#windsor quilt

[some1s-sista]

Busy morning for a Friday. I’ve been bidding online on a local estate sale/auction my friend was running. Couldn’t bid on much since I don’t have an income coming in but was definitely looking for some bargains to help stage the guest house. Bidding closed last night and I won 5 lots! I had to pick them up this morning and James played hookey from work so that worked out nicely. Then got them home and shined and cleaned them up.

What’d I win? A luggage rack, a quilt rack (both for the smokehouse), a “gone with the wind” table lamp for Sixx’ desk, a similar GWTW floor lamp, and (this is the big deal) 3 Nichols & Stone Windsor Comb Back chairs!

This is where the antique geek in me wigs the fuck out. Based on the maker’s mark burned into the bottom of the chairs these were made sometime between 1923 and 1946. They could be 100 years old, and they’re in great shape. Look them up online and these suckers go for big bucks.

I paid $15 each! Ahhhhh!

Actually I paid less than a hundred bucks for everything I won. And all that’s left to buy for the smokehouse is some wastebaskets and a small tv.

[firstprince-ao3feed]

What You Think About (When You Think About Love)

by ExitAriel Henry still has his dark days sometimes. They’re rare, but they happen. But Alex knows that this? Isn’t that. This is Henry, his sentimental poet, his soft-heart, the man who made himself expert at crafting letters and numbers and Pokemon out of pancake batter, realizing all over again that he’s the father of the bride. Of the nearlywed, Alex corrects himself. Day-of is going to be brutal, Alex thinks, as he sinks down on the dusty wooden floor next to Henry and leans into him. “Jesus, you’re such a fucking sap, baby,” he says, dropping his head onto Henry’s shoulder. Words: 2621, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, Red White & Royal Blue (2023) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, No Archive Warnings Apply Categories: M/M Characters: Alex Claremont-Diaz, Henry Fox-Mountchristen-Windsor, Original Non-Binary Character Relationships: Alex Claremont-Diaz/Henry Fox-Mountchristen-Windsor, June Claremont-Diaz/Nora Holleran, Ellen Claremont/Leo Additional Tags: Fluff, Domestic Fluff, Tooth-Rotting Fluff, Wedding Planning, Cake, Fashion & Couture, Parenthood, Parent-Child Relationship, Kid Fic, Canon Compliant, Post-Canon, Quilts, Girl Dads, Older Characters, Growing Old, Old Married Couple, Dos Bastardos, only for a second via https://ift.tt/rRuJ90l

[whywishesarehorses]

Two Lives Long Harnessed Together, Until One Could Not Go On

Rush may have been the longest-lived thoroughbred in American history when he died at 39. For three decades, his owner said, “He would fight for me, and I would fight for him.”

A New York Times Article, written by Mike Wilson, published on Nov 22, 2022.

WINDSOR, Conn. — Bridget Eukers paused in the barn, her thoughts seemingly far away, and touched her horse’s halter like an amulet. On the floor just outside his empty stall lay a scattering of yellow chrysanthemums left by a sympathetic friend.

Eukers explained she hadn’t often used the halter on the horse. She and Rush had an understanding.

“I would only really put it on to exercise him because we could go in and out of the barn without it,” she said, her fingers lingering on a strap. “I would just put my hand on his mane and we’d walk in and out.”

It had been just over a week since Rush had died on the concrete floor a few feet from where she stood. Eukers was still grieving, but also celebrating Rush’s extraordinary legacy. He was 39 years and 188 days old when he died, making him perhaps the longest-lived thoroughbred ever in the United States.

The record is hard to pin down. The Jockey Club, the industry’s breed registry, does not keep longevity statistics, so people in horse racing go by word of mouth. The horse thought to be the previous American record-holder was 38 years and 203 days old when he died in 2016, according to the racing publication BloodHorse, which first reported Rush’s death. An Australian thoroughbred lived to be 42, according to Guinness World Records. A typical thoroughbred lives into its late 20s.

