Editing Rug making

{{short description|Making of rugs or carpets}}
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[[File:RugMakingWomanPassesShuttle.jpg|thumb|250px|right|alt=Photo of woman making a rug|Woman passing a [[Shuttle (weaving)|shuttle]] through the [[Warp (weaving)|warp]] on a [[loom]].]]

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. It is generally used as a [[Flooring|floor covering]], or as a decorative feature.<ref>{{Cite web|title=RUG {{!}} meaning in the Cambridge English Dictionary|url=https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/rug|access-date=2020-09-29|website=dictionary.cambridge.org|language=en}}</ref>

==Braided==
[[Braided rug]]s are made by using three or more strips of fabric, usually [[wool]], folding the raw edges to the middle and braiding them together. For an oval rug the centre braid should be one inch longer than the width-length in feet. example 2' x 4' rug centre strip would be 2'2" long. The centre braid is laced together and new strips are sewn on to make the braid longer as lacing continues.<ref name = RugScout>{{cite web|url=http://www.rugscout.com/info/ask-an-expert-weave.html|publisher=RugScout|title=Ask An Expert: Types of Weave: Hand Knotted, Hand Tufted Flat Weave|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101203044007/http://www.rugscout.com/info/ask-an-expert-weave.html|archive-date=3 December 2010|access-date=1 April 2019}}</ref>

==Hooking==
[[Image:Jehla 01.jpg|thumb|right|140px|A latch hook for rugmaking.]]
Traditional [[rug hooking]] is a craft in which rugs are made by pulling loops of [[yarn]] or [[textile|fabric]] through a stiff woven base such as [[burlap]], [[linen]], rug warp or monks cloth. The loops are pulled through the backing material by using a latch hook mounted in a handle (usually wood) for leverage.<ref name = RugScout />

==Rag rugs==
{{main|Rag rug}}
[[File:RagRug.jpg|thumb|right|alt=Photo of a rag rug.|Rag rug constructed from T-shirts and bed linen]]
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. The necessity for thrift during [[World War II]] brought a brief revival, but it did not last long.<ref name="hemeon">{{cite web |title=Hemeon, Maidie (rug maker) |url=https://merl.reading.ac.uk/collections/hemeon-maidie-rug-maker/ |publisher=The Museum of English Rural Life |access-date=11 November 2019}}</ref>

===Prodded===
Proddy rugs are made, as the name implies, by prodding or poking strips of fabric through hessian or linen from the back side. Rag rugs made this way have many names, such as clippies, stobbies, clippers and peggies.<ref>{{cite book|last=Barile|first=Mary Collins|title=Hooked Rugs of the Midwest: A Handcrafted History|date=28 May 2013|publisher=Arcadia Publishing Incorporated|isbn=978-1-61423-948-2}}</ref> In [[Northumberland]] they are called proggy mats, and in [[Scotland]] they are called [[Wikt:clootie|clootie]] mats. They were often made for more utilitarian use such as by the back door, their pile hiding dirt well.

The [[Museum of English Rural Life]] has a collection of rug-making tools and thrift rugs.<ref name = "hemeon"/>

==Woven==
[[Image:Carpet manufacturing Ganja XIXcentury.jpg|thumb|250px|Cushion embroiders at the shop in Yelizavetpol governorate, [[Russian Empire]] (now [[Ganja (city)|Ganja]], [[Azerbaijan]]). Late 19th century.]]
These are both handmade and machine-made (see [[carpet]]). Woven rugs include both flat rugs (for example [[kilim]]s) and [[knotted-pile rug|pile rugs]].<ref name = RugScout /> The more tightly a rug is woven or knotted, the more detailed a design can be. "It is generally believed that the density of knots, the age, the material, and the rarity of the design or knots determines the value of a carpet. ..."{{quote without source|date=December 2019}}

==See also==
* [[Afghan carpet]]
* [[Armenian carpet]]
* [[Azerbaijani carpet weaving]]
* [[Flooring]]
* [[Gabbeh]]
* [[Heatsetting]]
* [[Knot density]]
* [[Oriental rug]]s
* [[Tapestry]]
* [[Moroccan rugs]]

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