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  2. Rag rug - Wikipedia

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    A rag rug is a rug or mat made from rags. Small pieces of recycled fabric are either hooked into or poked through a hessian backing, or else the strips are braided or plaited together to make a mat. Other names for this kind of rug are derived from the material (clippy or clootie rug) or technique (proggie or proddie rug, poke mats and peg mats ...

  3. Rug hooking - Wikipedia

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    Rug hooking is both an art and a craft where rugs are made by pulling loops of yarn or fabric through a stiff woven base such as burlap, linen, or rug warp. The loops are pulled through the backing material by using a crochet -type hook mounted in a handle (usually wood) for leverage.

  4. Rug making - Wikipedia

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    Rag rug constructed from T-shirts and bed linen Rag rugs were commonly made in households up to the middle of the 20th century by using odd scraps of fabric on a background of old sacking. Rag rugs became widespread during the Industrial Revolution to the nineteenth century, but by the 1920s the craft was dying out except in areas of poverty or ...

  5. Talk:Rug making - Wikipedia

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    Maybe working from the first rugs up to modern made machine rugs. The intro also has to change because it says nothing about what rug-making is, just that rag-rug making was common up until mid-20th century. Basically MAJOR editing is needed.--Windfinder 15:31, 4 Aug 2004 (UTC) Rag rugs can be woven (I've never done one but I know the trick).

  6. Braided rug - Wikipedia

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    A woman making a braided rug. The braided rug was a staple in early, Colonial American culture. Settlers used scraps of clothing and other excess materials to make a floor covering that would provide warmth and protection for a home's residents and guests.

  7. Navajo weaving - Wikipedia

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    Toward the end of the 19th century, Navajo weavers began to make rugs for non-Native tourists and for export. Earlier Navajo textiles have strong geometric patterns. They are a flat tapestry-woven textile produced in a fashion similar to kilims of Eastern Europe and Western Asia, but with some notable differences. In Navajo weaving, the slit ...

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