I adore handcrafted PRACTICAL items. And of these, rugs are probably my favorite. They are sturdy, yet provide a squishy soft comfort to your cold feet early in the morning, welcome guests as they enter your house and are often passed down from generation to generation.
Tomorrow I begin a new semester of volunteer teaching elementary and middle school children in fiber arts. These next 18 weeks, the students will explore many kinds of rug making....braided, prodded, hooked, sewn, looped, and much more. We will make "mug mat" samplers of each technique and then the students will individually choose their favorite technique to make a small rug of their own.
The first project? A sewn rug, using wool yarn scraps and recycled burlap coffee bag sacks. I can't wait!
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"Outta the landfill and into your heart!"
Please post pictures of your project with the students! Can't wait to see!
ReplyDeleteAmy in Sebastopol