TRADITIONAL rug making skills can be viewed alongside examples of the finished product at a County Durham museum.
Craftswoman Heather Ritchie and some of her star pupils are displaying the art of rug making for visitors to the Durham Light Infantry (DLI) Museum and Durham Art Gallery.
Live demonstrations are taking place every afternoon to accompany an exhibition of rugs produced by Heather and members of her Clayport Matters workshop, at Durham's Clayport Library.
Heather works from her Shades of Heather studio at Reeth, near Richmond, North Yorkshire, but also runs the twice weekly craft sessions, at the city centre library.
Elsie Wood, who has acquired her new skills attending Heather's classes, said: "There's a few of us who are coming in every afternoon during the exhibition so people can see how the mats are made.
"We're producing traditional hooky and proggy mats and we even let visitors have a go themselves."
The exhibition runs at the museum, in Aykley Heads, Durham, until Sunday August 22.
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