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Identification of Ugandan Caterpillar?

I know it is a random question and I know it is especially hard without a photo but unfortunatly all I can give you is a description. It is 4inches long and 1inch wide. It is a creamy colour with smallish white spines on the body. The legs are brown and extreemly hairy like a hearth rug. The head looks a cream colour and looks furry. The natives say it is not poisonous.
Thanks

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Rectangular Hearth Rug, Sangria $84.99 Our Contemporary line of Hearth Rugs and richly dyed to custom colors, adding a unique quality to your hearth.; Sangria; Contemporary Hearth Rug.; 44" x 22"; Rectangular.; 100% virgin wool.; All rugs meet federal requirements of Part 1631 (FF2-70) for surface flammability of small carpets.; Material: Wool; Weight: 6 lbs.; Assembly Required?: No; 90 days warranty from manufacturer's defect

Rectangular Hearth Rug, True Blue $84.99 Our Contemporary line of Hearth Rugs and richly dyed to custom colors, adding a unique quality to your hearth.; True Blue; Contemporary Hearth Rug.; 44" x 22"; Rectangular.; 100% virgin wool.; All rugs meet federal requirements of Part 1631 (FF2-70) for surface flammability of small carpets.; Material: Wool; Weight: 6 lbs.; Assembly Required?: No; 90 days warranty from manufacturer's defect

Oriental Hearth Rug 44x22 Rectangular - Blue $96.99 The Oriental style Hearth Rug collection is a classic and traditional way to enhance the beauty of your hearth and home.; Blue; Oriental Hearth Rug.; 44" x 22"; Rectangular.; 100% virgin wool.; All rugs meet federal requirements of Part 1631 (FF2-70) for surface flammability of small carpets.; Material: Wool; Weight: 6 lbs.; Assembly Required?: No; 90 days warranty from manufacturer's defect

Oriental Hearth Rug 44x22 Rectangular - Beige $96.99 The Oriental style Hearth Rug collection is a classic and traditional way to enhance the beauty of your hearth and home.; Beige; Oriental Hearth Rug.; 44" x 22"; Rectangular.; 100% virgin wool.; All rugs meet federal requirements of Part 1631 (FF2-70) for surface flammability of small carpets.; Material: Wool; Weight: 6 lbs.; Assembly Required?: No; 90 days warranty from manufacturer's defect

Oriental Hearth Rug 44x22 Rectangular - Burgundy $96.99 The Oriental style Hearth Rug collection is a classic and traditional way to enhance the beauty of your hearth and home.; Burgundy; Oriental Hearth Rug.; 44" x 22"; Rectangular.; 100% virgin wool.; All rugs meet federal requirements of Part 1631 (FF2-70) for surface flammability of small carpets.; Material: Wool; Weight: 6 lbs.; Assembly Required?: No; 90 days warranty from manufacturer's defect

Oriental Hearth Rug 56x26 Rectangular - Blue $144.99 The Oriental style Hearth Rug collection is a classic and traditional way to enhance the beauty of your hearth and home.; Blue; Oriental Hearth Rug.; 56" x 26"; Rectangular.; 100% virgin wool.; All rugs meet federal requirements of Part 1631 (FF2-70) for surface flammability of small carpets.; Material: Wool; Weight: 8 lbs.; Assembly Required?: No; 90 days warranty from manufacturer's defect

Oriental Hearth Rug 56x26 Rectangular - Beige $144.99 The Oriental style Hearth Rug collection is a classic and traditional way to enhance the beauty of your hearth and home.; Beige; Oriental Hearth Rug.; 56" x 26"; Rectangular.; 100% virgin wool.; All rugs meet federal requirements of Part 1631 (FF2-70) for surface flammability of small carpets.; Material: Wool; Weight: 8 lbs.; Assembly Required?: No; 90 days warranty from manufacturer's defect

Oriental Hearth Rug 56x26 Rectangular - Burgundy $144.99 The Oriental style Hearth Rug collection is a classic and traditional way to enhance the beauty of your hearth and home.; Burgundy; Oriental Hearth Rug.; 56" x 26"; Rectangular.; 100% virgin wool.; All rugs meet federal requirements of Part 1631 (FF2-70) for surface flammability of small carpets.; Material: Wool; Weight: 8 lbs.; Assembly Required?: No; 90 days warranty from manufacturer's defect

