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A rag rug is a rug or mat made from rags. Small pieces of recycled fabric are either hooked into or poked through a hessian backing, or else the strips are braided or plaited together to make a mat. Other names for this kind of rug are derived from the material (clippy or
The Rag Rugs Tour
Describes many methods of creating 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
{{Rugs and carpets Rugs and carpets
A rag rug is a rug or mat made from rags. Small pieces of recycled fabric are either hooked into or poked through a hessian backing, or else the strips are braided or plaited together to make a mat. Other names for this kind of rug are derived from the material (clippy or clootie
A clootie is Scots for a rag or cloth. Clootie may refer to
* Clootie dumpling, a spiced suet fruit pudding boiled in a cloth
*Clootie well
A clootie well is a holy well (or sacred Spring (hydrosphere), spring), almost always with a tree gr ...
rug) or technique (proggie or proddie rug, poke mats and peg mats).
In the UK, these thrift rugs were popular in the nineteenth century and during World War II in working class homes seeking to reuse precious material. The hessian back may have come from a food sack.
Techniques
There are three main techniques. In the UK it was common to poke or pull a small clipping of cloth through a hessian backing, giving a shaggy appearance. In the US, a thin strip of fabric was hooked through the hessian so that the top surface was a small loop pile. A third technique is to plait, braid, lace or sew the fabric strips together.See also
*Jarapa
Jarapa is a thick fabric of various compositions, used to make traditional rugs, blankets, bedspreads, curtains etc. in AlmerÃa and Murcia in the Spanish South East.
Manufacture and use are concentrated in the area of the Alpujarras. The materi ...
References
External links
The Rag Rugs Tour
Describes many methods of creating 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
{{Rugs and carpets Rugs and carpets