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What is prodding in rug hooking.
Proddy is a wonderfully simple old rug making technique.
Proddy is an old fashioned british variation of rug hooking using shaped pieces of wool fabric lifted up with a hook wool prod or prodding clasp.
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To proddy with a prodder you work from the back of your rug making a hole with your prodder and prodding the end through catching hold with your other hand.
Leave 5 threads for thick material or 4 for thinner material and make a hole and prod the other end through.
Rugs are created from scraps of wool or other fabrics by simply poking or prodding through a loosely woven linen or other backing.
Hooking and prodding at rugmaking.