Top marks for your demonstrations and encouragement, Marion! You are so talented in whatever you are demonstrating. Very relatable to all of us like-minded people. Thank you so much for all the time you dedicate to us, it is very much appreciated!
I now really really want to make a rug. I can remember sitting with my nana( who came from Llanharan in the Welsh valleys) cutting strips from jumpers which had been felted while she and mum worked from opposite ends of the rug draped on their laps. She would use virtually anything she could cut up or even twist several strands of scrap yarn to loop through. She called them loopy mats and always had them on the floor of the scullery and by the range...although those by the fire used to get singed thank goodness for wool not burning easily! and she d end up undoing and redoing the damaged parts. Seem to remember them all being quite muted colours, although the clothing was nearly all natural dyes so nothing bright! She d go to the Chapel jumble sales to look for more fabrics. This video has been both an inspiration and a trip down memory lane.
My Granny used to make mats. When they were new they were used on the bed to keep everyone warm. Then when she had made another the old one would be put on the floor and then new one on the bed. I remember sitting sorting out the pieces for my Granny and my mother as they both sat working on it. I had a very large frame before I moved to Crete but I had to leave it. I do have a smaller one here.
That's exactly what happened here too. Extra warmth wherever it ended up. I do know someone who still has one down in their utility room that they made themselves when they were first married. The lady is in her late 80's now.. so probably it will be about 60 years old!
I was born in 1960 , lived in Northumberland and remember a neighbour making “proggy mats”. This brought back lovely memories. Thank you Marion, I love watching and listening to you .
Marion I would like to thank you for showing us this craft because I have been wanting to do it since I was a girl and I used to watch my British aunty Josie making such a rug for the nursery. You are great my dear. Best wishes.xxxx
An art show is needed to display your lovely work. I feel very privileged to see how you make these things, even the baking which is marvelous too. Thank you!
I remember seeing these in a museum, the type where a house is set up as it would have been in Victorian times and these types of rugs were in front of the fire. I was told they are rag rugs. I'm sure my mamma said they had/ made them when she was growing up in the 1900s
Within a few days of watching your videos, I became quite addicted to them 😊. I made myself a necklace from felt of my wedding hat, now I am making tailor ham and start learning kawandi. Thank you for all the beautiful and amazing projects you teach us. With love from Slovenia ❤
Hallo Marion I’ve already left a comment but I just wanted to say…. the two tote bags I ordered arrived yesterday and they are lovely. I now have another Greenman to add to my collection here I W Australia!🌿🍃
Happy New Year 2025😁!! My grandmother made rag rugs out of any and everything - her old hosiery, bread bags, etc. A true woman of the depression era raising five boys.
I’m actually making a clippy mat from fleece for my bathroom ☺️ I’m a member of a Northumberland rug group, The Belford Hookers, and we meet weekly. I have instructions on how to make a frame, but not sure how to make it available for anyone to have.
Thank you Marion, I started a hooky rug while on my Foundation degree course in 2013 but didn't finish it, so when I get settled in over there I'll get it out and get it finished. Used to make them with my Mum in the 1960's/70's, we children always got the blunt scissors 😵💫 Didn't know the cardboard trick for the clippies, I'll use that in future.
I really enjoyed this. Great first video of 2025! Rug hooking, as it's called here, was big in New England (where I grew up and now live again) in the 1800s. But it never completely died out and there's been a resurgence throughout the US. When I was a child, one of our neighbors made big rugs which, at the time, I thought were the most beautiful things I'd ever seen with beautiful florals. Thanks for this most enjoyable video.
One of my aunt (b. In the 1910) have written her memoirs about ‘tapis crocheté’ made by the family. For many years I had look for tutorial and observed old ones at antique shop to figure out how to make them. Your video is the first one that really covers all aspect of the craft so I could reproduce it. Small details were always missing (like how to deal with the tails). Thank you so much to allow me to reconnect with a craft that was lost in my family tradition. Those rugs were popular among french Canadian, I guess the english influence after the conquest resulted in adopting that craft (ways to use old scrap are always welcome). I might try a small, fine cushion to begins with.
I'm a Geordie who's lived in Australia for 60 years. This video popped up in my feed and thought I'd give it a look. I haven't heard the term Proddy mat since I was a child. Ty for the tutorial. Your stair mat is divine.
Marion, your staircase carpet looks absolutely gorgeous. I really love your wall hanging using the proggy method, I have not done it myself but I'd like to have ago in creating something for my sewing room. I love the heart on the wall hanging, absolutely gorgeous!! Thank you Marion for the inspiration. Blessings to you and take care. Thelma ❤❤
My mum (she was Australian, born in 1917), had two rugs in your clippy style - one by the sink. No pattern, just old cloth. Eventually they wore out. Your wall hanging looks fabulous!
I absolutely love this. Your wall hanging is beautiful. I appreciate that you share the old ways of creating. It's sad that these ways are lost to a lot of us. I also love that back in the day they used up everything to create something new. We need to continue that tradition and not be so wasteful. Thanks so much for sharing! You're a gem! ❤
I’ve only just found your channel and love what you make ❤ I’ve done punch needle and it reminds me of this but in a bigger scale and love the fact it’s up cycling fabrics for another purpose. I’ve also watched one of your painting with crewel wool your song thrush, wow just amazing and beautiful. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and beautiful projects 😊 I’m sure I’ll be watching lots of your content ☺️ thanks once again.
I watched several videos today but yours I watched at the end of the evening. I knew I was saving the best for last….just as always!! Without fail, Marion, you bring an interesting, informative video with a cheerful, calming teaching technique. And what a gorgeous mat. I’m sure many of us will be trying our hand at this. I’m so looking forward to Marion’s 2025 world!! Thank you so much!
