Toothbrush rug lessons with my mother and wife

My family craft is "toothbrush rugs" or "toothbrush handle rugs" - and old folk craft which is probably a form of Naalbinding. I shot a whole series of videos of my dear mother and I helping my wife learn the craft. I have grand visions for a site to promote and teach the craft, but don't have time/energy to do it now. This is a good video showing both of us teaching it to my wife though. ... My mother learned it from her mother who learned it from a man who collected fabric scraps and sold the rugs to survive the Great Depression. I've only sold one, but I'm thinking I should do more of that. The problem is, I'm the world's WORST bargainer (think the "gourd/beard" scene from Life of Brian) so...

Shot the video in "night mode" so the frames per second are lower... needed to do that as my wife has horrible migraines... and it had the added advantage of keeping the file size manageable.

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• naalbinding
• crafts
• toothbrush_rugs
• dolores_list
• tutorial
• oral_history

[ragrugsprimitivegirl]

Ps..I hope you do start a site on the how to's of...I will be the first to join!