This week I look at the women whose work was barely noticed and how Winifred Nicholson helped to change that. #ragrugs #womenartists

Day 4 of FIBERuary - rug weaving!
Not specifically yarn 🧶 related, but ive had this project on the loom for i think a year or more? Its thrifted sheets and fabric I bought a while back and im *hoping* to finish it here soon to start another~

[ #rugweaving #ragrugs #handweaving ]

In making my first ever rag rug from my huge stash of scraps, I have been amazed by the limited the dye pallet. So many clothes from different manufacturers, different decades, in different fabrics, are exactly the same shade.

#ragRugs #scraps

Also everything beyond my craft room has gone insane.

Hooked art - chile.

It's still chile season here in New Mexico!
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Hooked rug.

Hooked rug.

First chance to hook in a couple of weeks. Happy place. Still getting over jet lag, though.
Mostly old bedsheets, a little t-shirt, on monk's cloth.

#hookedart #rughooking #hookedrugs #hookedrug #contemporaryrughooking #repurposedtextiles #ragrugs #newmexicoartist #highonhooking#rughookingteacher

Hooked rug in process.

Hooked rug in process, monk's cloth and rug tape.

Hooked rug in process, monk's cloth.

Some progress. Mostly old bedsheets, a little t-shirt, on monk's cloth.

#hookedart #rughooking #hookedrugs #hookedrug #monkscloth #contemporaryfiberart #making #contemporaryrughooking #fiberarts #repurposedtextiles #ragrugs #newmexicoartist #newmexicofiberarts #highonhooking#rughookingteacher

29x36" Yellow rag locker hooked rug #lockerhookedrugs #ragrugs

Rag manifesto : making, folklore and communit It’s time to reconsider the value of our waste. In the past these were valuable commodities you could sell on. Gathering rag and turning it into yarn was rich in the possibility of making things. This...

OMG, @g0blinegg.bsky.social !!! Check out this book on rag rug making! www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?E... #folkcrafts #folkloring #crafty #ragrugs #thrifty #repurpose

Some rug closeups.
#ragrugs #fibrearts #artiscare #mentalhealth

Also in the works -- highly requested blue jean rag rugs! #bluejeans #ragrugs #upcycle

Progress on a large custom rug! #wip #ragrugs #customdesign

Here's my not quite finished yet, repurposed velvet and textile hooked rug. It's got a denim seam fringe. The red velvet on the poppies, is a really old thick heavy curtain, tough to sew!
#crafts #art #wip #handmade #ragrugs #repurpose #earthfriendy #textiles #ecofriendly #heritagecrafts

This is what I'm working on in my studio these days... playing around with rag rugs.
#fibrearts #ragrugs #upcycling #mentalhealth #weaving