Marion, Marion, Marion you are just amazing. The wall hanging is fabulous and is a design we will all be recreating ❤️ 2025 is going to be great in your company. In your recent live chat you said about doing in-person workshops which would be fantastic - don’t forget to tap into the ‘Marionettes’ (lol someone called us ‘followers’ that in the comments) as a source to locate venues, places to stay etc. I think there would be a scrabble to help! Thank you for NYE chat, it was very personal and informative and I thoroughly enjoyed it - although it was tough saying goodbye, I just wanted to give you a hug x Perhaps next live when you are ready to say ‘goodnight’ we all, on your command, say 3,2,1 and switch off x Will be scouring boot sales and markets for hookies, proddies and maybe a frame and I have a feeling I won’t be alone!
Thank you so much for this message Cathy. I haven't seen anything about Marionettes! I'm smiling as I'm typing it 😅 I definitely do want to do some in person workshops..but I'm afraid I'm not so good with all the organising. It will have to be one of my 2025 goals..to try and plan things out properly .. I relied on Michael to keep my diary up to date with what I had to be doing.. He loved all of that and being on the computer etc...
@ Morning Marion, thanks for the reply x Marionettes made me smile as well. No pressure on the workshops just wanted to say if you need support/help just ask - however, these things can grow out of control so do things at your own pace and what you are comfortable with x I enjoy crafting of all types and like making things for people as gifts - I’m always being told I should sell items but I find it changes things for me and I don’t enjoy the making so much. Each to their own. Have a good day very frosty here - a good day for crafting 😘
That brought back happy memories of making rag rugs in the 1950s, in Argyll. We always used a frame set on the kitchen table. Because this was very inconvenient a rug was started only when there was enough cloth cut and ready to complete the job. Our prodders were deer horn, perfectly smooth at the tips. Nearly all the cloth we used was tweed from men’s clothes but I do remember pieces of a red dress being set aside to make a pattern at each corner. As far as I remember we worked methodically in rows but I was young at the time, although able to help. I suspect the black backing cloth was from WW2 blackout blinds.
Always wanted a cutting machine when making fabric trees for scenery, for the millions of leaves！I made a Brasilian flag using a sort of proddy tool where the thread went through a tubular needle. Going to make a proddy tool from a bit of antler.
Hi Ellie. I think the tool you used was maybe called a punch needle. I have one of those too. It's another method of working from the back and leaving loops on the front. Antler makes a great prodder... They have the perfect shape and rounded points. I hope you had a good Christmas etc.. I ended up starting my decorating straight afterwards.. 😊
These were very common in Lancashire, not just the North East! They were called peg rugs (as in, made using a peg). I remember the older generation (both men and women) made them, even upto the 1950s x
😊 yes everywhere that people wanted to make mats and rugs whilst using up old things... I think it sounds like the whole world has made something like it in the past. They were definitely still being made into the 50's here 👍. And now there's a revival of a lot of old techniques, which is really great .. But we're not doing it through need anymore, but because they're lovely in their own right..
I remember making a mat with my Nan, she was from Birmingham, always had one in the kitchen, when it was old it went to the shed and a new one wad made. I think Grandad burnt the old shed one in the end as it was all natural fibres. Thank you for reminding me.
Just fascinating! Thank you for repeating terms multi times, because it takes awhile to grasp it all. You've made it so simple that it actually looks possible! Your wall hanging is just wonderful! Is jersey like T-shirt fabric? Is hession the same as burlap? What a joy! You are a joy!
Yes jersey is any knit fabric...t shirts, stretchy dresses etc. Any fabric can be cut up for a mat though.. you could make sparkly ones if you had sparkly material!☺️
Mum and I used to make Redicut rugs together, so you have brought back some happy memories for me ❤ I love how the heart really stands out… Oh yes, I have ordered some Ringtons tea and biscuits, arriving on Tuesday! Can’t wait!! Xxxx
We have Ringtons in Newark, Nottinghamshire. I was so surprised when they knocked on the door, several (30?) years ago and I could continue the NE tradition. I'm from Gateshead.
Happy new year Marion Oh my gum Now that takes me back to my college days i made a hooky pannel for a kimono that i put in a show My gran had hooky rugs on the beds in winter and back then there was only the fire in the Front room My mum made latch sun burse rug which ive still got with me My uncle frank gave me a steel hooky hook and he made my frame but alas with moving 49 times in 53 years my frame has gone Glad you are show casing the northeast crafts The shipley art gallery in gateshead always had these kind of Residential works on show
So interesting really enjoy learning the history of making. I think I have a hook somewhere that I found at a church bazar years ago….didnt know what it was but can’t resist an old craft tool. I’ll have to have a search
My 95 yr old mum and I (60) get all excited when there's a new 'Marion' video. Thank you so much for being such an incredible inspiration. It's wonderful to see (and hear) you making stuff out of what you've already got...I've been doing that for some time, mainly knitting and crochet but I'm rubbish at following patterns so thanks to you, almost giving me permission, I just make it up as I go along. Thanks Marion, for all that you do. Loads of love Sara and Gilly (and Millie and Bert, the cats) from Devon xxx
Awesome Marion, my granny did her floor mats with a sacking needle to do the clippie method gosh that was way back in the 1900's, because here our Māori people were Potato growers here in NZ and had a lot of sacks, very much like Husein but rougher type of fabric made from Flax that was stripped down to make a string or rope and they made the cloth backing by weaving it then applied the torn up old clothing to finish the mats off. Beautiful memories of an old tradition which is achievable in today's society. My Uncle still has a mat she made in 1971 one her last ones she made. Huge Hugs Marion xx
That's really interesting, especially about being made with a needle...Thank you for telling me about it. You're lucky to still have one of them too.. I hardly ever see original ones outside of seeing them in a museum...
My mum had two " rag rugs " which belonged to her grandmother. Made mainly from pieces of suiting. Probably made at the end of the 1800's. One was the back door mat, the other by the sink in the kitchen. I have not thought of them since I don 't know when, so as the song says, "thanks for the memory".
