A rug is a piece of woven flooring, often with a highly patterned design. It is typically placed in a dining room or living area to accent the space and to create a foundation under furniture. It is also used to keep a floor warm and add visual texture. Rugs can be made from a variety of materials including wool, cotton, jute, synthetic fibers and even silk. They can be hand-knotted, tufted or hooked and can come in a wide range of colors and designs.
In the past rugs were often made at home using fabric scraps and recycled clothing. Directions and advice for making rugs are found in numerous nineteenth century domestic manuals. Many of these rugs were made using a tambour hook that looked similar to a crochet hook in a wood handle and were attached to a homemade frame or quilt frame. After the Civil War commercial patterns were printed and sold making hooked rugs very popular.
The patterned rugs in this study were crafted by participants as part of their engagement with the research process. Participants used their patterned rugs to express their emotions, thoughts, perceptions and experiences. Their interpretation of colours, which coincided with Malchiodi’s (1998) and Birren’s (2013) interpretations, was that red represented feelings, blue meant change and the calming effect of water, yellow reflected a creative process and green symbolised something fundamental. The rug task was an important tool for engaging participants in the qualitative research process, and provided a way to explore, understand and connect their trajectories of meaning.
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