Rugs made with rags.

[Segilla]

Evey time I see one of these I turn it over and find the rag has been pulled / sewn through hessian or whatever.
My grandmother, bn 1880 in London, who went into service in Tunbridge Wells, Kent used to knit rugs with very thin string, incorporating rag strips into the pattern. It was hard work and made for sore fingers.
Are there names for these procedures and do people use the string method?

[Jules001]

if you Google rag rugging, you will get lots of hits and they explain the different techniques - hope that helps.

[Golden Shred]

My father received a bullet wound in WW1 and consequently was in hospital for a considerable time. Part of the recovery therapy to which he was subjected was to make a rag rug from a supplied kit. Apparently this was standard where he was and the wards, so I understand, were full of servicemen making rag rugs. It was a large black rug with a big red cross in the centre. They were allowed to keep the rugs, and this one lasted well into my own adulthood. My father hated the thing, and any mickey taking about him making a rug was to run the risk of a clip round the ear.

[chitchat]

I think they are called 'clippy mats.' I remember my gran and my mum on about them. But I'm not sure if they were made with string, i think it may have been with a hook. I have seen them being made at Beamish Open Air Museum in Stanley Co Durham.

[joeNsmith]

There are many people who use the string method for rugs and I had also used this method to create fine rugs. You can also get more details on such rugs at http://www.nourisonhospitality.com/site-map/commercial-rugs-suppliers/ online.