Watching you making the hooky/proddy mat brought back memories of the bedside mat my grandpa (an old merchant sailor) made me and my younger sister. They were oval and had our initial in the centre..This was just after the war so probably made with old clothes.
Happy New Year Marion! My mother's name was Marian and her father was Marion! A happy name for me as my mother was most adored. So, I loved this whole video and I will subscribe now. It truly does look fairly simple and something I can do. I was amazed at your stair rug, lovely and really fun! I watched 5 videos from a country woman of yours as she taught us how to make a willow basket. Wonderful, but your lesson looks much easier and friendly. I'm going to give it a go - if I can figure out the hessian cloth! And the stretcher frame! Ta! Ellen in the States..............
Hessian is the same as burlap over there. And for a frame a an old tapestry frame will work just as well for a small mat or wall hanging. Well I did know that Marion was a man's name too because of John Wayne being Marion Morrison... But it's lovely to hear from someone whose Mam and grandfather was were both Marions!... :)
You never cease to amaze! Look at you filming from underneath your piece even! My how you’ve grown and learned in your RUclips journey! I am completely in love with your wall hanging. I wish I could find the wool strips like you used. I live in Texas in the US and it’s always hot here so I don’t find wool. Love you and your channel! God bless you in 2025!
Thanks Lisa. I've had 18 months of learning to do things better ☺️ I dyed a thrifted blanket and cut squares out to dye with food colouring 😅 So if you can find an old blanket you can make whatever colour you want to...
What a wonderful view into your regional traditions. An aunt and uncle of mine were wool rug hookers, which is what we in the US typically call your hooky process. (Not the yarn+latch hook thing, for sure.) I have inherited their large floor frame and have been intimidated. I think I need to start small! I also do locker hooking, which is cotton strips pulled through open mesh, and then "locked to the surface with a cotton yarn through the loops since there is very little friction to hold the loops in place. It is fun to use my own art as patterns.
That was great Thank You Marion. I still have the rug made with sacks not posh hessian that my parents made when first married in Lancashire 1948 . One room and shared bathroom , furniture including orange boxes and my baby clothes knitted with sticks pruned from a hedge cos there were so few things availible to buy post war - not that they minded cos my father had driven aid for Save the Children into Germany and they knew they were comparatively well off sitting by their fire hooking the rug. Cat now sleeps on the rug when she deigns to take shelter.
Marion this video brought back such a happy memory of when I sat with my Aunt making “rag rug”. I remember it making my fingers sore, we used a converted dolly peg to push the fabric through but I think we tied the fabric too. Thanks for sharing this craft i so enjoyed it x
What a fun project! I've priced those cutters; they're really pricey. I've been saving old t-shirts to use is something. Now I have a use for them. I liked how you mixed the fabrics. Let's keep the old crafts alive!
An amazing wall hanging! A rug would be a beautiful addition to the floor and with the large problem of waste in the landfills this would be so helpful to use old clothes and fabrics to cut down on the amount of cloth going into the landfills. I love your videos
Hi! I’m Linda from Pennsylvania in the USA. I came upon your very interesting and informative channel and I know I’ll be binge watching! My roots are Hungarian, Pennsylvania Dutch (German), and a bit of English from my maternal grandmother. She was the most frugal woman I ever knew born in 1900. I’ve really enjoyed your channel. Thanks so much for sharing your heritage and your crafts. Bye for now! 😊
I love this Marion, and it turned out wonderfully. My Dad used to make Latch hook rugs, and I still have one he made to this day. Though all I remember when I had a go at helping him was how sore my wrist was!
Your staircase rug! What a magical carpet that is! I just love your work, and you are teaching me so many things. Thank you from the bottom of my heart!
I didn’t think I would be at all interested in this craft but Marion after watching I cannot wait to try and make something - absolutely fascinating - thank you x
Elspeth whose Co is called Ragged Life sells supplies. I’ve made a few items and it uses up old clothing. Her scissors are well worth buying as they cut through layers of fabric so easily.. great demo Marion, lovely design. X
Loved watching this as it brought back wonderful memories of my Mum making a Rag Rug for the kitchen. ❤ I recently completed my very first hook rug of Jemima Puddle Duck and it was so relaxing to do as I binged watched your lovely videos. Thank you so much Marion for keeping these wonderful skills alive and sharing with the world to enjoy.
My grandma taught me this when I was about 8 years old. Her house was filled with hooked mats. My mom probably only made 1 or 2. This is in Ontario Canada. I made one during covid using a latchhook canvas and wider strip of cable-knit sweaters using one of my great grandma's hooks. It was basic and worked up quickly. We call the backing fabric burlap in Canada. Your instructions are very clear. Ready to try my second mat this winter.
So lovely! Thank you Marion. It is a pleasure to be learning these techniques and how to make the tool I need. My Mam made the proddy mats. I watched her learning how to do it and trying different tools and techniques. Eventually working from the wrong side, as her sisters had advised. She said that originally the new one went on the Mam and Dad's bed. Then the one off their bed went on the children's bed and that went on the floor in front of the fire. The fireside mat got used in the kitchen ... eventually finishing it's life as a doormat. My Dad used one to lie on when working under our old, old car which regularly needed repaired. I'm 76 to put it all into context, just love the history of it all. In the North East of England we called it a clippy mat or a proggy mat , don't know why proggy.
Oh Marion I love this! Scrappy crafts, developed out of necessity, are such a fantastic creative outlet. I've hooked a few pieces and it's such fun. I'm looking forward to trying proddy as well. I'm looking forward to making some rugs as well as chair pads this year.
Love seeing this as it brings back very happy memories. My gran who was a born in Willington Quay taught me how to make rag rugs when I was in my twenties (many years ago now!). I needed a couple of rugs for my very first flat and was on a very tight budget! These rugs lasted for several years. Think we used old coal sacks washed, opened up and sewn together to make the base.
