The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Food & crafts => Crafts => Topic started by: Castle Farm on December 28, 2008, 05:17:40 pm
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Old Celtic Design.
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1 of our LLeyn Ewes
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Always wanted to make one of these. Are they easy to make? Love the one with the sheep on. :)
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They're fab. I take it they aren't make with rags....
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Yep, all made with cut up bits from clothes bought from charity shops.
The celtic 1 took about 400 hours.
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Very nice!
I enjoy making rag rugs too but have never done a picture.
Nice to see that someone else uses proper rags too.
Diane
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How easy is it to make a rag rug. Did you go on a course or what? Always fancied making one as Mum was always on about her Grandmother making them. I like the one with the sheep. Shame it's not a Ryeland. ;D ;D
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Really, really easy. I can't speak for other people but I didn't go on a course to learn. My dad showed me as it's something he has always done but it is really just a case of pulling pieces of cloth through hessian.
There are some pretty straightforward instructions here: http://www.btinternet.com/~aldous/page9.html
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Thanks, I'll take a look at that.
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They look brilliant, :)
Not made any with rags but made it with wool latch wool work.
Do you uses the same canvas? or is their a different way you uses it?
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Just a bit of hessian sacking.
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Twas a long hard winter ::) ::)
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I like the poultry.
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Lemon pencilled Friesian Fowl and a Silver Wyandotte .
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thumbs up :)
I like it
Well done
Linz
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I love those celtic designs! Well done.
Now - I'm confused.....there seem to be rag rugs and braided rag rugs. I have been looking for a 'how to' site and they all seem to show different techniques! Your hooked style - are the short strips just passed through and back up again or are they knotted like a wool latch rug?
Confused!
Liz
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Hi Liz.
Yes just short strips and pegged through the hessian..They last for years if you don't vac them to hard.
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Very beautiful, the celtic designs are amazing.