After reading the topic on braided rugs, I thought I'd add this one for another type of crafted rug.  I've been hooking rugs for about three years, and am actually teaching a class at the end of September at the local adult ed. extension office in town. 

This is very much a make-do craft that women (and some men) would create rugs for their homes with material they already have.  Any clothing that was too worn or couldn't be used for anybody else would be cut up into strips, then hooked onto a foundation fabric usually of burlap feed sacks.  In present day rug hooking, people use burlap, monks cloth, and even even weave linen as foundation fabric, and wool is usually used to create the rug.  I really try to make this an art of recycling, and get most of my fabric at Goodwill, thrift shops, tag sales, etc. Below is a link to my blog where a picture of a rug I'm entering at our local fair this weekend.

http://ravensgateprims.blogspot.com/

Naomi