Use Old Clothes and Blankets to Craft Yourself a Rag Rug!

[@paulinedonnelly6077]

Hi Marion, WOW your stair carpet is lovely, the more projects you show us, the more amazing they are 😍😍😍 The stair carpet must have taken you ages to do ..... but probably not 😂🤣😂🤣😂😍🤣 Beautiful wall hanging xx These rugs are not something I ever envisaged trying, but you just make things look so enjoyable & do-able .... you continue to amaze me 💖💖💖 love & hugs from OZ XXXXX 😘😘😘

[@adeleelgood6948]

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!

[@marionsworld24]

Thanks so much!

[@DiannelLaird]

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.

[@ljshaw8516]

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.

[@lydiavalletta6501]

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

[@jezanne]

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.

[@cathyflower4790]

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!

[@TheRedpotter]

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!

[@oneviewcornwall8200]

Wow your stair mat / carpet is absolutely amazing beautiful

[@naomimarker451]

That stair runner is amazing!

[@cheriesartsncrafts]

❤ It is amazing and beautiful!! ❤

[@valetta202]

Wonderful colours.

[@anneyoungman3459]

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 .

[@edwinarigby4727]

How lovely to work with tools your Grandma and Mum used.

[@janajk6014]

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 ❤

[@susiebernal-weatherby45]

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! ❤

[@margewyatt1743]

Love your jumper.

[@TinekeGelder]

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

[@pattijacobs1]

This was a great video! Thanks for sharing a new craft with us!

[@anitajansen5610]

Hi Marion, what a great project. It's so great that you use techniques from the past. This way they are preserved forever on KZbin 👏👍🧡💐

[@BernardDauphinais]

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.

[@Mycretanlife]

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.

[@Susietacoma]

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!

[@marionsworld24]

Thank you so much Susie

[@josefinaalcoleajclover8409]

You’re just amazing whatever you put your your mind and hands to! What an inspiration! Happy New Year Marion.❤

[@EleanorCornford]

Loved your hanging❤

[@joenperkins2138]

May have to put this on the list. lol. I am 79 and will have to live for ever to get it all done. 😂

[@marionsworld24]

You and me both Joen!

[@marnsimpson8718]

@@marionsworld24 Ditto!

[@paulinemullin9193]

Beautiful Marion ❤

[@darkallegiance666]

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!

[@brendatilbury99]

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

[@helenjowett7879]

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.

[@dianpapay7927]

What a fun project to start the new year. Your wall hanging is lovely. The pink heart is a beautiful color against the background.

[@Fitz-14]

So cool - thanks for showing us! ❤

[@Nanna-bm4ov]

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!

[@andreajones8041]

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.

[@valetta202]

Thank you Andrea for your lovely homily, I love this stuff, you really inspire me..🎉

[@Zine2me]

You are an absolute treasure. 🥰

[@jimhooper4252]

My nan used to call them pegged rugs ….lol well done Marion

[@marionsworld24]

Because of the prodder being made with a peg sometimes!

[@joyofthings]

We called them peg rugs.xx🐝🐝

[@carrieruston1964]

Happy New Year Marion beautiful project from Ontario Canada 🇨🇦

[@lindak7499]

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.

[@suebolton2825]

Love this, thank you Marion and a happy new year to you. My mam and grandma made hooky rugs - mam had a frame like yours and all the tools. I don’t think they ever bought rugs but just made their own! When I first got married I used to make wool rugs using canvas - winding the wool on a wooden tool with a groove which you then could cut the wool to the right length. (Before ready-cut I think as it was 50 years ago!!). 🥰

[@marionsworld24]

I made a wool rug with Reddi-cut when I was first married!

[@misssusisweetheartrose883]

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.

[@teetracyfrazier5162]

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

[@carolcuming2152]

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.

[@carol3513]

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.

[@deb.m.7458]

Marion, thank you for showing us how to do this. The rug hook looks like a crochet hook, so will give it a try. So much stuff gets thrown away because we don’t know what to do with it. The world is more beautiful with handmade items and time seems more special because it’s slower.❤

[@elizabethparkes683]

Marion that looks amazing you are so talented

[@kittybaxter2228]

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.

[@diannenaworensky6698]

Your staircase rug is ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS and very BEAUTIFUL !!!!!! ❤❤❤

[@julia-ql3kr]

Thank you so much Marion, you explained it all so well. What a beautiful wall hanging ❤

[@marionsworld24]

Thank you so much!

