Rug making is an age old craft revived. Both Proggy and Hooky methods are known as far apart as Egypt and Scandinavia. The craft seems to have developed simultaneously in Britain and America, the earliest known British sample dating back to about 1840. In recent times it has become a real art form and talented craftsmen have produced some wonderful examples.
DESCRIPTION
Proggy rugs and hooky rugs are hard wearing rugs made out of material. To make either of them you will need old clothes, hessian or harn, A wooden frame and either a progger or a hook.