Whatever Rush’s rank among senior horses, his death marked the end of a 30-year partnership — Eukers’s word — with horse and owner showing a level of dedication to each other that would be extraordinary for any two beings, equine or human.

“He would fight for me, and I would fight for him,” Eukers said. “Whether it’s your relationship with your horse, with your friends, or with your life partner, that’s what it comes down to. You’ll fight for me, and I’ll fight for you.”

They forged their relationship competing in equestrian events. Six days a week for six years, separated only by a saddle, they honed their skills, moving fluidly together and soaring over obstacles, three feet high at first and then three and a half. For Eukers, being with her horse became a way of life.

She attended college close to home so she could stay near Rush, turned down jobs that would have cut into her time with him, didn’t socialize much and never went on vacation. The longest she ever spent away from Rush was one week, for a school trip.

In return, he gave her joy by carrying her on his back — around show rings and across Windsor’s quilt of farmlands, often at a thundering pace fit for a racetrack. “It really is a special thrill to feel a racing thoroughbred at full speed underneath you. It’s just magic,” she said.

Beyond that, he gave her a purpose, and a measure of peace. The simple routines of feeding Rush, cleaning his stall and giving him medicine made her feel useful and freed her mind. He was a job she loved doing. “It’s one of those Zen things,” Eukers said. “You have that rhythm, and it somehow centers your life.”

Through all of life’s challenges — angst about the prom, hard days at work, dates that didn’t happen, her father’s death — Rush was there for her. Eukers said she occasionally wept into his neck. He actually didn’t love that.

“He would sit and listen,” she said, “but he would get to a certain point that was like, ‘OK Mom, you cried. We’re good. I’m going to go have my hay now.’”

The horse who became known as Rush was foaled in Kentucky on May 4, 1983. He was sold as a yearling for $60,000 ($170,000 today) and registered as Dead Solid Perfect. He ran 16 times and won once, in 1986 at the Meadowlands, according to the horse racing statistics site Equibase, with the Hall of Fame jockey Julie Krone up. After his racing career, he was sold to a new owner and trained in dressage.

Eukers’s parents bought the horse for her when she was in her early teens. Already named Rush, he was a beautiful athlete, Eukers said, with massive shoulders that swayed like a lion’s when he walked. He was also a scaredy cat, unnerved at different times by flowers, squirrels and a mosquito lamp.

“His mission in life at that point was to worry about things and he was really good at it,” Eukers said.

They grew to understand each other. She fed and groomed him and protected him from everyday objects. And when she asked him to clear a fence, he did, even though he was afraid.

“If I asked him to try, he would always try, and he would try and try,” she said. She still keeps the ribbons they won in riding competitions.

Eukers believes Rush’s diet contributed to his longevity. At 30, he indicated that he wanted a change from commercial horse feed. (“He started to tell me: ‘You know what? This just doesn’t work.’”) She began giving him organic meals of alfalfa pellets and whole grains. When the grains were too hard for Rush to chew, she turned them to mush in a slow cooker.

Last week, she still had two bags of bright green hay in the back of her car. It was made for guinea pigs, but Rush liked it.

Eukers stopped riding Rush when he was 35. He was still able to carry her, she said, but she now had a different priority: Her father had been diagnosed with a terminal illness. Caring for Rush had to be balanced with researching treatments for her dad and just being with him. When her father died in 2019, she said, Rush was no longer fit to be ridden.

The once-brown horse was now mostly gray. He spent his days at Windsor Hunt Stables under an apple tree, communing with dogs named Wilson and Lola, red-winged blackbirds, wrens, a yellow barn cat and a quarter horse called Cowboy, who stole his hay.

Day after day, Eukers walked Rush up and down the little hill next to the barn, steering him away from the gravel path because the stones hurt his feet. She massaged him with essential oils while he napped. She tied a rope to him and had him trot in a circle around her. She experimented with all kinds of dietary supplements, and Dr. Michael Stewart, Rush’s veterinarian for more than 20 years, gave him steroids to keep him strong.

