Eight of us had a very enjoyable day learning the basics of rag rug making with Jenny Barnes. Jenny is a Companion of the Guild of St. George who promotes the craft at home in York and beyond. The Ruskin Studio was full of Jenny's rugs, an array of coloured cloth and our work in progress. We had a lunch of home-made soup, bread and cheese on the lawn in the sunshine, then continued with our creations in the afternoon, all enthusiastically making plans to carry on our new skills at home and at informal gatherings in future.
