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Update Rag rug workshops run in a friendly and informal manner in Edinburgh, Scotland. Classes will teach you braiding, hooking and prodding and many other features of this ancient art. http://www.moragrug.co.uk
Ballyhoo! Rug Hooking Design Home Page Offers original folk art designs for hooking. Features designs intended for hooking with wide cut wool strips. http://www.ballyhoorugs.com
Hooking Craft Guild Promotes and develop the craft of traditional hookedrug making, encourages excellence of craftsmanship, fosters an awareness of beauty in colour and design, and provides opportunities for the exchange of ideas. http://www.burlingtonartcentre.on.ca/hookers.html
Header And Contents A home business, offering supplies for hooking rugs in wool fabrics with burlap or linen backings. Offers patterns, rug kits, products, courses, exhibitions and contact information. http://www.hookarug.com/
Civilization.ca - Hooked On Rugs To make rugs, artists unsewed the seams of gunnysacks and stretched the resulting canvas on a homemade loom. Some hooked without using a loom, supporting the http://www.civilization.ca/arts/rugs/rugs03e.html
Extractions: The earliest rugs used potato or grain sacks as backing. This cheap, popular source of canvas was widely available, durable, and easily handled. Gunnysacks, initially imported from India to England in the 1820s, were introduced into North America in mid-century and their use quickly became widespread. To make rugs, artists unsewed the seams of gunnysacks and stretched the resulting canvas on a home-made loom. Some hooked without using a loom, supporting the work on their knees. The loom was usually made from soft wood so that the nails and staples holding the canvas could be easily hammered in. The traditional loom consisted of a frame formed by four laths, two of them mobile so that the work surface could be moved around as required. At the turn of the century, commercially made looms appeared on the market. Some were free standing, while others had two cylinders making it possible to roll unused canvas onto one cylinder and the completed work onto the other. RUG HOOKING
