Rug hooking is both an art and a craft where rugs are made by pulling loops of yarn or fabric through a stiff woven base such as burlap, linen, or rug...
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Traditional rug hooking is a craft in which rugs are made by pulling loops of yarn or fabric through a stiff woven base such as burlap, linen, rug warp or...
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Nancy Edell (section Rug Hooking)
June 9, 2005) was an American-born Canadian artist, best known for her rug hooking practice that challenged the boundaries between art and craft. Her practice...
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Punch needle (category Rugs and carpets)
include "New England Style" rug hooking, Russian punch needle embroidery, and Japanese bunka shishu. Mechanical rug tufting, often achieved with a tufting...
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Amherst, Nova Scotia. Born in Placentia Bay, Newfoundland, she started hooking rugs in 1990 and now operates a studio in Amherst where she sells and displays...
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embroidery or rug hooking. The choice between a cut pile and a loop pile lies in the distinctive characteristics they offer. Cut pile tufting creates rugs with...
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Thrumming (textiles) (section Rugs)
these mats were a precursor to the technique of rug hooking. Barile, Mary Collins (2013). Hooked Rugs of the Midwest: A Handcrafted History. Arcadia Publishing...
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Persian carpet (redirect from Persian Rug)
(Persian: فرش ایرانی, romanized: farš-e irâni [ˈfærʃe ʔiː.ɹɒː.níː]), Persian rug (Persian: قالی ایرانی, romanized: qâli-ye irâni [ɢɒːˈliːje ʔiː.ɹɒː.níː])...
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to: Hooking (ice hockey), an ice hockey penalty Hooking (sex trade), the act of engaging in sexual activity in exchange for money or goods Rug hooking, a...
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traditional rag rugs. BBC Local History: Hooking and progging An article about Northumberland hooky and proggy rag mats. WikiHow: How to Make a Rag Rug...
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and rugs are primarily made in villages, rather than in cities. They are made from materials particular to individual tribal provinces, the rugs of the...
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Woodland Woodworking. "The Woolery - Weaving - Spinning - Felting - Rug Hooking Supplies". www.woolery.com. Archived from the original on 2014-12-03...
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Needlepoint Needlework Patchwork Quilting Ribbon embroidery Carpet Rug hooking Rug making Sewing Shoemaking Spinning String art Tapestry Tatting Tie-dye...
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Soumak (redirect from Soumak rug)
tapestry technique of weaving sturdy, decorative fabrics used for carpets, rugs, domestic bags and bedding, with soumak fabrics used for bedding known as...
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Singer, Cindy Church finds creativity and meaning in both music and rug hooking". Great Beauty Everyday, Deanne Fitzpatrick. 22 March 2021 "Episode 77...
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Scandinavia has a long and proud tradition of rug-making on par with many of the regions of the world that are perhaps more immediately associated with...
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north-west. The area was used by the Miꞌkmaq First Nations people. The Rug Hooking Museum of North America is to the west of the community. The Saint Margaret's...
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Hansen, Jacqueline, and Trudy Brown. Sculptured rugs in Waldoboro style. Mechanicsburg, PA: Rug Hooking, 2007. Print. ISBN 1881982572 Nabhan, Gary Paul...
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Persian rugs, Pakistani rugs, Arabian rugs, Anatolian rugs, Kurdish rugs, Caucasian rugs, Central Asian rugs (Turkmen rugs, Uzbek rugs), Chinese rugs, Tibetan...
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The Badding Rug is a Victorian cross-stitch needlepoint made in 1950 entirely by hand by Carolyn Badding of San Leandro, California. Measuring 12 feet...
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and original art. Crafts include blacksmithing, spinning, quilting, rug hooking, woodcarving, and hand tufting. Prater's Mill is one of 70,000 properties...
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Knotted-pile carpet (redirect from Knotted-pile rug)
to each pair of warp threads, which may then be pushed down to make the rug more solid: "the interwoven warp and weft threads form the carpet's foundation...
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Anatolian rug or Turkish carpet (Turkish: Türk Halısı) is a term of convenience, commonly used today to denote rugs and carpets woven in Anatolia and...
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popularized in the 1970s and 80s. Other fiber art techniques are knitting, rug hooking, felting, braiding or plaiting, macrame, lace making, flocking (texture)...
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Kilim (redirect from Slit-woven rug)
کیلیم; Turkish: kilim; Turkmen: kilim ) is a flat tapestry-woven carpet or rug traditionally produced in countries of the former Persian Empire, including...
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Irish, Acadian, or other folk music. Traditional knitting, quilting and rug hooking circles in rural New England have become less common; church, sports...
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recognition as a form of folk art. Pearl McGown learned rug-hooking as a child. Hooked rugs are made by pulling loops of yarn or thin strips of fabric...
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Gomer takes Carter to the rug hooking class. Carter thinks Gomer was just getting back at him. Gomer gives Carter a rug he made with a Marine slogan...
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Needlepoint Needlework Patchwork Quilting Ribbon embroidery Carpet Rug hooking Rug making Sewing Shoemaking Spinning String art Tapestry Tatting Tie-dye...
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