As well as our usual meeting we were also enchanted by a visit to see miniatures made by Lily and her husband. I have concentrated on photos of the miniature rugs, and of course there is a rug frame with a part completed rug, and even a rug beater! Its hard to imagine these are at dolls house scale…. When you have finished looking at the dolls house pictures, scroll down to see our meeting photos.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There was also a good variety of rugs at our September meeting, and we were pleased to welcome some visitors from Airedale and the Lunesdale groups.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The striped rug is made from strips of curtain fabric crocheted following the instructions in a recently acquired pamphlet we have in our library. Its quite chunky, and could be made neater by machine sewing the strips and also pre folding the strips.

 

The images below are of a peg loom woven rug using dolly pegs. Not as easy to use as the traditional dowels, but it does allow thick fabric on the warp.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We had some beautiful flower rugs to admire, contrast the fine hooking, and the effect from prodding tee shirt materials.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Another three delightful proddy rugs have been finished.. and they demonstrate the variety of finishes that can be achieved with this simple technique.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A family of carefully observed sheep in different varieties  also came to visit:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and finally…. a lucky recycling group find has lead to the acquisition of a rug that is about twenty or more years old. It had to be both beaten and washed, as it had been infront of an open fire for many years.