Fascinating! Now you’ve got me thinking about trying this myself. I have some burlap (as far as I can tell, it’s basically the same as what you call hessian) and I certainly have lots of various fabric scraps. Looks like yet another project to put on my ‘must try’ list. I also never realized that cutting my jersey (and I have plenty of leftovers) ‘vertically’ would make it curl outward. Always learning things from you! Thank you for starting off my New year inspired.
Thank you for showing us how to make these beautiful mats/rugs! The bone tool looks like a turkey leg bone, which I'll save next turkey I roast. Wishing you a gloriously creative 2025!
Thank you Marion - that was sooo informative and very well demonstrated. I have used Monks Cloth as well as Burlap (Hessian) to make a few things. I noticed with the Proddy there are 2 hand movements to each strip (stitch), whereas in Hooky there is only one for each stitch. I have never had Proddy explained before - so thank you again. Looking forward to your 2025 artistic videos.
Hallo Marion! I am so glad you are back on RUclips 😊 This was a very nice video, as always! And thank you for the tip how to cut yersey. 👍I did not know that before. 🤔 Greetings ❤/ Ingela Sweden ❄☃️🌨
Thank you for a great video lesson on how to approach these traditional North East rug making techniques-I’ve always wanted to have a go & now have an idea of where to start. The tip on cutting fabric strips into pieces using the folded card method is brilliant! I was trying to figure out how I could find an efficient way of cutting garment fabric into small usable pieces-now you’ve shown how to-many, many thanks.
I've got an itch to make myself a proddy mat! Now to try and find some hessian. Thank you Marion! I look forward to another wonderful year visiting Marion's World.
Burlap sacks are a common base for hooky and proddy mats! If you don't happen to have old feed sacks lying about, craft stores carry burlap quite inexpensively.
Hello sweet lady! I just discovered your channel today and watched a couple of videos and I am excited to subscribe and see what else you have in your queue! It seems like we have a lot of things in common as far as interests and I love your personality and teaching style. I look forward to getting to know you better. With love from Bandana Gramma
I can vaguely remember my grandma having a rag rug in her kitchen when I was a child. It was interesting watching you show us how they were made, I have never seen anyone make them. As ever your tutorial was very clear and the wall hanging was lovely. Thank you for sharing yet another one of your talents. I made your ginger cake a week ago and it really makes a difference when you leave it to mature and get sticky. 😋
I must dig out my rug, it’s partly made which is what we crafters do when there are so many exciting projects to try ☺️. Your wall hanging is gorgeous I really love it 🩷
I love this! I've made rag rugs but nothing like these. I have a closet clean out In Mind and you have inspired me, Beautiful work , I enjoy watching your videos and all your projects.
Thank you for this very easy to follow, tutorial. My very old aunts, had left me some of their ancient tools from the 1800's and I've always wanted to have a go. So.bless you Marion.🎉
This is a gorgeous project. I used to love to make little rugs back in the day. I would actually love to make a wall hanging. Thank you Marion for another beautiful video/tutorial 🥰
Happy Sunday, Marion! Looking forward to a year of artful crafting and making with you! Thank you for the time and care you take to make project tutorials easy to follow.
May have to put this on the list. lol. I am 79 and will have to live for ever to get it all done. 😂
You and me both Joen!
@@marionsworld24 Ditto!
That stair runner is amazing!
❤ It is amazing and beautiful!! ❤
Wonderful colours.
Top marks for your demonstrations and encouragement, Marion! You are so talented in whatever you are demonstrating. Very relatable to all of us like-minded people. Thank you so much for all the time you dedicate to us, it is very much appreciated!
Thanks so much!
Yes, this is a very lovely tutorial video. Great job teaching your art and talent. Your stair rug is spectacular and the wall hanging is beautiful.
How lovely to work with tools your Grandma and Mum used.
I now really really want to make a rug. I can remember sitting with my nana( who came from Llanharan in the Welsh valleys) cutting strips from jumpers which had been felted while she and mum worked from opposite ends of the rug draped on their laps. She would use virtually anything she could cut up or even twist several strands of scrap yarn to loop through. She called them loopy mats and always had them on the floor of the scullery and by the range...although those by the fire used to get singed thank goodness for wool not burning easily! and she d end up undoing and redoing the damaged parts. Seem to remember them all being quite muted colours, although the clothing was nearly all natural dyes so nothing bright! She d go to the Chapel jumble sales to look for more fabrics.
This video has been both an inspiration and a trip down memory lane.
Thank you Andrea for your lovely homily, I love this stuff, you really inspire me..🎉
Your staircase rug is ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS and very BEAUTIFUL !!!!!! ❤❤❤
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My Granny used to make mats. When they were new they were used on the bed to keep everyone warm. Then when she had made another the old one would be put on the floor and then new one on the bed. I remember sitting sorting out the pieces for my Granny and my mother as they both sat working on it. I had a very large frame before I moved to Crete but I had to leave it. I do have a smaller one here.
That's exactly what happened here too. Extra warmth wherever it ended up. I do know someone who still has one down in their utility room that they made themselves when they were first married. The lady is in her late 80's now.. so probably it will be about 60 years old!
I was born in 1960 , lived in Northumberland and remember a neighbour making “proggy mats”. This brought back lovely memories. Thank you Marion, I love watching and listening to you .
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Marion I would like to thank you for showing us this craft because I have been wanting to do it since I was a girl and I used to watch my British aunty Josie making such a rug for the nursery. You are great my dear. Best wishes.xxxx
I could watch and listen to you forever Marion!
You are so peaceful and relaxing.
Thank you! 😊
An art show is needed to display your lovely work. I feel very privileged to see how you make these things, even the baking which is marvelous too. Thank you!
Thank you so much Susie
I remember seeing these in a museum, the type where a house is set up as it would have been in Victorian times and these types of rugs were in front of the fire. I was told they are rag rugs. I'm sure my mamma said they had/ made them when she was growing up in the 1900s
Yes, people do call them rag rugs too. Hooky, clippy and proddy are North East terms that are still used here..
