Making Rugs

Hessian

2012-01-27T08:46:00.000-08:00

Hessian OFFER that ends on January 31st 2012 2 yards of hessian £17.50 includes p&p after which it will be £8.25 plus p&p

Dyeing

2012-01-27T04:49:00.000-08:00

Dyeing is such fun and as I have said many times before very easy. You need to make sure you have the correct dyes for the material you are dyeing. I only dye wool fabric, yarn and nylon hosiery. To dye these materials I use acid dyes they are for dyeing wool nylon and silk and will not dye synthetic or cotton fabric.
Acid dyes give a good colour and need either citric acid or vinegar to add to the dye bath this helps to get the dye into the material the water will clear as the dye soaks into the wool.
Wool blankets come in a mulitude of flat boring colours so rip them up into managable sizes and throw them into a dye pan soaking in water before hand with a couple of drops of washing up liquid added. Don't be fooled by all blankets being wool some of them have a cotton thread through and that cotton will not dye. Have fun if you want to try your hand at dyeing come for a workhop or dye kits are available with instructions, dyes and dye spoons http://www.ragrugsuk.co.uk/

The Rugmaker

2012-01-27T04:47:00.001-08:00

If you have any information or photographs for The Rugmaker magazine please email to me by February 1st. If you are not a subscriber and would like the next two copies March and June it is £7 cheques payable to Cilla Cameron

Reeth Rug Retreat

2012-01-27T04:45:00.000-08:00

Reeth Rug Retreat September 14th -17th exciting new classes and taster sessions, exhibition, auction, shop full of rug making equipment.
The brochure is now out if you would like a copy please email

Workshops

2012-01-27T04:36:00.000-08:00

There are two rag rug workshops in February at The Rug Studio they are suitable for beginners and rug makers who would like help with a project they are working on or for inspiration and a reminder of techniques, design, colour. February 18th and February 21st. Fee £56 per person.

Film of Hooked in the Mountains

2011-12-04T13:51:00.000-08:00

Seven Days Blogs: Stuck in Vermont: Hooked in the Mountains XV [247] ‎7d.blogs.com
‎11/19/11: Did you know that the world's largest hooked rug exhibit is held in VT every year? The 15th annual Hooked in the Mountains was held at the Shelburne Museum in the round barn and included about 480 rugs, each...

Support gloves

2011-11-03T01:47:00.000-07:00

Further to the information under Fine Hooking and Hoops Jean Schroderous has emailed me this website the company hold a wide range of supports take a look
www.cottonpatch.co.uk/acatalog/Creative_Comfort.html

Facebook

2011-11-02T02:13:00.000-07:00

I have started a new group on Facebook you are welcome to come and join us add your rugs or just hover in the background and view rugs from around the world. The group is called Hooked Rugs and Proddy Mats put it into your search engine and a list of rug related groups will be listed click on the above and become a member. See you there.

Reeth Rug Retreat 2011

2011-09-20T07:26:00.000-07:00

Reeth Rug Retreat 2011

What an amazing weekend we have all had students came from all corners of the Uk and Louise came all the way from Florida. Our guest teachers Janet from Arizona and Jen from Ontario Canada taught fabulous classes in Waldoboro and Coin Purses with Heather teaching a class titled 'By the sea'. We had two ladies who were complete beginners who quickly learned the technique and were definitely 'hooking on gas'! This year our school auction raised enough to give 5 students - £80 scholarships each the amount being deducted from 2012 fees. Thank you to everyone for such a lovely relaxed fun time. To see more pictures go to Jen's blog www.fisheyerugs.blogspot.com