[@louiseoconnor8071]

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.

[@candicepierce5726]

It’s great how you’re helping to keep alive the crafts from yesteryear!

[@viviancothros5541]

Thanks Marion for all the details about the tools and materials to use, and the history of this beautiful craft. ❤

[@marykendrick825]

You are amasing,keep showing amd explaining different crafts😊

[@poppydaniels9855]

Lovely project to use up leftover over fabric. 🎉

[@cadileigh9948]

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.

[@marionsworld24]

Wonderful that you still have the rug Cadileigh! I wish I had one of the ones my Grandma made...

[@susandeveaux4117]

Oh my !!! I just love this wall hanging !!! You are so good at teaching anything Marion !!! Thank you so much!!!

[@gailcolvin1640]

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.

[@marionsworld24]

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.

[@gailcolvin1640]

@marionsworld24 It is just brilliant! I feel enncouraged 💚

[@tagladyify]

Another new craft to enjoy with much of the scary mystery removed! Thank you Marion. I’ll have to take a look at the old tools I found on goodwill or Etsy a while back and give it a try. One is sort of flat, made of 2 pieces of wood held together with a couple of metal straps. The two together are fiddle shaped with one having a very large needle with an eye at the end. The two pieces slide back and forth against each other length wise. And a similar tool, but all metal. This tool is called The Betsy Ross Rug Shuttle. It came with part of the original box. They look quite old. It will be so fun to try them out and make something useful.

[@jillwhitneybirk]

What a delightful first video of 2025! Fascinating techniques. I loved hearing about how it fits into the heritage of Yorkshire as well. I remember trying hooked rug projects with yarn in the 70’s when I was a kid… but never finished one. This is much more cool. Thanks for this! Happy New Year, Marion. ❤

[@elainebramson7042]

You are a lady of amazing talents! It's so great way to use tons of pieces that still gave use! Thank you for another new lesson! ❤

[@Vickiexploring]

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

[@anndotsey1910]

That is lovely, Marion. You explain everything so well. Thank you for sharing this with us. A great way to start 2025!!!

[@marionsworld24]

Thanks Ann

[@angelanewman5566]

The best tutorial on this craft that I've ever seen. Thank you.

[@marionsworld24]

Thank you so much for for the support Angela. I appreciate the comment..

[@romytaylor1817]

Happy New Year, Marionettes!

[@shinybreesilver3264]

Wow, never seen or heard anything like this. Thanks Marion for continuing to enrich my crafty/culture knowledge ❤❤❤

[@juliemorrison4348]

What a great craft to be handed down to you by your mum and gran Marion. Looks so quick and easy for such beautiful mats.👏♥️🇦🇺

[@neatandknotbythesea9204]

thank you so much for this tutorial. I have watched so many but none so clear. They always make you feel like you need to buy a tonne of equipment. I wanted to stay true to the thrifty nature if the craft and now I feel ready. Have a lovely week, Catherine

[@marionsworld24]

Glad it was helpful Catherine.

[@pamelavandy290]

Happy, healthy 2025 Marion. I have always wanted to make one of these rugs, thanks for excellent instructions.

[@bmnegus3772]

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".

[@marionsworld24]

Exactly how I remember them being used in the 60's...

[@lindamiller6200]

Your grandma's bone prodder is amazing!

[@marionsworld24]

It's so lovely to hold. Worn smooth from years of being used!

[@carriep.8997]

Your stair rug is just so awesome. You are so talented.

[@dariawilber2213]

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.

[@teetracyfrazier5162]

Cnt wait to spent the coming year in your company Marion may 2025 be kind to you my dear xxx

[@theresasuttle711]

What a great start to a new year! Thank you for sharing!

[@mangm1]

Thank you for the excellent tutorial. Being able to see what you were doing was great.

[@jacquelineknox1977]

Such an interesting craft is rug making and using those beautiful old tools must be a real joy. My Dad made a couple of wool rugs when he was first married. Mum and Dad had them beside their bed. I think they were probably made from kits but they were wool and I have the tool he used, that probably came with the kits. xx

[@bentomama8966]

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🦘

[@marionsworld24]

That's a shame!

[@bbs3470]

And forgot to say, it is so very beautiful to look at.

[@sandramuis7430]

Thank you, Marion…and we wish you a very Happy and Prosperous New Year. 🥰👍🥂

[@RedKittieKat]

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 🥰

[@MarjorieBardwell]

Love the stair carpet!

