I asked my mother to tell the story behind some of the rugs she made. I shot this in D1 quality but at a lower frame rate.
One is a rug she made from her mother's old coats.
Another is a rug she made of her old dresses
A third is one she made of her old bathrobes (I remember going shopping with my father to buy her those!)
She also discusses a bit of the technique of doing color block rows.
Duration : 2 min 1 sec
This tutorial shows how to start a tooothbrush rug (or toothbrush handle rug, or rag rug…) using a braid. It takes you from the start through the first row and first corner.
Look for more information on this great old craft at toothbrushrugs.blogspot.com
Duration : 9 min 56 sec
Shows a couple of the other rugs my mother has made, but these don't seem to have any deep sentimental value or long history behind them.
The dogs, as always, are painfully cute, and love the rugs.
Like the other videos shot during this visit, I used a lower frame rate to conserve space, since we only had our little laptop along to which to copy files.
Duration : 1 min 23 sec
This video shows the finished doggie rug project, which incorporated several advanced techniques: I reversed back several times, and on the final row, I punched holes in the base of the sweatshirt hoodie and knit them in to the rug.
Duration : 2 min 26 sec
I like to say that toothbrush rugs are essentially making a silk purse from a sow's ear… here I prove it. I use two umbrellas to add on to a rug started from a shower curtain.
Duration : 3 min 22 sec
It was suggested that some would like to see the person doing the tutorials. I don't know what my Ichabod Crane like visage adds to the pedagogical process, but why not. In these videos I show me working on a blue jean rug which is almost done and which I hope to sell, while discussing some of the aspects of the craft.
Duration : 8 min 12 sec