Homecraft Rugs: Their Historic Background, Romance of Stitchery and Method of Making: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Homecraft Rugs: Their Historic Background, Romance of Stitchery and Method of Making, credited to Lydia Le Baron Walker, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of Homecraft Rugs: Their Historic Background, Romance of Stitchery and Method of Making by Lydia Le Baron Walker. Read in English by Joanne Turner A tour de force of the history, construction, preservation, and beauty of all types of rugs, with chapters on braided, needlepoint, woven, crocheted, tapestry, and embroidered rugs and other lesser-known types of floor coverings. - Summary by Joanne Turner

Recording facts

• Recording title: Homecraft Rugs: Their Historic Background, Romance of Stitchery and Method of Making
• Author credits: Lydia Le Baron Walker
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 25
• Listed recording duration: 10:56:01

Catalogue topics

• rugs
• rugmaking
• braided rugs
• needlepoint rugs
• woven rugs
• crocheted rugs
• jute rugs
• tapestry rugs

Opening tracks: first 24 of 25

1. 01 - The Renaissance of Rugcraft — 12:21
2. 02 - Rug Making: a Home Industry — 8:42
3. 03 - Equipments and Classifications — 12:51
4. 04 - The Braided Rug — 49:22
5. 05 - Needlewoven Rugs — 47:57
6. 06 - Knit Rugs of Smooth-Face and Pile Surfaces — 43:46
7. 07 - Crocheted Rugs — 46:55
8. 08 - Rugs of Jute Yarn — 16:26
9. 09 - Tapestry Floor Coverings — 27:37
10. 10 - ''Turky Worke Carpetts'' — 27:31
11. 11 - Rugs of Cross Stitch or Phrygian Work — 31:26
12. 12 - Hooked Rugs, part 1 — 38:55
13. 13 - Hooked Rugs, part 2 — 37:26
14. 14 - Fabric Mosaic Rugs — 21:28
15. 15 - Scalloped or Petal Rugs — 16:58
16. 16 - Quilted Rugs — 34:47
17. 17 - Felt Floor Covering — 34:26
18. 18 - Old Patchwork for New Rugs — 16:52
19. 19 - Embroidered Carpets and Rugs in Darned Stitchery — 18:34
20. 20 - Rugs of Chenille and Caterpillar Braid, Marquetry Mats — 16:42
21. 21 - Shuck or Corn-Husk Mats — 11:18
22. 22 - Sacking Mats and String Rugs — 12:44
23. 23 - Minor Rugs in Variety — 27:34
24. 24 - The Care of Rugs, Their Repair and Reconstruction — 25:20

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