People would ask Eukers how old Rush was, and when she told them, they would follow up with what she considered an indelicate question: “How long do horses live?”

Last summer, Rush somehow hit his head when he was alone. Eukers could tell by the swelling and his behavior. It took him a long time to recover. He also suffered from an abscess on his left front hoof and persistent breathing difficulties. Amid it all, Cowboy, his companion of 14 years, died at 26, leaving Rush bereft.

About that time, Eukers, who worked in administration for an aerospace company, began receiving frequent texts at work alerting her that Rush was lying down, and she’d have to hurry to help him.

It is fine for horses to lie down, Dr. Stewart said in an interview, but because of the way their digestive systems work, they must get up to survive. Eukers always managed to get Rush back on his feet, often with help, but as time passed she felt less and less comfortable leaving him alone. She began to spend nights in the barn, placing a chair outside Rush’s stall and wrapping herself in horse blankets as she listened to his breathing.

“You and I would be lucky to have somebody care for us like she cared for him,” Dr. Stewart said.

On the night of Nov. 7, Eukers stayed with Rush until late, then went home to get a couple of hours’ sleep in her bed. When she returned at 5:30 a.m., Rush was down, spilling out of his stall onto the cold barn floor. Eukers called her mother, then Dr. Stewart. For hours they worked to get him up, but the cramped space and the slope of the floor worked against them.

In recent years, Eukers said, people often told her that animals can sense when they are dying. He’ll tell you when it’s time, they would say to her. But Rush didn’t do that, she said. Even after she rubbed his forehead and told him, “You’ve done enough, you don’t have to try anymore,” he kept struggling to lift his head and scrabbling to get his feet under him.

Finally, Eukers asked Dr. Stewart if he thought this was the end, and when he said yes, she made her decision. She had fought for Rush as long as she could. She knew that even if they got him up, they would be back here again soon, and Rush would be suffering, and he would try for her again.

[kemetic-dreams]

𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗮 𝗔𝗻𝗻 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗸𝘀 (1817–1901) 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗻 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗼-𝗟𝗶𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻. 𝗕𝗼𝗿𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗹𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗧𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗲, 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗟𝗶𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗶𝗻 1830. 𝗜𝗻 1892 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗮 𝗥𝗼𝘆𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗤𝘂𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗩𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗮 𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲.

Ricks was born into slavery in Tennessee. Along with the rest of her family, she was purchased by her father George Erskine and became free. She and her family moved to Clay-Ashland, Liberia, as part of the American Colonization Society in 1830. While she was living in Liberia, she married Zion Harris who she had met along her travels while in Tennessee. She had begun traveling with Liberia’s first president Joseph Jenkins Roberts in 1848 and visited both the United States and the United Kingdom. Martha earned her living raising turkeys, ducks, and sheep as well as growing crops. She was also known for being well versed in field of needlework. Martha was very good at her needlework and won several contests for the silk stocking that she made.

Over the years, Martha developed an interest in Queen Victoria. She was determined that one day she would meet the queen. Over the course of 25 years, Martha worked on a quilt that she wanted to give to the queen when she met her. The quilt that she made depicted the Liberian Coffee Tree and was made of silk cotton. Its pattern included over 300 green leaves, as well as coffee berries in red. There was also a trunk in the center of the quilt and the background was white. Finally, when she turned 76, Martha was able to travel to England and was given audience with the queen through the help of Liberian Ambassador Edward Blyden. She met the queen at Windsor Castle on July 16, 1892, accompanied by First Lady Jane Roberts where she gave her the quilt. Martha died in 1901.