Dates for Reeth Rug Retreat 2012 September 14th-17th http://www.reethrugretreat.com/

show and tell

Purses completed over the weekend and rugs in progress

Beeline/Townsend Fabric Cutter

2011-06-02T02:09:00.000-07:00

NOW AVAILABLE Beeline/Townsend Fabric Cutter Precision engineered and attractively designed, the Beeline/Townsend Fabric Cutter attaches easily to a variety of work surfaces or out tote table. Cassettes snap into place and in seconds you are cutting perfect fabric strips so easy to use.FOR EVERYONE WHO OWNS AN ORIGINAL TOWNSEND CUTTER NB THESE CUTTING CASSETTES WILL FIT IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PUCHASE MORE SIZES. Cutter comes with Cutter Caddy, Brush, Hex Wrench and one standard cutter cassette of your choice. £346 includes shipping. Standard Cutting Cassettes £110 each includes shipping comes in following sizes No 3 cuts 3/32", No 4 cut 1/8th, No 5 cuts 5/32", No 6 cuts 3/16th, No 7 cuts 7/32nd, No 8 cuts 1/4", No 8.50 cuts 5/16ths, No 9 cuts 3/8ths, No 9.50 cuts 7/16ths, No 10 cuts 1/2" Long Cassettes £140 each includes shipping are the same sizes as above but cut extra strips. NB please be aware you the customer are liable to pay import VAT, and custom duty. Parcel Force invoice the customer before delivery.

Cutter Body

Cutting Cassettes

Cutter Caddy
Please ring me to discuss your Cutter requirements

How to PRODDY

2011-03-31T02:11:00.000-07:00

There are two ways to proddy one with a prodder (below) and the other with a spring hook (see further down).
To proddy with a prodder you work from the back of your rug making a hole with your prodder and prodding the end through catching hold with your other hand. Leave 5 threads for thick material or 4 for thinner material and make a hole and prod the other end through. Go back into the last hole and prod the next peice when you have finished your rug turn it over and to admire your work!

This was the first proddy picture mat I did it was myself and my old horse made about 10 or 12 years ago. It was quite a learning curve! looking at it now I look a little broad across the shoulders and have a big hair day! the latter more noticable on the actual rug. How to use a Spring Hook If making a proddy picture mat thick wool fabric is perfect it gives your rug body and cutting your peices 2"long x 1/2" wide allows the peices to stand up firm keeping the picture in shape. For other designs you may prefer cutting the peices 3" long x 1/2" wide. If the material is thin as in cottons cut them 3"long x 1" wide
Gather 5 threads onto your hook (see above)

Squeeze handles to open and place material in the jaw release handles and pull material through .

Go back into the last hole you will have two pieces of material in one hole and continue as above.

COPYRIGHT

2010-05-04T02:22:00.000-07:00

Copyright
You cannot copy a pattern and then make changes to call it your own -it isn't the little details that are copyrighted, it is the creativity that is copyrighted. Taking someone else's experience, training, thinking, effort and more effort and using it to make a shortcut as though you had that training, experience and time invested is not only a copyright violation, it is not ethical. There is no iffy line, there is a very solid line drawn with a big black marker - if someone else created it, it belongs to them. Period.... You can freely copy it seventy years after their death.

Also, there is no difference between personal use and and any other use. Any copying without permission for any use at all is a copyright violation.
Knowing that, and knowing how much time and effort goes into making a rug, it is absolutely foolish to take any chances.
An example is a rug that was made by a superb hooker, a rug that was so well designed and made that it was selected for Celebrations - but, the central motif was of something that seemed like it belonged to all of our childhoods, much like a bicycle or a little red wagon, but that particular item was a copyrighted logo. When the superb hooker learned from Celebrations that she'd have to have a statement of permission from the logo copyright owner, she immediately sent off a letter to the company - and they said NO. A wonderful big beautiful rug, and she was told she could not dispaly it anywhere.
You never know ahead of time what you might want to do with a rug in the future - it just isn't worth the gamble to denigrate your own ability by taking something that belongs to someone else.

If you don't hold the copyright, you don't have the right to copy

Phyllis Lindblade

2010-04-09T12:24:00.000-07:00

To order or for more information contact

Cilla Cameron Rug Maker

The Rug Studio

18 Elmcroft

Oxton

Nottingham NG25 0SB

Tel 0775 277 2474

email cilla@jpcameron.fsnet.co.uk

http://www.ragrugsuk.co.uk/

http://www.reethrugretreat.com/

cheques payable to Cilla Cameron

credit & debit cards taken