A craftsperson creates a hooked rug by pulling lengths of cloth, usually wool, through a woven fabric, usually burlap.
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. In contrast latch-hooking uses a hinged hook to form a knotted pile from short, pre-cut pieces of yarn.
Wool strips ranging in size from 3/32 to 10/32 of an inch (2 to 8 mm) in width are often used to create hooked rugs or wall hangings. These precision strips are usually cut using a mechanical cloth slitter; however, the strips can also be hand-cut or torn. When using the hand-torn technique the rugs are usually done in a primitive motif.
Designs for the rugs are often commercially produced and can be as complex as flowers or animals to as simple as geometrics. Rug-hooking has been popular in North America for at least the past 200 years.
Rughooking 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...
Traditional rughooking 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...
embroidery or rughooking. The choice between a cut pile and a loop pile lies in the distinctive characteristics they offer. Cut pile tufting creates rugs with...
June 9, 2005) was an American-born Canadian artist, best known for her rughooking practice that pushed the boundaries between art and craft. Her practice...
by hand (in oriental rugs), made with their pile injected into a backing material (called tufting), flatwoven, made by hooking wool or cotton through...
include "New England Style" rug hooking, Russian punch needle embroidery, and Japanese bunka shishu. Mechanical rug tufting, often achieved with a tufting...
recognition as a form of folk art. Pearl McGown learned rug-hooking as a child. Hooked rugs are made by pulling loops of yarn or thin strips of fabric...
Scandinavia has a long and proud tradition of rug-making on par with many of the regions of the world that are perhaps more immediately associated with...
traditional rag rugs. BBC Local History: Hooking and progging An article about Northumberland hooky and proggy rag mats. WikiHow: How to Make a Rag Rug...
and rugs are primarily made in villages, rather than in cities. They are made from materials particular to individual tribal provinces, the rugs of the...
tapestry technique of weaving sturdy, decorative fabrics used for carpets, rugs, domestic bags and bedding, with soumak fabrics used for bedding known as...
popularized in the 1970s and 80s. Other fiber art techniques are knitting, rughooking, felting, braiding or plaiting, macrame, lace making, flocking (texture)...
An oriental rug is a heavy textile made for a wide variety of utilitarian and symbolic purposes and produced in "Oriental countries" for home use, local...
The Badding Rug is a Victorian cross-stitch needlepoint made in 1950 entirely by hand by Carolyn Badding of San Leandro, California. Measuring 12 feet...
Irish, Acadian, or other folk music. Traditional knitting, quilting and rughooking circles in rural New England have become less common; church, sports...
purposes, engraved gems as signet rings and other kinds of seal, handles, belt hooks and similar items, vessels and purely decorative objects. Hardstone carving...
and bring in needed income for her family. Lefort learned the craft of rughooking from her mother. This craft has strong roots in Cape Breton. Lefort showed...
year. Two such organizations were the Canadian Cancer Society and the RugHooking Guild of Newfoundland and Labrador. Silver Birches was a camp approximately...
and furniture and creating textiles in the form of knitting, quilting, rughooking and more. Housed in the renovated Society of United Fishermen’s Hall...
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (FAMSF). Iranian handicrafts Shahsevan rug Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jajim. "Neglected craft of jajim-bafi...
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