Within a few days of watching your videos, I became quite addicted to them 😊. I made myself a necklace from felt of my wedding hat, now I am making tailor ham and start learning kawandi. Thank you for all the beautiful and amazing projects you teach us. With love from Slovenia ❤
Hallo Marion I’ve already left a comment but I just wanted to say…. the two tote bags I ordered arrived yesterday and they are lovely. I now have another Greenman to add to my collection here I W Australia!🌿🍃
Brilliant! I'm glad you like them and that they arrived safely!
Happy New Year 2025😁!! My grandmother made rag rugs out of any and everything - her old hosiery, bread bags, etc. A true woman of the depression era raising five boys.
Brilliant! I know that old stockings were used here too. It's most definitely a 'use what you have' type of craft!
It’s great how you’re helping to keep alive the crafts from yesteryear!
I’m actually making a clippy mat from fleece for my bathroom ☺️ I’m a member of a Northumberland rug group, The Belford Hookers, and we meet weekly. I have instructions on how to make a frame, but not sure how to make it available for anyone to have.
Hiya I would know more about the fame if possible thank you Peter Scotland
@ if you give me your email address I’ll send you it
Is the hessian from a special place we used potato sacks when I was little.xx🐝🐝
I would like to know too. Thanks
@@joyofthings I bought my hessian from the internet but I’ve also used good hessian coffee sacks
Thank you Marion, I started a hooky rug while on my Foundation degree course in 2013 but didn't finish it, so when I get settled in over there I'll get it out and get it finished. Used to make them with my Mum in the 1960's/70's, we children always got the blunt scissors 😵💫 Didn't know the cardboard trick for the clippies, I'll use that in future.
I really enjoyed this. Great first video of 2025! Rug hooking, as it's called here, was big in New England (where I grew up and now live again) in the 1800s. But it never completely died out and there's been a resurgence throughout the US. When I was a child, one of our neighbors made big rugs which, at the time, I thought were the most beautiful things I'd ever seen with beautiful florals. Thanks for this most enjoyable video.
One of my aunt (b. In the 1910) have written her memoirs about ‘tapis crocheté’ made by the family. For many years I had look for tutorial and observed old ones at antique shop to figure out how to make them. Your video is the first one that really covers all aspect of the craft so I could reproduce it. Small details were always missing (like how to deal with the tails). Thank you so much to allow me to reconnect with a craft that was lost in my family tradition. Those rugs were popular among french Canadian, I guess the english influence after the conquest resulted in adopting that craft (ways to use old scrap are always welcome). I might try a small, fine cushion to begins with.
I'm glad I helped you with being able to do something you wanted to make. I hope you enjoy making your cushion 💐☺️
I'm a Geordie who's lived in Australia for 60 years. This video popped up in my feed and thought I'd give it a look. I haven't heard the term Proddy mat since I was a child.
Ty for the tutorial. Your stair mat is divine.
Thanks for watching. I'm glad I brought back memories ☺️
Marion, your staircase carpet looks absolutely gorgeous. I really love your wall hanging using the proggy method, I have not done it myself but I'd like to have ago in creating something for my sewing room. I love the heart on the wall hanging, absolutely gorgeous!! Thank you Marion for the inspiration. Blessings to you and take care. Thelma ❤❤
My mum (she was Australian, born in 1917), had two rugs in your clippy style - one by the sink. No pattern, just old cloth. Eventually they wore out. Your wall hanging looks fabulous!
Your grandma's bone prodder is amazing!
It's so lovely to hold. Worn smooth from years of being used!
I absolutely love this. Your wall hanging is beautiful. I appreciate that you share the old ways of creating. It's sad that these ways are lost to a lot of us. I also love that back in the day they used up everything to create something new. We need to continue that tradition and not be so wasteful.
Thanks so much for sharing! You're a gem! ❤
My nan used to call them pegged rugs ….lol well done Marion
Because of the prodder being made with a peg sometimes!
We called them peg rugs.xx🐝🐝
Hi Marion, what a great project. It's so great that you use techniques from the past. This way they are preserved forever on RUclips 👏👍🧡💐
I’ve only just found your channel and love what you make ❤ I’ve done punch needle and it reminds me of this but in a bigger scale and love the fact it’s up cycling fabrics for another purpose. I’ve also watched one of your painting with crewel wool your song thrush, wow just amazing and beautiful. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and beautiful projects 😊 I’m sure I’ll be watching lots of your content ☺️ thanks once again.
I watched several videos today but yours I watched at the end of the evening. I knew I was saving the best for last….just as always!! Without fail, Marion, you bring an interesting, informative video with a cheerful, calming teaching technique. And what a gorgeous mat. I’m sure many of us will be trying our hand at this. I’m so looking forward to Marion’s 2025 world!! Thank you so much!
Thank you too. A lovely compliment 😊
I love the antique tools and the way the project turned out. So beautiful!
My parents were Geordies and my Gran used to make these hooky mats. Sadly I've lost her hook. Adored your stair carpet 💖🥰 Hugs from Western Australie🦘
That's a shame!
It’s beautiful! I didn’t know this technique,my mum made cushions with a hook and wool tread but this is quite different. Thank you. Love Tineke
Marion, Marion, Marion you are just amazing. The wall hanging is fabulous and is a design we will all be recreating ❤️ 2025 is going to be great in your company. In your recent live chat you said about doing in-person workshops which would be fantastic - don’t forget to tap into the ‘Marionettes’ (lol someone called us ‘followers’ that in the comments) as a source to locate venues, places to stay etc. I think there would be a scrabble to help! Thank you for NYE chat, it was very personal and informative and I thoroughly enjoyed it - although it was tough saying goodbye, I just wanted to give you a hug x Perhaps next live when you are ready to say ‘goodnight’ we all, on your command, say 3,2,1 and switch off x Will be scouring boot sales and markets for hookies, proddies and maybe a frame and I have a feeling I won’t be alone!
