Rug Braiders International
formerly known as the Valley Forge Rug Braiding Guild
Video Pages: A complete listing is found on this page, but click on the links below to scan through pages devoted to each category.
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Index to Videos
HO = handout links
Beginner Videos: Oval Rug
Working with Different Weights of Wool
Beginner Videos: Round Rug
Working with Different Weights of Wool
Butting Videos
Demos
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Dyeing Videos with Kris McDermet
Dye Mottled Wool with 3 Similar Dye colors
Intermediate Skills
Baskets Overview
Braid with Leather w Pam Rowan
Diamond Pattern in Oval Center HO
Dot Pattern across the Center Line HO
For Teachers
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Topics in Braid History
Jessie Catherine Kinsley: Braided Silk
Ragno, Mary: Mrs. Nutting's Rugs
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​Other Cool Stuff
Bleach and Flame Testing Wool w Pam Rowan
Braided Rug Repair with Pam Rowan
Braid with Roving: Kathy Donovan
Braid w Socks: Nancy Young & Pam Rowan
Braid with Ties: Lucinda Harrison-Cox
Creating a Rug Journal with Susan Feller
Knit and Braided Rugs & Elvira C. Hulett
Magnets and Other Useful Gadgets w Rissa Moore
Magnificent Bugs in Rugs--Yvonne Iten-Scott
Miniature Braided Rugs, Part 1 HO
Miniature Braided Rugs, Part 2
Moth Prevention: Judy Fahnestock
A Rug Honoring Lincoln's Mother
Rug Challenge 2025: Braided Water
Show & Tell from 2025 Conference
Stretching & Self-Care for Braiders: Sarah Pedlow
Wooly Trees Demo w Karen Levendusky HO HO
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Old Movies
1999 Vermont Life: Delsie Hoyt
2014 Pam Rowan’s 2014 Braided Fashion Show
Beautiful Thing: The Rugs of Jean Will
Nancy Young’s 1993 Exhibit of Student Rugs
People in Special Events
Condon, Helen: Adirondack Rug Braiding
Corrow, Marjorie: Life on the Road
Cookie Washington on Textile Waste
Donovan, Kathy & Braid w Roving
Fahnestock, Judy & Moth Prevention
Jessie Catherine Kinsley: Braided Silk Tapestries
McKeever, Donna: Teacher, Conference
Sitler, Leanne & Her Wool Dyeing Company
Miller, Lisanne & Rug Hooking/Dyeing
Ragno, Mary: Mrs. Nutting's Rugs
Sturges, Betsy: My Mother's Rugs
Watts, Peggyann & Belfast Braids Studio
Wright, Kathy: Sauder Rug Hooking Week
Young, Nancy: My Life in Braiding
Projects
Lipped Bowl w Cathy Winship RO
Snowflake Trivet HO (LO) HO (RO)
Pear, Egg, Corn HO (LO) HO (RO)
Braided Wreath with Flowers HO
Snowflake Quillies w Yvonne Iten-Scott
Small Valentine Heart w Rissa Moore
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