Reeth Rug Retreat 2016

Listed below are the taster sessions and workshops for Reeth Rug Retreat 2016.  For a brochure and booking form email Cilla   priscillacameron1@googlemail.com

LOOK AT WHAT IS AVAILABLE FOR THE WOOL ON WOOL WORKSHOP WITH AMY

Lots of lovely Wool sheets available to purchase at Reeth for the Wool on Wool workshop with Amy. The sheets make wonderful backgrounds for your projects. 

Taster Sessions 2016

Punch Hooking with Amy Oxford

In this taster session you can start a 4” coaster/mug rug although you won’t have time to finish  it in class you can at home. You may prefer to use the 4” square as a sample piece and try different size punch needles using  yarn and material. 

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Stain Glass with Ingrid Hieronimus

In this session you will learn how to get a stain glass effect in rug hooking with the use of spot dyes.  There will be 3 different designs available.  Each kit includes all the wool needed for the design.  

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Workshops 2016

Open Class with Heather Ritchie

Heather has added another dimension to her class this year mixed media.  The class will  focus on Appliqué pictures/patterns that will in turn be appliquéd to your hessian and the remainder of the design will be hooked and/or prodded. There will be some basic embroidery stitches plus extra embellishments. They are so much fun. 

For those who would rather “take it easy” it will be a  relaxed open class where students can work on any design using hooking and/or proddy. Start a new project or bring a rug you are already working on for inspiration and direction. It will be a refresher course where you pick up new techniques and ideas. If you are a beginner or new to rug making Heather’s class will be the class for you.

Heather's mixed media pieces

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Wool on Wool with Amy Oxford

Amy lives in Vermont USA is the owner of The Oxford Company and the The Oxford Rug Hooking School. Amy is well known for Punch Needle rug hooking classes this will be Amy’s second visit to Reeth Rug Retreat. www.amyoxford.com

In this class we will be punching with wool yarn directly on to wool fabric. The punch needle glides easily through the wool backing and creates a lovely effect! The real beauty of this method is that you don't have to punch any background! The wool fabric itself becomes the background. We'll use the #14 “Mini" Oxford Punch Needle (a tool invented by the instructor) and double knitting or other similar weight fine yarns to make two small pieces that can later be made into pillows, bags, or other projects. There will be several designs to choose from or design your own. Perfect for experienced punchers and beginners.

Class time will be spent on the punching itself, not on the finishing techniques for turning your work into a pillow, bag, etc. There will be a demonstration at the end of class for an easy way to turn your piece into a pillow as well as a handout on this for a reminder.

The top three pieces Punched and Designed by Amy Oxford

Punched by Judy Seymour

 

Punched by Phyllis Gagon

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FABULOUS LEAVES with Ingrid Hieronimus

Ingrid Hieronimus is a certified teacher of the Ontario Hooking Craft Guild.  She has also completed her certification in the Fibre Arts in Rug Hooking program, at St. Lawrence College in Brockville, as well as her McGowan certification.  She has been rug hooking for 35 years, teaching, and supplying for 20 years.  Ingrid is the owner/operator of Ragg Tyme Studio in Mannheim (Kitchener) Ontario and Director of the Ragg Tyme School of Rug Hooking at Niagara College.  She conducts seminars, workshops, and individual classes in her studio as well as in classrooms across Canada, the United States and England.  She is the author of the dye books Primary Fusion, Primary Fusion Spots, and Multiple Fusion Spots.  Ingrid’s rugs have been featured in rug hooking magazines and exhibits in Ontario and across the country.

The beauty of leaves, with their infinite variety of shape and colouring can be very fascinating to rug hookers.  Leaves can be bicoloured and even tricoloured, or they can be beautifully fringed with intricate veining.  Some examples are the hosta leaves, coleus leaves, geranium leaves, and the begonia leaves, just to name a few. This class will involve stylised leaves as well as realistic type leaves. Choosing the right background can also have a great impact on your leaves.   Different ways to achieve this will be discussed.  This will be a wonderful opportunity for the student to stretch their imagination and try some different techniques that they have not tried before. You may design your own or use a commercial pattern.  Any size cut may be used.  Patterns and prices will be sent once you have booked into the class

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