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.
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
Dyeing Videos with Kris McDermet
Dye Mottled Wool with 3 Similar Dye colors
Intermediate Skills
Baskets Overview
Braid with Leather w Pam Rowan
Calculating Fabric Requirements HO
Diamond Pattern in Oval Center HO
Dot Pattern across the Center Line HO
For Teachers
Calculating Fabric Requirements HO
Topics in Braid History
Jessie Catherine Kinsley: Braided Silk
Ragno, Mary: Mrs. Nutting's Rugs
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
Creating Images in Braids: Part 1
Creating Images in Braids: Part 2
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
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
Cindy French: Creating Custom Rugs on Etsy
Jessie Catherine Kinsley: Braided Silk Tapestries
Maxine Ward's Multistrand Rugs
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
Baby Turtles with Pam Rowan HO-(LO) HO-(RO)
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