Reeth Rug Retreat 2017

Reeth Rug Retreat 2017 

September 8th - 11th

Brochure and Booking Form now available email priscillacameron1@googlemail.com or it can be downloaded from Reeth Rug Retreat Facebook page.

2017
Taster Sessions 

Quillie Sheep with Gill Curwen

Create a Quillie sheep coaster the session will introduce you to the art of the Quillie. construct a quillie coil and hand sew them into a coaster. They are great to make and another technique that works well with hooky and proddy. Kits are provided in class £10

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Pennies for your Pocket with Janet Carruth

This little wool wallet or needle case is a delight. Learn button hole stitch and some facts about appliquéing with wool. These pennies are are the shape you use for penny rugs. Kit provided in £10

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Workshops

 Open Class with Heather Ritchie

Anything goes in Heather's Open Class from Hooky to Proddy to Appliqué and adding embellishments. Start a new project or bring work in progress for inspiration. if you are new to rug making this is a good class to join.

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A Way with Words 
with Janet Carruth

Words and lettering are always fun to add to your rug. There will be lots of examples for design inspiration, letter shapes and more. Start a new project or add words to a rug in progress.

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Standing Wool and Shirring - the complementary techniques
with Gill Curwen

Quillie rugs are a fascinating way to make rugs, wallhangings, coasters they also go well with hooky and proddy. Create coils and compose your design as you go along the possibilities are endless.

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Reeth Rug Retreat 2016 has been a huge success. What a fabulous weekend we have had. The weather was beautiful with plenty of sunshine and warm enough to sit outside and have lunch. It was a truly International weekend with students from England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, France and Spain. Thank you to the three teachers Amy Oxford, Ingrid Hieronimus and Heather Ritchie who taught three wonderful workshops with  exceptional pieces started and indeed some finished. The auction was a hoot from start to finish with enough funds raised to give scholarships of £85 each to five students towards their 2017 fees. Thank you to the ladies who brought yummy cakes for everyone to tuck into morning noon and night. and thank you to all of our lovely students who made the weekend so perfect. Cilla

Reeth Rug Retreat Report September 2016 

I wasn’t quite sure what to expect when I signed up for the Reeth Rug Retreat (RRR)in the Yorkshire Dales, and even less sure after an arduous car journey from the south of England, finding new roads that weren’t on my 2011 road atlas or even on my un-updated SatNav, eventually announcing that “You have reached your destination”, when all I could see was sheep, perpendicular roads (what’s at the top, who knows what lies beyond…), a marvellous hilly view with threatening thunderclouds and a clump of tall trees.  I then saw a gate, blocked by sheep so I gingerly proceeded and traversed the grid into Grinton Lodge.  I found Cilla in the school shop, where she directed me to get my key at reception.  After settling in to my comfortable room, I headed (quite late) to my first class with Ingrid Hieronimus, a fellow Canadian.  In that classroom I met a lovely group of ladies hooking away on Stain Glass pieces.  When I announced that I needed a cup of tea before I could do anything, Elisabeth offered to put the kettle on and headed to the kitchen to make a pot of Yorkshire nectar.  I could cope with anything now!

I had a magical weekend with like-minded rug hookers.  My head was buzzing with all the new things I was learning, and ways to jump outside the rug hooking box – I could barely take it all in.  In addition, the kindness and conviviality of the 30+ group made me feel very welcome.  This rug hooking school has been running for 17 years by the talented duo of Heather Ritchie and Cilla Cameron – they are so incredible they even arranged for spectacular weather for the 2016 retreat!

I am looking forward to the next RRR in September 2017 and, like many others, getting very excited about the TIGHR Swaledale Triennial event in October 2018.
-Nan Millette

Heather Ritchie and Irene kind permission of Nan Millette

 Kirsty and Jane kind permission of Nan Millette

 View from Grinton Lodge kind permission of Nan Millette

 The entrance to Grinton Lodge kind permission of Nan Millette

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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