[ourfag]

one of my more embarrassing modern aus—not embarrassing in that i’m ashamed of it but in that there is a certain Mortifying Ordeal about displaying the adolescent crystallized inside of me for whom quilting together a series of Vibes remains the highest form of story development—is something nebulously premised on a transcontinental road trip (which continent? it could not possibly matter less) with objectively dire purpose, either because of something one or both of them need to address at their destination or because they’re on the run, but, since they’re Them, the journey repeatedly and unpreventably diverges into all these little side-roads and tourist traps that they duck into once and never see again. gift shops with shelves of hand-painted trinkets, convenience stores carrying novel flavors of soda, public riverside walkways in the city, rest areas with comatose vending machines. the improvised grocery store pit stop: not a temporary visit to a liminal space, but instead an immutable space temporarily accommodating two liminal figures. watching the sky change color from a new location every evening. pulling into a parking space to wait out the torrential rain. tense, nauseated silence coasting down the highway after an argument. ed’s feet inadvisably propped against the dashboard (don’t do this). treading on the edge of a radio station’s broadcast range as they pass it by. stede dribbling iodine from an ancient travel-sized first aid kit onto his ankle in the back seat. dry cereal in a motel lobby. ed pawning the wristwatch they stole 600 miles ago while stede windsors his stuffiest tie in preparation for stealing another one (he’s getting better at this!). lovestruck glimpses of each other in the glow of a neon sign. i’m writing this post to stave off the impulse to crawl back to pinterest

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[luckyposh]

Check out this listing I just added to my Poshmark closet: Windsor Bay women's hooded quilted lining blue parka coat Size: L.

[quoteoftheweekblog]

QUOTE OF THE WEEK 20/2/23 - LUCY WORSLEY

' ... there is more to life than cross-stitch ... ' (Worsley, 2018, p.53).

REFERENCE

Worsley, L. (2018 [2017] ) ‘Jane Austen at home - a biography’. London: Hodder. 

*****

NOT IN OUR BOOK GROUP

OUR CAMWOOD CLOSE MEMBER

‘Won’t be finished for years …

‘ … it is the top left hand corner. I have done a page and a half out of 20 pages!! That has taken me a year but I did have 10 weeks off … ‘ 

…

OUR FERGUSON CLOSE MEMBER’S TAPESTRY CUSHION STITCHED BY HER MOTHER

…

WE ALSO HAVE

OUR RICHMOND ROAD MEMBER’S KNITTED BLANKET

WITH CROCHET JOINING

…

OUR CLIDDESDEN ROAD MEMBER’S KNITTING

SOON TO BE A BLANKET

…

OUR LEADER’S CROCHET

AND HANDMADE SMOCKED APRON

COMPLETED AT SCHOOL OVER 70 YEARS AGO

AND HER SON-IN-LAW’S LATE MOTHER’S (BETTER KNOWN AS O.PORTER) PATCHWORK AND QUILTING 

…

OUR MEMBER IN NEVILLE CLOSE’S CHILDREN’S CLOTHES

KNITTED

AND SEWN

…

SEE ALSO

‘Jane’s great achievement would be to let even the ordinary, flawed, human girls who read her books think that they might be heroines too.’ (Worsley, 2018, p.52).

JANE AUSTEN WITH ELINOR AND MARIANNE DASHWOOD AS INSPIRED BY

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‘ … to make things neatly was a real pleasure to the Austen ladies.’ (Worsley, 2018, p.53).

 *****

PLUS SO MUCH MORE …

MY FRIEND NEAR EXETER’S COSTUME MAKING

FOR THE LYMPSTONE PLAYERS’ ‘A CHRISTMAS CAROL’

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MY FRIEND IN BASINGSTOKE’S TOY MAKING

AND KNITTING

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MY FRIEND IN TRURO’S SCANDINAVIAN KNITTING

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MY FRIEND IN PENZANCE’S KNITTING

IN THE ROUND

AND SOON TO BE JACKET

…

MY FRIEND IN NORTHAMPTON’S SISTER’S KNITTED

CAKE AND BISCUITS

…

NOW THE PROFESSIONALS 

MY KNITWEAR DESIGNER FRIEND’S MACHINE KNITTED

SCARVES

…

MY TEXTILE ARTIST FRIEND’S TEXTILE SCULPTURES

THIS ONE CURRENTLY ON SHOW

PLUS HANDSTITCHED FOLDING BOOKS 

AT THE ‘PIECE TO PIECE’ EXHIBITION

THE CITY LIT GALLERY, 1-10 KEELEY STREET, LONDON WC2B 4BH

UNTIL MARCH 20th

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AND TEXTILE ART (WITH STITCH)

