Saturday, 23 August 2014

Allegory of Rugs - An Ancient Craft Covers Different Style

From the ancient times rug has been one of the most adopted and sought-after flora cover-up solution. Every culture has their own style and variety of techniques. Nowadays most of these famous styles are adopted and mixed with new trend. With this blog we just want to share information about some famous crafting styles that are listed below. 

Cheap Rugs for Sale Online 
Woven
Weaving is highly used production method, due to its simplicity with elegant look. Persian rugs are handmade which has higher knot count, generally one thousand knots per square inch, made for a very tight weave. In ancient time the quality of rugs was measured by the density of knots. Nowadays this style is sought-after in western countries.

Hooking

Rug Hooking is one of the earliest styles that have been most popular in North America for at least 200 years. 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, and rug warp or monks cloth.

Braided

The production of these rugs includes three or more strip of fabric, mostly wool, by folding the raw edges to the middle and braiding them together. The style comes from early Colonial American culture.

Prodded

As its name implies it include prodding or poking strips of fabric through burlap or linen from the back side. These rugs are known by several names such as clippies, proddies, stobbies, pricked, in Northumberland they are named proggy mats, and in Scotland they are named clootie mats.


If you are looking for handmade rugs online, blend with ancient and contemporary style visit: - Rug Village, we have enticing range of rugs that can bring the charm to any home interior.