Thank you so much for this message Cathy. I haven't seen anything about Marionettes! I'm smiling as I'm typing it 😅
I definitely do want to do some in person workshops..but I'm afraid I'm not so good with all the organising. It will have to be one of my 2025 goals..to try and plan things out properly .. I relied on Michael to keep my diary up to date with what I had to be doing.. He loved all of that and being on the computer etc...
@ Morning Marion, thanks for the reply x Marionettes made me smile as well. No pressure on the workshops just wanted to say if you need support/help just ask - however, these things can grow out of control so do things at your own pace and what you are comfortable with x I enjoy crafting of all types and like making things for people as gifts - I’m always being told I should sell items but I find it changes things for me and I don’t enjoy the making so much. Each to their own. Have a good day very frosty here - a good day for crafting 😘
That brought back happy memories of making rag rugs in the 1950s, in Argyll. We always used a frame set on the kitchen table. Because this was very inconvenient a rug was started only when there was enough cloth cut and ready to complete the job. Our prodders were deer horn, perfectly smooth at the tips. Nearly all the cloth we used was tweed from men’s clothes but I do remember pieces of a red dress being set aside to make a pattern at each corner. As far as I remember we worked methodically in rows but I was young at the time, although able to help. I suspect the black backing cloth was from WW2 blackout blinds.
Always wanted a cutting machine when making fabric trees for scenery, for the millions of leaves！I made a Brasilian flag using a sort of proddy tool where the thread went through a tubular needle. Going to make a proddy tool from a bit of antler.
Hi Ellie. I think the tool you used was maybe called a punch needle. I have one of those too. It's another method of working from the back and leaving loops on the front. Antler makes a great prodder... They have the perfect shape and rounded points.
I hope you had a good Christmas etc.. I ended up starting my decorating straight afterwards.. 😊
@@marionsworld24 Yes, punch needle that’s the one.Loved your kitchen repaint, you have to do those things when the mood takes you.
These were very common in Lancashire, not just the North East! They were called peg rugs (as in, made using a peg). I remember the older generation (both men and women) made them, even upto the 1950s x
😊 yes everywhere that people wanted to make mats and rugs whilst using up old things... I think it sounds like the whole world has made something like it in the past.
They were definitely still being made into the 50's here 👍. And now there's a revival of a lot of old techniques, which is really great .. But we're not doing it through need anymore, but because they're lovely in their own right..
@marionsworld24 I agree, they're beautiful 😍 Thanks for sharing the techniques, Marion x
I remember making a mat with my Nan, she was from Birmingham, always had one in the kitchen, when it was old it went to the shed and a new one wad made. I think Grandad burnt the old shed one in the end as it was all natural fibres.
Thank you for reminding me.
Marion that looks amazing you are so talented
Wow Marion your stair carpet is truly amazing. Very interesting watching a technic from the past, thankyou ❤
Just fascinating! Thank you for repeating terms multi times, because it takes awhile to grasp it all. You've made it so simple that it actually looks possible! Your wall hanging is just wonderful! Is jersey like T-shirt fabric? Is hession the same as burlap? What a joy! You are a joy!
Yes jersey is any knit fabric...t shirts, stretchy dresses etc. Any fabric can be cut up for a mat though.. you could make sparkly ones if you had sparkly material!☺️
Mum and I used to make Redicut rugs together, so you have brought back some happy memories for me ❤ I love how the heart really stands out… Oh yes, I have ordered some Ringtons tea and biscuits, arriving on Tuesday! Can’t wait!! Xxxx
We have Ringtons in Newark, Nottinghamshire. I was so surprised when they knocked on the door, several (30?) years ago and I could continue the NE tradition. I'm from Gateshead.
You are an absolute treasure. 🥰
That would be lovely made as a memory wall hanging ,with fabric from the persons clothes.
Happy new year Marion
Oh my gum
Now that takes me back to my college days i made a hooky pannel for a kimono that i put in a show
My gran had hooky rugs on the beds in winter and back then there was only the fire in the Front room
My mum made latch sun burse rug which ive still got with me
My uncle frank gave me a steel hooky hook and he made my frame but alas with moving 49 times in 53 years my frame has gone
Glad you are show casing the northeast crafts
The shipley art gallery in gateshead always had these kind of Residential works on show
So interesting really enjoy learning the history of making. I think I have a hook somewhere that I found at a church bazar years ago….didnt know what it was but can’t resist an old craft tool. I’ll have to have a search
Good luck 😊
Your stair rug is just so awesome. You are so talented.
My 95 yr old mum and I (60) get all excited when there's a new 'Marion' video. Thank you so much for being such an incredible inspiration. It's wonderful to see (and hear) you making stuff out of what you've already got...I've been doing that for some time, mainly knitting and crochet but I'm rubbish at following patterns so thanks to you, almost giving me permission, I just make it up as I go along. Thanks Marion, for all that you do. Loads of love Sara and Gilly (and Millie and Bert, the cats) from Devon xxx
Great to hear that you're just making it up as you go! That's the best way of learning I think... Misty sends Millie and Bert a meeow...
Awesome Marion, my granny did her floor mats with a sacking needle to do the clippie method gosh that was way back in the 1900's, because here our Māori people were Potato growers
here in NZ and had a lot of sacks, very much like Husein but rougher type of fabric made from Flax that was stripped down to make a string or rope and they made the cloth backing by weaving it
then applied the torn up old clothing to finish the mats off. Beautiful memories of an old tradition which is achievable in today's society. My Uncle still has a mat she made in 1971 one her last ones she made. Huge Hugs Marion xx
That's really interesting, especially about being made with a needle...Thank you for telling me about it. You're lucky to still have one of them too..
I hardly ever see original ones outside of seeing them in a museum...
You are amasing,keep showing amd explaining different crafts😊
Will do Mary..
Love the stair carpet!
Me too!
My mum had two " rag rugs " which belonged to her grandmother. Made mainly from pieces of suiting. Probably made at the end of the 1800's. One was the back door mat, the other by the sink in the kitchen.
