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About Flat Wrap and Twisted
Cord Rugs |
Flat wrap was developed during ancient times on
almost every continent, which means it is one of
the oldest forms of rug making. It started as a
means of making coiled baskets from Asia to the
Americas, but it later became popular for
rug-making in Europe. However, this method was
not used to create rag rugs until around the
mid-1800's.
The method of flat wrap occurs when a strand of
fabric strip is wrapped around a carrier
composed of fabric or cord, then lacing the
strip back through the work. Patterns can be
created using this method by using many strips
of fabric, with all but one being carried along
within the wrapping, and changing the positions
of the individual strands. Both the front and
back of the flat wrap rug is the same
basketweave texture.
Twisted Cord Rugs and Rope Rugs: You can make
twisted cords rugs by using at least three
strands of fabric strip. Most rubs use five
strands. Each strand is wrapped around the
others in sequence, then they are laced into the
body of the rug. This procedure eliminates the
need for the carrier strands. Once the process
is completed, the rug looks like that of cords
twisted in the same manner as that of rope
making. (It has the same appearance on both
sides of the rug.) Years ago, some rug-making
enthusiasts attempted to market a rope making
machine that would recreate twisted cords rugs,
although in the traditional rugs, the strands
are not twisted ahead of time. Rope rugs are
described as the type of rugs wherein the cords
are twisted together, then coiled and sewn into
a rug.
These twisted cord rugs have been commonly known
as a poor man's rug because they are more often
made of cottons than they are of wools. Twisted
cords had even been considered the rugs of poor
people and signified poverty. It was also
commonly believed that twisted cords rugs were
created by people who possessed very few
homemaking skills. These rugs have become quite
scarce through the years and are now highly
valuable due to their scarcity.
These rugs look much the same on both the front
and back and contain a rather distinctive
twisted appearance throughout each round of the
work.
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