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FINALLY THE EXQUISITE

MY FRIEND NEAR WINCHESTER’S EMBROIDERED DECORATIVE CUSHION STITCHED BY HER GRANDMOTHER

INCLUDED CUTWORK EDGING

*****

TO MY DAUGHTER FOR MY 60th BIRTHDAY CROSS STITCH

AND THANKS AGAIN

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XXXX

THIS IS WHAT SHE’S WORKING ON NOW

*****

TO MY FRIENDS FOR THE PHOTOS

JANE AUSTEN WOULD BE PLEASED/SURPRISED/WORRIED THAT WE’RE STILL AT IT

JANE AUSTEN’S QUILT

STITCHED BY HER AND HER MOTHER AND SISTER

ON DISPLAY AT JANE AUSTEN’S HOUSE

https://janeaustens.house/

WITH JANE AUSTEN’S WORK TABLE

AND SISTER CASSANDRA’S SAMPLER

*****

BOOK GROUP 2023

JANUARY - JODI PICOULT - ‘WISH YOU WERE HERE’

https://quoteoftheweekblog.tumblr.com/post/707162386989219840/quote-of-the-week-23123-jodi-picoult-and FEBRUARY - LUCY WORSLEY - 'JANE AUSTEN AT HOME - A BIOGRAPHY’

https://quoteoftheweekblog.tumblr.com/post/709607144358608896/quote-of-the-week-20223-lucy-worsley-there MARCH - NANCY MITFORD - 'THE PURSUIT OF LOVE’ APRIL - FRANCES HODGSON BURNETT - 'THE SECRET GARDEN’ MAY - EDITH WHARTON - 'THE HOUSE OF MIRTH’ JUNE - TRACEY CHEVALIER - 'A SINGLE THREAD’ JULY - E.M. FORSTER - 'A ROOM WITH A VIEW’ AUGUST - DAMON GALGUT - 'THE PROMISE’ SEPTEMBER - ALEXANDER MCCALL SMITH - 'THE HOUSE OF UNEXPECTED SISTERS’ OCTOBER - ARAVIND ADIGA - 'SELECTION DAY’ NOVEMBER - BONNIE GARMUS - 'LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY’ DECEMBER - JULES VERNE - 'AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS’

*****

AND THIS IS WHAT WE READ EARLIER

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*****

QUOTE OF THE WEEK 2011 - 2023 11 EPIC YEARS

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[cherrypicker21]

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[firstprince-ao3feed]

Drops Of Bliss

by ItsMayBiTheWay The rain is only a light drizzle when Alex climbs the stairs to their brownstone, his satchel held firmly on top of his head to protect his curls. When his key turns in the lock, the pitter patter of David’s paws get louder and louder until he’s safely inside and there is a cute little furball in between his legs, already demanding belly rubs before Alex even has a chance to take his shoes off. As he bends down to shower his son with love, Alex calls inside. “Honey, I’m home!” And when he doesn’t receive his boyfriend's usual joyous answer, with David on his tail Alex starts climbing up the stairs in his socks, making his way to their shared study. And that's where he finds Henry, curled up in his reading nook by the bay window, one of the quilts his abuela knitted for them thrown over his broad shoulders, his battered copy of Persuasion lightly clutched in his hand. A soft rainy day in the Brownstone Words: 1253, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, Red White & Royal Blue (2023) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Categories: Multi Characters: Alex Claremont-Diaz, Henry Fox-Mountchristen-Windsor, David the Beagle (Red White & Royal Blue) Relationships: Alex Claremont-Diaz/Henry Fox-Mountchristen-Windsor Additional Tags: Canon Compliant, Post-Canon, Alternate Universe - Post-Canon, Established Relationship, Established Alex Claremont-Diaz/Henry Fox-Mountchristen-Windsor, Domestic Fluff, Domestic Bliss, Domestic Boyfriends, Location: Brooklyn Brownstone (Red White & Royal Blue), Short & Sweet, Fluff, Tooth-Rotting Fluff, Romantic Fluff, Boys In Love, No Angst, Inspired by Twitter, Henry Fox-Mountchristen-Windsor Loves Alex Claremont-Diaz, Alex Claremont-Diaz Loves Henry Fox-Mountchristen-Windsor, POV Alex Claremont-Diaz via https://ift.tt/NtRd45K