I have not thought of them since I don 't know when, so as the song says, "thanks for the memory".
Exactly how I remember them being used in the 60's...
Watching you making the hooky/proddy mat brought back memories of the bedside mat my grandpa (an old merchant sailor) made me and my younger sister. They were oval and had our initial in the centre..This was just after the war so probably made with old clothes.
Happy New Year Marion! My mother's name was Marian and her father was Marion! A happy name for me as my mother was most adored.
So, I loved this whole video and I will subscribe now. It truly does look fairly simple and something I can do. I was amazed at your stair rug, lovely and really fun! I watched 5 videos from a country woman of yours as she taught us how to make a willow basket. Wonderful, but your lesson looks much easier and friendly. I'm going to give it a go - if I can figure out the hessian cloth! And the stretcher frame! Ta! Ellen in the States..............
Hessian is the same as burlap over there. And for a frame a an old tapestry frame will work just as well for a small mat or wall hanging.
Well I did know that Marion was a man's name too because of John Wayne being Marion Morrison... But it's lovely to hear from someone whose Mam and grandfather was were both Marions!... :)
You never cease to amaze! Look at you filming from underneath your piece even! My how you’ve grown and learned in your RUclips journey! I am completely in love with your wall hanging. I wish I could find the wool strips like you used. I live in Texas in the US and it’s always hot here so I don’t find wool. Love you and your channel! God bless you in 2025!
Thanks Lisa. I've had 18 months of learning to do things better ☺️
I dyed a thrifted blanket and cut squares out to dye with food colouring 😅
So if you can find an old blanket you can make whatever colour you want to...
The best tutorial on this craft that I've ever seen. Thank you.
Thank you so much for for the support Angela. I appreciate the comment..
What a wonderful view into your regional traditions. An aunt and uncle of mine were wool rug hookers, which is what we in the US typically call your hooky process. (Not the yarn+latch hook thing, for sure.) I have inherited their large floor frame and have been intimidated. I think I need to start small! I also do locker hooking, which is cotton strips pulled through open mesh, and then "locked to the surface with a cotton yarn through the loops since there is very little friction to hold the loops in place. It is fun to use my own art as patterns.
I've seen locker hooking online but never in real life. It took me 6 months to hook my stair carpet. I worked on it almost every evening.
@marionsworld24 It is just brilliant! I feel enncouraged 💚
That was great Thank You Marion. I still have the rug made with sacks not posh hessian that my parents made when first married in Lancashire 1948 . One room and shared bathroom , furniture including orange boxes and my baby clothes knitted with sticks pruned from a hedge cos there were so few things availible to buy post war - not that they minded cos my father had driven aid for Save the Children into Germany and they knew they were comparatively well off sitting by their fire hooking the rug. Cat now sleeps on the rug when she deigns to take shelter.
Wonderful that you still have the rug Cadileigh! I wish I had one of the ones my Grandma made...
Marion this video brought back such a happy memory of when I sat with my Aunt making “rag rug”. I remember it making my fingers sore, we used a converted dolly peg to push the fabric through but I think we tied the fabric too. Thanks for sharing this craft i so enjoyed it x
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What a fun project! I've priced those cutters; they're really pricey. I've been saving old t-shirts to use is something. Now I have a use for them. I liked how you mixed the fabrics. Let's keep the old crafts alive!
Cnt wait to spent the coming year in your company Marion may 2025 be kind to you my dear xxx
Oh my !!! I just love this wall hanging !!! You are so good at teaching anything Marion !!! Thank you so much!!!
Live it right on time for Valentine's Day..❤
I did this with my mum in the 60 s we called it a peg rug.We live in Derbyshire from a mining area.xx🐝🐝
Peg because of the peg prodder... :)
An amazing wall hanging! A rug would be a beautiful addition to the floor and with the large problem of waste in the landfills this would be so helpful to use old clothes and fabrics to cut down on the amount of cloth going into the landfills. I love your videos
Hi! I’m Linda from Pennsylvania in the USA. I came upon your very interesting and informative channel and I know I’ll be binge watching!
My roots are Hungarian, Pennsylvania Dutch (German), and a bit of English from my maternal grandmother. She was the most frugal woman I ever knew born in 1900.
I’ve really enjoyed your channel. Thanks so much for sharing your heritage and your crafts. Bye for now! 😊
I love this Marion, and it turned out wonderfully. My Dad used to make Latch hook rugs, and I still have one he made to this day. Though all I remember when I had a go at helping him was how sore my wrist was!
Your staircase rug! What a magical carpet that is! I just love your work, and you are teaching me so many things. Thank you from the bottom of my heart!
You are so welcome Nancy. It's my pleasure ☺️
I didn’t think I would be at all interested in this craft but Marion after watching I cannot wait to try and make something - absolutely fascinating - thank you x
Ooh.. lovely Christine.. Good luck with it..
Elspeth whose Co is called Ragged Life sells supplies. I’ve made a few items and it uses up old clothing. Her scissors are well worth buying as they cut through layers of fabric so easily.. great demo Marion, lovely design. X
I saw her Mum at Harrogate Show in November.
Loved watching this as it brought back wonderful memories of my Mum making a Rag Rug for the kitchen. ❤ I recently completed my very first hook rug of Jemima Puddle Duck and it was so relaxing to do as I binged watched your lovely videos. Thank you so much Marion for keeping these wonderful skills alive and sharing with the world to enjoy.
My grandma taught me this when I was about 8 years old. Her house was filled with hooked mats. My mom probably only made 1 or 2. This is in Ontario Canada. I made one during covid using a latchhook canvas and wider strip of cable-knit sweaters using one of my great grandma's hooks. It was basic and worked up quickly. We call the backing fabric burlap in Canada. Your instructions are very clear. Ready to try my second mat this winter.
