finding it easy to create letters but fortunately I wanted a 'hooked effect' so its a great excuse to have lopsided lettering!

Today I spent the morning dyeing yet more stretchy fabric for this rug. Vests really are the best thing to hook through hessian. I did gain permission before I searched through His Lordship's Wardrobe!

Happy Hooking - Jill

What we were working on at the March meeting

Sari Silk Shaggy

Designed and hooked by Jill Izzard

Hi - Here is my Sari Silk Shaggy rug...almost completed. I just need to add the binding to the reverse side.
I enjoyed making this although it left a trail of debris all around the house! Fibres seem to stick to everything!
It's too heavy for me to carry to Saturday's meeting so here is a photo instead.
See you soon - Happy Hooking - Jill

In action

The next meeting is almost upon us and I haven't posted my photos from the previous meeting! Here's the big table at the start of the session, everyone working tidily -

A couple of hours later, it came to this -

Rag rugs get trendy

"Auriculas" by Emma Tennant is one of the rugs featured in Country Living magazine in 2009. There are seven more here.

Twenty years ago

At the February meeting, this magazine was floating around - the Jan/Feb 1991 issue, with a nice article on the rag rug revival -

Names mentioned in the article (with linkss, if available):

Kathleen Knight and Iris Sutton made rag rugs in their childhood
Moyna Lynch

Jenni Stuart-Anderson

Lu Mason

Ann Davies (British Rag Rug Association)
Hermitage Rugs of Roxburghshire (Emma Tennant)

Ali Rhind

John Hinchcliffe (author of Rugs from Rags, 1977)

Julia Burrowes ("textural paintings")
Gerry Coup

Winifred Nicholson (the 1960s Cumbrian revival)

Audrey and Dennis Barker (1970s)

"The history of rag rugs is almost entirely oral."

Hooking cookies

Moose River Hooker Cookies (Oatcakes)

3 cups flour
3 cups oatmeal
1 cup sugar
1 lb 20/80 spread or butter
1 tsp baking soda
1/4 cup water
Mix above ingredients well. Divide in half. Sprinkle 12 x 15 cookie sheet with bran flakes. Roll 1/2 of dough flat with rolling pin. Sprinkle top with bran. (Same for other half.) Bake at 350 for 20 min.

From the website of the Moose River Rug Hooking Studio, in Clementsport, Nova Scotia, Canada. Too much sugar in them to be the oatcakes we know in the UK!

Coincidence

While looking at a friend's blog I clicked "next blog" and found this - it's on http://fromsherrysheart.blogspot.com, along with her other hooking projects.

Hi all

This shows a small section of a rug I'm making using Sari Silk ribbon.

I'll post another photo when it is finished...could be a while!

See you in a couple of weeks time...Jill