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  2. 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.

  3. Rug making - Wikipedia

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    Traditional rug hooking is a craft in which rugs are made by pulling loops of yarn or fabric through a stiff woven base such as burlap, linen, rug warp or monks cloth. The loops are pulled through the backing material by using a latch hook mounted in a handle (usually wood) for leverage.

  4. How rug makers turned a trendy pandemic hobby into a business

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    I’ve always been a sucker for DIY trends on Instagram. I honestly could not tell you the number of polymer clay jewelry accounts I’ve followed after seeing them on my Explore page, but it's a ...

  5. 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).

  6. Tufting - Wikipedia

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    Tufting frames are generally constructed of wood, with carpet tacks or grippers around the edge to hold the primary backing fabric in place. Eye hooks are an important addition to a tufting frame, they are used as yarn feeders and work to keep the tension consistent. The frame must be sturdy and can be either freestanding or clamped to a table top.

  7. Scandinavian rugs - Wikipedia

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    Even as the Scandinavian rug-making tradition matured from the 1500s through the 1800s, more traditionally Oriental themes were incorporated into the finest Scandinavian rugs, with the Tree of Life motif featuring most prominently. A standby in Persian rugs, the Tree of Life symbol was adapted by the rug-makers of Scandinavia to represent ...

  8. Arthur T. Gregorian - Wikipedia

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    Arthur T. Gregorian, (1909 – January 14, 2003), was a Greater Boston oriental rug dealer and author of books on oriental rugs. He is considered by some to be the world's leading collector of rare, inscribed Armenian rugs. [1] Arthur T. Gregorian purchasing rugs in Kabul, Afghanistan - 16mm frame

  9. DOBAG Carpet Initiative - Wikipedia

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    The analysis of carpet wool dyes was already suggested by Edwards in 1953 [7] as a means of establishing the provenance of period carpets. In 1982, Boehmer published his work on antique carpet wool samples, using thin-layer chromatography.

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