Recycling On St Thomas

Not too long ago we visited St. Thomas Island and found a thriving craft market located down from the pier, along the beach. In one of the small booths a young woman was hooking a rug with what looked like scraps from many pieces of clothing. At her feet was a basket of her finished rugs for sale.

The photo shows the backing which looks to be some sort of recycled bag. I have used it in the kitchen and washed it in the washing machine. Since it was hooked leaving many "vacations" quite a few of the strips pulled out but were easily worked back in.

The woman was quite proud of her work and asked if I wanted to take a photo of her with the rug. Of course--provenance is everything--now if I could only find that photo!