[@marionsworld24]

Me too!

[@christinewhite1119]

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

[@marionsworld24]

Ooh.. lovely Christine.. Good luck with it..

[@sureed1157]

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!

[@mandyhernon2238]

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

[@terribradburn6685]

You made that so easy! Trying a small simple project

[@pamketron]

Oh Marion that is beautiful. I love all the colors and textures. You are such a great teacher. Every video I learn something new. Looking forward to seeing all that you create in 2025. I’m so happy I found your channel. You are my favorite and I watch all your videos. Sending Love & Hugs ❣️🧵🎉

[@JoProsser-n9d]

Love this craft,I have made several rugs from old clothes and bed linen makes a lovely rug for a child’s bedroom,never used any kind of frame as didn’t find the need.

[@marionsworld24]

That's interesting Jo. I think I never saw anyone doing it without a frame so that's just the way I carried on with it. I'll have to try it and see what difference there is. There's always room for more learning!

[@JoProsser-n9d]

@@marionsworld24my Dad taught me many years ago,I,m now 75yrs old and the past 4yrs started again,Dads been long gone ,however I still had two pair of his trousers which are now in a rug keepsake,only used the clippers method but find it so easy either on my lap watching TV or sitting at a table.

[@newmoonjlp]

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.

[@marionsworld24]

Proddy would be very comfortable for that...

[@BethsVintageStitchedHome]

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

[@bestcrossroad]

Beautiful wall hanging, the heart looks so bright & cheerful! And your stairs, wow! So much talent & skills the Lord has blessed you with! Thank for showing us how to do all those beautiful things.❤️ 🌸tess

[@cosmiccoyotedog-doreenb9605]

That was a great demonstration. Two years ago I learn how to rug hook (hooky mat) and loved it. This year I will try my hand at a clippy mat (proddy rug). I'm in upstate NY thus the others names I use. LOL Marion, so glad we helped get you pass the New Year with your live show, it helped me too. Much love for 2025💙🤎💛💚

[@bbs3470]

Oh Marion, I‘m so happy watching this. I bought a frame at the charity shop in spring and no one could tell me what it could be used for. Now I know. Thanks so very much. I had a feeling destiny will bring an answer for me and today destiny came in the form of your video. 🙏

[@inagraafland2971]

Thank you for showing us how to do this. I just love ❤️ ❤ everything w

[@Sa_Stafford]

Amazing. Thank you so much for showing these skills. 🙏 A fantastic video. 😘😘

[@wendyallisonbarnes1187]

Your stair runner is absolutely gorgeous! Thank you for sharing! I am also a rug hooker!

[@marionsworld24]

Thanks Wendy. Happy hooking to you..

[@sheilabennett3289]

Thank you, Marion, so much for sharing these techniques ❤. I inherited a tapestry, partially completed, but have never worked on hessian, so wasn't sure how to finish it. You've given me some wonderful ideas, and I so appreciate your sharing such practical skills and techniques. You are amazing ❤❤❤. Love your channel ❤❤❤😂.

[@lesb9613]

I love this rug!

[@helenjowett7879]

Mam used to say proggy mats and the tool was a progger! You made it look so easy. Thanks again.

[@marionsworld24]

☺️👍

[@shonnarobertson6462]

Thank you so much for showing us these two rug techniques. I think I might be more of a hooky rug person, than proddy/clippy. I think the rolling technique with hooky works better for my brain. Now to try hunt down a rug hook. I had an old latch hook but as you say, it would be easier to use a proper rug hook.

[@joanieann6179]

Welcome back, Marion! Your wall hanging is so pretty! I the finished look it a lot nicer than what we see in "braided rugs" made with scraps. Thank you again, Louise❤

[@joyofthings]

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🐝🐝

[@marionsworld24]

Peg because of the peg prodder... :)

[@nz-nz]

I could watch and listen to you forever Marion! You are so peaceful and relaxing.

[@lorainemacdonald517]

I laced the side with string though the side slates. . I like my base tight. You are a wonderful artist. My grandmother made "rised" rugs.meaning that the flowers were higher then the back ground.

[@marionsworld24]

The high up flowers sounds just lovely! I made mine level because I didn't want anyone to trip up the stairs!

[@ingelatorvaldsson990]

Hallo Marion! I am so glad you are back on KZbin 😊 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 ❄☃️🌨

[@draadjelosjokeschuurman]

I love these traditional techniques!