Rugs Hooking
Rugs hooking was founded in the Northern America at the nineteenth century. Indians weaved woolen carpets with the help of special hooks. This rugs were laid on floor in their huts to keep warmth. Rugs hooking was an actual occupation for the Indian women.
Nowadays rugs hooking is saved as a kind of national art.
But some manufacturers still use it in carpets production.
Term “rugs hooking” includes not only weaving with the use of hooks, but also with special needles. But this is new technologies of rugs hooking, which are not the real art of Indians.
Carpets made by rugs hooking are decorated with ornaments, usual for Indian item of arts.
By the way carpets are not the only things made by rugs hooking. Later masters began to make chairs, decorations, clothing and so on. All these items are real examples of excellent handwork.