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The Lighter Side / Re: rag rugs
« on: Monday 05 September 11 21:23 BST (UK) »
Many thanks, Cati. Very useful!
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The Lighter Side / Re: rag rugs
« on: Sunday 04 September 11 12:18 BST (UK) »
I don't suppose you still have any, Dawn, or pics of them?
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The Lighter Side / Re: rag rugs
« on: Sunday 04 September 11 12:15 BST (UK) »
Thank you.Would you mean braided rugs?
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The Lighter Side / Re: rag rugs
« on: Saturday 03 September 11 10:56 BST (UK) »
Likewise Rancegal, would this rug (with cottage design) have been hand hooked or a readycut design? Do you still have this in your possession? Thankyou for your info.
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The Lighter Side / Re: rag rugs
« on: Saturday 03 September 11 10:53 BST (UK) »
thankyou Giraffe. Would this 60's rug have been hooked/prodded, or done by the readycut method with ;latchhook and yarn/woollen thrums?
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The Lighter Side / Re: rag rugs
« on: Tuesday 30 August 11 09:27 BST (UK) »
thank you for this. Are you also able to tell me any more about rag rugs in Australia? Do you think it was introduced by the British people? Did you use rug hooks? What period/decade would you be talking about?
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The Lighter Side / Re: rag rugs
« on: Tuesday 16 August 11 23:34 BST (UK) »
Many thanks for this. You remember all this very vividly.May I be really cheeky, and ask how old you are? I think probably once they got demoted to the far corners of the privvy, that was their very last reincarnation!! Do you mean that your family were wool cloth manufacturers? Is the cloth you mention still being made? Might you remember who made the rug frame? (It often seemed to be the man of the household.) Do you think that this was more of a pastime, or an "art of necessity?" Would you remember it as people, by and large enjoying doing a rug together, or was it felt to be a tedious chore? Again thanks so much for your valuable recollections!
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The Lighter Side / Re: rag rugs
« on: Tuesday 16 August 11 10:19 BST (UK) »
Many thanks for that! Very helpful! Yes I know of both Beamish and the Woodhorn Colliery Museum, and have visited both in the past. I am wanting also to connect with individuals who might have old rag rugs, stories, memories, tools etc. Anyone out there??
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