ORIGINS

 

The tradition of mat making isn’t unique to the North East but the terms hooky and proggy are. They are also known as clippy mats, proddy, cleekie, clootie,Stobby, poked, tab, broddy, bodged and peg rugs.

Like many crafts, mat-making was originally born out of necessity, but today it is very much about,The pleasure of making, and the growing interest in recycling.