Rug making

A rug is a piece of cloth, similar to a carpet, but it does not span the width of a room and is not attached to the floor.

The loops are pulled through the backing material by using a latch hook mounted in a handle (usually wood) for leverage.

[2] 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 where tradition had a stronger hold.

[3] Proddy rugs are made, as the name implies, by prodding or poking strips of fabric through hessian or linen from the back side.

Photo of woman making a rug
Woman passing a shuttle through the warp on a loom .
A latch hook for rugmaking.
Photo of a rag rug.
Rag rug constructed from T-shirts and bed linen
Cushion embroiders at the shop in Yelizavetpol governorate, Russian Empire (now Ganja , Azerbaijan ). Late 19th century.