Hooked rug (detail) on a Garrett pattern introduced around 1900.

The folk art tradition of hooked rug design developed in Québec and the Maritimes during the 19th century.

The lowest-cost product in the spectrum of soft floor coverings was the hand-hooked rug.

Tufted carpeting, like the hand-hooked rugs before it, requires only a simple woven backing (originally of jute) and a supply of the 'face' yarns which form the pile.