Rugs of America

Rugs were also knitted. Balls of cotton or woolen rags were knitted with large needles into strips about six inches wide.

These strips were sewed together to make rugs of various sizes.

Sometimes a rug was knitted with heavy yarn in which small scraps of bright colored cloth were caught up about every two stitches.

These were called "scrappy" rugs.

Then there were crocheted rugs, usually made with bias cot­ton strips and a large hook. These were started from the center and were made round or oval.