1. Craft Site Guide
http://www.craftsitedirectory.com/rugs/
Guide to the on-line rug-crafting world
2. Rug Hooking
a. http://www.clairemurray.com
Claire Murray has become the diva of the rug hooking world. Although her designs are now seen in many home furnishings and apparel categories, her first love is still hand hooked rugs. The site offers Claire's own rug making hints and rug making kits.
b. http://www.rughookersnetwork.com
Supplies, instructions, books.
3. Needlepoint
a. http://www.russellhousetapestries.co.uk/
Needlepoint kits based on Oriental rug designs.
b. http://www.needlenook.com/CW-Orientals.html
More Needlepoint kits.
4. Hand Knotted Rugs
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/
ASIN/0914718940/qid=1036370740/sr=11-1/ref=sr_11_1/102-4823525-6495308
Here is a book about how you can hand-knot your very own Oriental rug. Count me out on this one.
5. Felted Rugs
http://www.heritagerugs.net/
All about the folk craft of "Penny" rugs
6. Braided Rugs
http://akak.essortment.com/braidedrugmaki_rkxo.htm
Mish-mosh Blog site that has lots of annoying ads, but the braided rug article offers a good step-by-step start for crafters who want to recreate a uniquely American rug making experience.
7. Rag Rugs
a. http://www.netw.com/~rafter4/oldrugs.htm
Delightful rag rug article in the nether reaches of this big multi-service website/Internet Service Provider in eastern
Washington state.
b. http://www.ragrugs.net
Highly personal website that epitomizes the American craft spirit.
8. Rug Making Instructions
a. http://www.janeolsonrugstudio.com/
Workshop setting in Hawthorne, CA
b. http://www.halcyonyarn.com/kits.html
Offers kits, yarns, videotapes, looms and other supplies.
9. Taxidermy
http://www.taxidermy.net/suppliers/rugs.html
Bear skin rugs. They're not kidding.