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About Hooked Rugs |
The following six rugs are described below.
These are the hooked rugs, poked rugs, punched
rugs, prodded rugs, bodkin or tweezer rugs, and
shuttle rugs. These six rugs are quite similar
and are usually created using narrow strips of
wool, which can be worked through a base of
burlap, monkscloth, linen or rug canvas. The
rugs are worked on the same principle as when
wool strips are sent through a loosely woven
fabric, the strands in the weave tighten in
order to hold the wool in place. The exception
to this is the bodkin rug which must be also be
secured by the manner in which the strips are
cut.
Different effects of hooked rugs can be achieved
when combined with unrelated methods. They can
also be used as a border for the hooked rugs,
such as braided borders, tambour and anchored
loops.
Rugs which are worked from the front side
include hooked rugs and poked rugs.
Hooked rugs have been traditionally made with a
rug hook similar to a small crochet hook which
is attached to a wooden handle. To create a
hooked rug, work the rug from the front side and
pull up loops of wool through the base made of
burlap or fabric. These rugs can be made from
printed patterns.
The primitive style of hooked rugs is the older
style (as its name implies) and is worked with
wider strips of wool of 3/16" to 1/4" or even
larger. The more modern "fine" hooking version
is done with narrow strips of wool and have
designs which could be intricate shading which
would depict either flowers or scenery.
Poked rugs are also worked from the front side
of the rug using a small pointed, but not sharp,
tool that may have a wooden handle. An older
poking tool is a 16d finish nail which is driven
into the end of a dowel to serve as the handle.
Strips of wool are used which are about an inch
long and 1/4" to 1/2" wide. A poker pushes the
middle of the strip into the burlap just enough
so that the fold is slightly further than the
surface of the burlap.
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