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Introduction to Rag Rugging

Sun 2 Mar 25
The workshop will run on Sunday 2 March 2025

10.00 - 16.00

Tickets are £60.00

Please see our website for full details of the workshop, and to book your tickets Bore Place Bore Place Road, Chiddingstone Chiddingstone TN8 7AR 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... READ MORE>

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