FLORAL HOOKED RUG

A hooked rug falls under the category of handicraft. This is a simple type of rug which is handmade by pulling strips of cloth through the meshes of a sturdy fabric such as linen, rug warp, or burlap. The cloth can be of wool or cotton. This is also a sort of carpet are usually made by loops that are pulled through fabric or the backing material with the use of a crochet-type hook. The hook is mounted in a handle usually made from wood that provides leverage. In most countries hooked rug is now considered as fine art which is hung as a display on the walls of home, office and other public places.

Rug-hooking as it’s commonly called is a popular art in North America and has been practiced for over the past 200 years. These days designs for the rugs are commercially produced. Design can be complex as flowers or animals and in other cases design can be as simple as geometrics. One of the most popular designs out there in the market for this type of rug is the floral hooked rug. Since flower or floral patterns adore most of the places that they are placed on and is also liked by the people around the world it is the top choice of pattern that the craftsmen like to work with.

Floral hooked rug comes in different floral patterns with different color intensity as well as different material with which the floral hooked rug is made. Price of floral hooked rug also depends on the fore mentioned factors. Mostly rugs are preferred from Middle East and parts of Africa. Indigenous floral hooked rug from other parts of the world such as China, India is also in demand.

The quality of the floral hooked rug depends on the knot. Line count is used to measure the density of the knots that make up the rug. The quality of the rug is directly proportional to the knot, higher the knot count, the higher is the quality. For a layman the count can be readily understood by seeing the density of the knotting of a floral hooked rug which can be found out just by turning the floral hooked rug upside down.

This is not an absolute judgmental tool; other significant factors also affect the overall quality, the aesthetic appeal of any floral hooked rug. The color, selection of the material and also the floral pattern gives the floral hooked rug its impressive quality finish.

Each knot is like as a single square. Here, the difference between a floral hooked rug with lesser knots per square inch and a floral hooked rug with more knots per square inch is easily apparent, in view of the fact that the knots per square inch is less densely packed in the lesser knotted rug and viceversa.

Floral hooked rug is worth spending money on because the art and the heritage that is associated with it and will surely get accolades from the visitors to your home.