Name: Rag Rugging
Start: 2026-10-03T10:00:00
End: 2026-10-03T13:00:00
Location: Weald & Downland Living Museum

The Course Learn the traditional nineteenth-century art of rag rugging, using hand tools and recycled woollens and cottons to create your rug on a hessian backing. The tradition of making ‘rag’ or ‘thrift’ rugs became widespread during the Industrial Revolution in the nineteenth century, however by the 1920s the craft was dying out as it was associated with hard times. The necessity for thrift dur

Rag Rugging

Rag Rugging @ Weald & Downland Living Museum

The Course Learn the traditional nineteenth-century art of rag rugging, using hand tools and recycled woollens and cottons to create your rug on a hessian backing. The tradition of making ‘rag’ or ‘thrift’ rugs became widespread during the Industrial Revolution in the nineteenth century, however by 