Brilliant ☺️
So lovely! Thank you Marion. It is a pleasure to be learning these techniques and how to make the tool I need. My Mam made the proddy mats. I watched her learning how to do it and trying different tools and techniques. Eventually working from the wrong side, as her sisters had advised. She said that originally the new one went on the Mam and Dad's bed. Then the one off their bed went on the children's bed and that went on the floor in front of the fire. The fireside mat got used in the kitchen ... eventually finishing it's life as a doormat. My Dad used one to lie on when working under our old, old car which regularly needed repaired. I'm 76 to put it all into context, just love the history of it all.
In the North East of England we called it a clippy mat or a proggy mat , don't know why proggy.
😅 you've reminded me of under the car! Those were the days when Dad's were always tinkering on with their cars up on jacks..
Oh Marion I love this! Scrappy crafts, developed out of necessity, are such a fantastic creative outlet. I've hooked a few pieces and it's such fun. I'm looking forward to trying proddy as well. I'm looking forward to making some rugs as well as chair pads this year.
Proddy would be very comfortable for that...
Thanks Marion for all the details about the tools and materials to use, and the history of this beautiful craft. ❤
Love seeing this as it brings back very happy memories. My gran who was a born in Willington Quay taught me how to make rag rugs when I was in my twenties (many years ago now!). I needed a couple of rugs for my very first flat and was on a very tight budget! These rugs lasted for several years. Think we used old coal sacks washed, opened up and sewn together to make the base.
The coal sacks would have been a perfect backing!
Happy, healthy 2025 Marion. I have always wanted to make one of these rugs, thanks for excellent instructions.
Fascinating! Now you’ve got me thinking about trying this myself. I have some burlap (as far as I can tell, it’s basically the same as what you call hessian) and I certainly have lots of various fabric scraps. Looks like yet another project to put on my ‘must try’ list. I also never realized that cutting my jersey (and I have plenty of leftovers) ‘vertically’ would make it curl outward. Always learning things from you! Thank you for starting off my New year inspired.
Thank you so much Marion, you explained it all so well. What a beautiful wall hanging ❤
Thank you so much!
Lovely project to use up leftover over fabric. 🎉
What a great start to a new year! Thank you for sharing!
Wow! Those stairs look awesome! Amazing Marion❤😊
Thank you for showing us how to make these beautiful mats/rugs! The bone tool looks like a turkey leg bone, which I'll save next turkey I roast. Wishing you a gloriously creative 2025!
Thanks Sofie..
Thank you Marion - that was sooo informative and very well demonstrated. I have used Monks Cloth as well as Burlap (Hessian) to make a few things. I noticed with the Proddy there are 2 hand movements to each strip (stitch), whereas in Hooky there is only one for each stitch. I have never had Proddy explained before - so thank you again. Looking forward to your 2025 artistic videos.
That is lovely, Marion. You explain everything so well. Thank you for sharing this with us. A great way to start 2025!!!
Thanks Ann
Hallo Marion! I am so glad you are back on RUclips 😊 This was a very nice video, as always! And thank you for the tip how to cut yersey. 👍I did not know that before. 🤔
Greetings ❤/ Ingela Sweden ❄☃️🌨
Thank you for a great video lesson on how to approach these traditional North East rug making techniques-I’ve always wanted to have a go & now have an idea of where to start. The tip on cutting fabric strips into pieces using the folded card method is brilliant! I was trying to figure out how I could find an efficient way of cutting garment fabric into small usable pieces-now you’ve shown how to-many, many thanks.
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Happy New Year, Marionettes!
☺️ you've made me smile! Thank you.
Someone else referenced your comment and I saw it higher up...💐💐💐
Lovely to see, at last how the tool with the spring works as inherited one from my nana. Never knew till now how to use it. Many thanks xxx
I've got an itch to make myself a proddy mat! Now to try and find some hessian. Thank you Marion! I look forward to another wonderful year visiting Marion's World.
Burlap sacks are a common base for hooky and proddy mats! If you don't happen to have old feed sacks lying about, craft stores carry burlap quite inexpensively.
Hello sweet lady! I just discovered your channel today and watched a couple of videos and I am excited to subscribe and see what else you have in your queue! It seems like we have a lot of things in common as far as interests and I love your personality and teaching style. I look forward to getting to know you better. With love from Bandana Gramma
Welcome to my channel Bandana Gramma.. I'm glad you enjoyed my video 😊 Cool name!
I can vaguely remember my grandma having a rag rug in her kitchen when I was a child. It was interesting watching you show us how they were made, I have never seen anyone make them. As ever your tutorial was very clear and the wall hanging was lovely. Thank you for sharing yet another one of your talents. I made your ginger cake a week ago and it really makes a difference when you leave it to mature and get sticky. 😋
Wow, your work is so lovely, yet another one of your projects that I would like to try, thank you for all your enthusiasm and inspiration!
I must dig out my rug, it’s partly made which is what we crafters do when there are so many exciting projects to try ☺️. Your wall hanging is gorgeous I really love it 🩷
So true Jan!
I love this! I've made rag rugs but nothing like these. I have a closet clean out In Mind and you have inspired me, Beautiful work , I enjoy watching your videos and all your projects.
I'm so glad you'll get to use up your old things in a lovely way..
I adore your stair mat ❤❤❤😊
What a fun project to start the new year. Your wall hanging is lovely. The pink heart is a beautiful color against the background.
I’m enjoying being snowed in. I’ve started several projects for the year based on your tutorials. You are a treasure❤️
Ooh.. interesting 🤔😊
Thank you for this very easy to follow, tutorial. My very old aunts, had left me some of their ancient tools from the 1800's and I've always wanted to have a go. So.bless you Marion.🎉
Wonderful! I hope you enjoy making your own..
This is a gorgeous project. I used to love to make little rugs back in the day. I would actually love to make a wall hanging. Thank you Marion for another beautiful video/tutorial 🥰
Happy Sunday, Marion! Looking forward to a year of artful crafting and making with you! Thank you for the time and care you take to make project tutorials easy to follow.