How To Make A Proggy Mat Frame

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How to make a proggy mat frame.

A short video which explains how to create textile projects using the proggy technique. It is a relatively simply frame to make and use and can be used for both prodding and hooking. The tradition of making rag mats isn t unique to the north east but the terms hooky and proggy are regional. Elsewhere they are known as clippy mats proddy mats and peg rugs for example.

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. This will show you what size to cut your fabric and how to add it to. The traditional proddy or proggy frame consists of four pieces of timbre with 4 pegs. Textile artist ali rhind gives a step by step guide to creating hooky and proggy rag rugs.

Specifications for the larger traditional proddy proggy frame generally braced between two tables or set onto two saw horses. Basically proggy proddy peggy tab clippie and clootie mats are all regional names for the same thing. This is a lady making a proggy mat note they are made stretched on a frame and worked with the wrong side facing up. Hookinpunch adjustable frame demonstration from notforgotten farm.

Hooky mats are slightly different but all the names refer to how the mats are made or the tool used to make them.