How To Make A Proggy Mat Frame

Basically proggy proddy peggy tab clippie and clootie mats are all regional names for the same thing.

How to make a proggy mat frame.

Textile artist ali rhind gives a step by step guide to creating hooky and proggy rag rugs. The traditional proddy or proggy frame consists of four pieces of timbre with 4 pegs. It is a relatively simply frame to make and use and can be used for both prodding and hooking. A short video which explains how to create textile projects using the proggy technique.

Here are a set of instructions for making rag rugs put together by textile artist ali rhind to take you through the process of making hooky and proggy mats as well as making the frames and tools. How to make a christmas wreath using a rag rug tool rag rugger. The pleasure of making and the growing interest in recycling. Check out the accompanying instructional films at.

Elsewhere they are known as clippy mats proddy mats and peg rugs for example. Hookinpunch adjustable frame demonstration from notforgotten farm. Specifications for the larger traditional proddy proggy frame generally braced between two tables or set onto two saw horses. Hooky and proggy mats a beginner s guide.

The tradition of making rag mats isn t unique to the north east but the terms hooky and proggy are regional.