Features: Rag rug facts
Posted by Administrator on Nov 12, 2009
The Vikings made rugs by pushing tufts of fleece through a woven foundation.
Proddy is the simplest technique and involves pushing short lengths of fabric tabs through a backing material and back out again, leaving two ‘ragged’ ends.
Hooking means pushing lengths of fabric through a backing to leave a ‘loop’ and is good for detailed designs and pictures.
Plaited rugs are made by plaiting between three and five strands of fabric and stitching them together.
Weaving with long fabric strips, using sticks or a peg loom, produces simple woven fabric rugs.
Tools were made from sharpened sticks, wooden clothes pegs, bone or horn, bent nails, metal keys or pokers.
