rag rugs

[raggybaggylin]

thankyou Giraffe. Would this 60's rug have been hooked/prodded, or done by the readycut method with ;latchhook and yarn/woollen thrums?

[raggybaggylin]

Likewise Rancegal, would this rug (with cottage design) have been hand hooked or a readycut design? Do you still have this in your possession? Thankyou for your info.

[giraffe]

My rug came in a kit, with:
 1.ready-printed design on the backing.
 2. the wool was not ready-cut.
 3. a latch-hook which I still have.
I now remember it was about 1956 when I made it, it's still in the loft acting as extra insulation for the water tank. The design was an 'abstract' one, in bold colours - grey, yellow, red and black, which I loved as a teenager, but prefer more traditional decor now!
giraffe

[rancegal]

     RBL, you didn't read my original post properly!!
   My mother made up the design herself. The rug was made by the 'prodding' method, and it was all from what we would now call 'reclaimed materials', ie potato sack and bits from discarded clothes.
   Because it could not be washed, it eventually got too grimy and was discarded.

She did also make a 'Readicut' rug on a pre-printed canvas in an abstract design of colour blocks. Or rather, she started one, but never finished it. The wool was not cut into lengths but came in hanks. She used to wind it around a piece of wood (which was kept for the purpose) and then cut along the top and bottom to get lengths of the right size.

She kept it for years, and then I 'inherited' it and I had it for several years, always intending to finish it but never did so, and eventually, when we moved house, it was thrown away.

[Billyblue]

The rag rugs I made as a child were not on hessian or whatever backing.
They are interwoven materials which are then stitched together at points, to keep them in place.

Dawn M

[raggybaggylin]

Thank you.Would you mean braided rugs?

[Billyblue]

Braided rugs?  Don't think so.
They are done in a sort of lattice pattern

Dawn M

[raggybaggylin]

I don't suppose you still have any, Dawn, or pics of them?

[stoney]

I wrote about rag rugs on another thread  - can't work out how to put a direct link here, but it was the TOTB thread entitled 'Make do and mend', post #38!