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2. Rug hooking - Wikipedia

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   To pull out hook and draw tight the two cut ends finishes the knot. This is really a pile fabric and is known as a Turkey Rug but sprang from the hooking process as the earlier hook used was of the crochet hook form." During the 1930s, latch-hooked wool rugs became popular and written guidelines helped standardise the craft.

3. Macramé - Wikipedia

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   For larger decorative pieces, such as wall hangings or window coverings, a work of macramé might be started out on a wooden or metal dowel, allowing for a spread of dozens of cords that are easy to manipulate. For smaller projects, push-pin boards are available specifically for macramé, although a simple corkboard works adequately.

4. Tapestry - Wikipedia

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   The Sampul tapestry, woollen wall hanging, 3rd–2nd century BC, Sampul, Ürümqi Xinjiang Museum. The Hestia Tapestry, 6th century, Byzantine Egypt, Dumbarton Oaks Collection. The Cloth of Saint Gereon – early 11th-century, the oldest European tapestry still extant. Tapestry of Creation, 11th-century, Spain. Large needlework hanging with ...

5. Loom - Wikipedia

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   Tapestry can have extremely complex wefts, as different strands of wefts of different colours are used to form the pattern. Speed is lower, and shedding and picking devices may be simpler. Looms used for weaving traditional tapestry are called not as "vertical-warp" and "horizontal-warp", but as "high-warp" or "low-warp" (the French terms haute ...

6. Kaginawa - Wikipedia

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   Kaginawa have several configurations, from one to four hooks. The hook would be attached to a rope of varying length; this was then used to scale a rather large wall, to secure a boat, or for hanging up armor and other equipment during the night. [2] Kaginawa were regularly used during various sieges of miscellaneous castles.

7. Moroccan wall hanging - Wikipedia

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   This large, mid-19th century Moroccan wall hanging, or haiti, is a highlight of the textile collection of the Indianapolis Museum of Art, which is in Indianapolis, Indiana. Made in the cultural center of Fez , it is crafted of the finest materials: silk velvet embroidered with gold metallic thread.