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TPL GEA Wi) % A \ IAPR ERIE REFCACE BA) [NE Bie TERN AREA RTIIS RAEN a! sims Ga ad gn 6 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Wednesday, July 31, 1974 --c 28 flannel Rug hooking time consuming, but interesting by Ashok Chandwani "I find rug hooking a fascinating art," says Miss Marjorie Williams of Port Perry. Miss Williams has been hooking rugs for the past nine years as a member of the Louise Paterson Craft Guild. Miss Williams' basement, where she does most of her work, is full of rugs of all shapes and sizes she has hooked, mostly to use as wall hangings. "1 do rug hooking purely as a hobby. I don't have the energy to do other sports. Rug hooking fills the time nicely" she explains. Rug hooking is still done pretty much the same way as it was hundreds of years ago. "No one quite knows where it all began' says Miss Williams, "but apparently the first Euro- pean settlers in North America brought it with them from the continent." The methods are still the same. You take a piece of burlap, sketch your pattern on it and pull strips of dyed flannel through il evenly, using a fish hook, to fill your sketch. Your skill at pulling the flannel through deter- mines your ability as a rug hooker. The flannel used is white dyed in natural colours from onion skins, beets. applewood, rosewood, sunflowers and dandelions to mention just a few of the many natural sources. However, nowadays, more and more chemical dyes are replacing the traditonal municipal fT] 40] [JACIVETY curb PELL] bumpers septic [ELLE HOST ; od ish # Pa 3 transformer EINE Marjorie Williams poses for a picture against a backdrop of wall hangings which she has Created herself. natural ones, according to Miss Williams. The other change is that instead of cutting your flannel into strips with scissors, you use a little machine that does the job fast and uniformly. Miss Williams isn't sure how many rugs she has hooked in the past eight years -- "I gave so many away as gifts." However she 11a Ye [010] sills precausl concreje from... brooklin concrele Since 1952, Contractors, Public Utilities, Road builders, Home owners and Cottagers have been using these stock products from Brooklin Concrete. When you use products made by Brooklin Concrete you can be assured of quality and the dependable servicé that comes with experience. Call us direct or see your local dealer. brooklin concrete products 3 Locations to Serve You: Highway 12, Brooklin, Ont. (416)655-3311 Yonge St., Newmarket, Ont.(416)895-2373 Highway 11, Huntsville, Ont. (705) 789-2338 Vd is sure the figure is well above a hundred. It takes a long time to hook arug, something like 2 hours for 6 square inches. Though Miss Williams never sells her creations, one of them was recently assessed as worth $450 in Toronto, something like $30 for a square foot. Miss Williams, aside from (continued on page 7) Marjorie Williams works at the delicate art of rug hooking. Music students pass examinations Grade 9, Honors, Alice Evans, First Partial, Sheila Results of Music Examin- ations of the past season of the Royal Conservatory of Toronto, and Western Ont- ario Conservatory of London. These are students of Marie Devereux, ARCT, A. Mus., RMT. THEORY Piano Pedagody -- First Class Honors Lyda Kyte, Gr. 3 History - First Class Honors Lynda Kyte, Gr. 2 Rudiments, First Class Honors, Joyce Mulder, Mary Jane Ball, Janice Gibson, Lisa Ball. Honors, Koger Watson, Kathy Stone. SINGING Grade 10, Honors, Anne Hope. Carnaghan. First Partial, Karline Skuja. Grade 8, First Class Hon- ors, Mary Holt, Joan Evans, Honors Christine Bone. First Debbie Pellerin. Grade 6, First Class Hon- ors, Sharee Brethour. Grade 4, First Class Hon- ors, Joyce Mulder, Honors Chris Preston. _ Grade 2, First Class Hon- ors, Andrea MacGregor, Grade 1, First Class Honors, Beth Underhill, Lana Perry. Partial, PIANO Associateship, First Par- tial, Lynda Kyte. Grade 10, Honors, Joan Richardson. . Grade 9, First Class Honors, Beverley Sim- monds, Honors, Mary Skin- ner, First Partial, Paula Jeffrey, Karen Saunders, Eileen Bath, Grade 8, Honors, Janet Watson. First Partial, Joy Pana baker, Dorothy Keyzers, Nancy Evans, Carol A. Morrison, Anna Robertson, Jane Emslie, Mary J. Ball, Janice Till, Debbie Short, Barbara Bell. Grade 6, Honors, Mary Clugston, Pass, Anna Tay- lor. Grade 4, Gavin McCallumiy Honors, Grade 2, Honors, Alissa Lee, Jo Anne Osaduke.