[vintagehomecollection]

A cheerfully, comfortable bedroom follows an Early American theme with its exposed cedar beams, antique furniture, and collection of handmade patchwork quilts.

Inside Today’s Home, 1986

[motherstone]

Y'know I always saw the elves as being more middle eastern since ''Gulfen'' just so happens to be the Swedish term for the collective countries of the Arabian Peninsula ( Saudi-Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Bahrain, Qatar, The UAE and Kuwait ) And honestly, Middle Eastern-themed elves would be pretty cool since most elves in fiction are of Scandinavian and Japanese inspiration.

THIS ANON GETS IT!!

Fam, ever since I read Gulfen is a desert, I'VE BEEN HEADCANONING THEM WITH MIDDLE EASTERN INSPIRED CULTURE. SO. DAMN. MUCH. Ngl it's more of Central Asian but STILL

Why do you think I've been designing the many clothes that way?? I've been headcanoning Trellis wearing dresses with intricate designs for years. I've developed the Elves's culture so heavily rooted in Middle and Central Asian culture because. I'm. So. SICK, of Euro-centric elves!! And if Kazu is gonna stick with Western culture? I'm going to ignore the LIVING dickens out of it.

Do you wanna hear some of my culture headcanons or

Also!! THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT BIT OF TRIVIA, ARE YOU FROM SWEDEN??

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[mybeingthere]

Hooked rugs are made by folk at home but some turn out to be artistic masterpieces. 

Rug hooking is both an art and a craft where rugs are made by pulling loops of yarn or fabric through a stiff woven base such as burlap, linen, or rug warp. The loops are pulled through the backing material by using a crochet-type hook mounted in a handle (usually wood) for leverage. In contrast latch-hooking uses a hinged hook to form a knotted pile from short, pre-cut pieces of yarn.

The author William Winthrop Kent believed that the earliest forebears of hooked rugs were the floor mats made in Yorkshire, England, during the early part of the 19th century. Workers in weaving mills were allowed to collect thrums, pieces of yarn that ran 9 inches (23 cm) long. These by-products were useless to the mill, and the weavers took them home and pulled the thrums through a backing. The origins of the word thrum are ancient, as Mr. Kent pointed out a reference in Shakespeare's Merry Wives of Windsor. 

However, in the publication "Rag Rug Making" by Jenni Stuart-Anderson, ISBN 978-1-900371-53-7, Stuart-Anderson states that the most recent research indicates "...the technique of hooking woolen loops through a base fabric was used by the Vikings, whose families probably brought it to Scotland." To add to this there are sound examples at the Folk Museum in Guernsey, Channel Islands, that early rag rugs made in the same manner were produced off the coast of France as well.Rug hooking as we know it today may have developed in North America, specifically along the Eastern Seaboard in New England in the United States, the Canadian Maritimes, and Newfoundland and Labrador. In its earliest years, rug hooking was a craft of poverty. 

The vogue for floor coverings in the United States came about after 1830 when factories produced machine-made carpets for the rich. Poor women began looking through their scrap bags for materials to employ in creating their own home-made floor coverings. Women employed whatever materials they had available. Girls from wealthy families were sent to school to learn embroidery and quilting; fashioning floor rugs and mats was never part of the curriculum. Another sign that hooking was the pastime of the poor is the fact that popular ladies magazines in the 19th century never wrote about rug hooking. It was considered a country craft in the days when the word country, used in this context, was derogatory. Today rug hooking or mat making as it is sometimes referred to has been labeled in Canada as a fine art.

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