Half Round Hearth Rug, Amber/Green $84.99 Our Contemporary line of Hearth Rugs and richly dyed to custom colors, adding a unique quality to your hearth.; Amber Green; Contemporary Hearth Rug.; 44" x 22"; Half Round.; 100% virgin wool.; All rugs meet federal requirements of Part 1631 (FF2-70) for surface flammability of small carpets.; Material: Wool; Weight: 5 lbs.; Assembly Required?: No; 90 days warranty from manufacturer's defect

Contemporary II Hearth Rug, Rectangular, Berry $114.99 Simple and distinct, this line of Contemporary Hearth Rugs will enhance, not overpower, your room and/or hearth.; Berry; Contemporary II Hearth Rug; 56" x 26"; Rectangular.; 100% virgin wool.; All rugs meet federal requirements of Part 1631 (FF2-70) for surface flammability of small carpets.; Material: Wool; Weight: 10 lbs.; Assembly Required?: No; 90 days warranty from manufacturer's defect

Contemporary II Hearth Rug, Rectangular, Dusk $114.99 Simple and distinct, this line of Contemporary Hearth Rugs will enhance, not overpower, your room and/or hearth.; Dusk; Contemporary II Hearth Rug; 56" x 26"; Rectangular.; 100% virgin wool.; All rugs meet federal requirements of Part 1631 (FF2-70) for surface flammability of small carpets.; Material: Wool; Weight: 10 lbs.; Assembly Required?: No; 90 days warranty from manufacturer's defect

Contemporary II Hearth Rug, Half Round, Berry $114.99 Simple and distinct, this line of Contemporary Hearth Rugs will enhance, not overpower, your room and/or hearth.; Berry; Contemporary II Hearth Rug; 56" x 22"; Half Round.; 100% virgin wool.; All rugs meet federal requirements of Part 1631 (FF2-70) for surface flammability of small carpets.; Material: Wool; Weight: 9 lbs.; Assembly Required?: No; 90 days warranty from manufacturer's defect

Contemporary II Hearth Rug, Half Round, Dusk $114.99 Simple and distinct, this line of Contemporary Hearth Rugs will enhance, not overpower, your room and/or hearth.; Dusk; Contemporary II Hearth Rug; 56" x 22"; Half Round.; 100% virgin wool.; All rugs meet federal requirements of Part 1631 (FF2-70) for surface flammability of small carpets.; Material: Wool; Weight: 9 lbs.; Assembly Required?: No; 90 days warranty from manufacturer's defect

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Beige Hand Tufted 100% Wool Fireplace Hearth Rug $155 Beige Hand Tufted 100% Wool Fireplace Hearth Rug is available from bedbathstore.com for only $99.99. Shop bedbathstore for the best price and quality with Free Shipping.

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Minuteman H65 ContemporaryII Rectangular Hearth Rug in Dusk $136.65 Minuteman International is the parent company of ACHLA Designs which caters to the home and garden industry. ACHLA Designs a Garden Accessories company emphasizes unique handforged wrought iron European furnishings for the home and garden. Items range from small hooks and brackets to large pavilions and arbors. We also offer birdbaths birding garden pole systems trellises statuary composting products and wood and metal furniture. In 2004 ACHLA Designs introduced the Williamsburg Collection offering reproductions as well as 17th and 18th century inspired designs for the contemporary home. ACHLA Designs continues to add beautiful and unique items year after year resulting in an unusually large product line. Classic Series Hearth Rug 100 Wool. Available in 3 colors 56 inch long by 26 inch wide. Create an inviting sanctuary in front of your fireplace with an attractive Rectangular Hearth Rug. This rug is made of 100 percent Wool with a decorative art decococoa design to add beauty to your hearth. It meets federal requirements of part 1631 (FF270) for surface flammability of small carpets to provide superior protection for your hearth area against the damage of rolling logs and stray embers. Dimensions: 56 x 26 . Finish: Dusk. Shape: Rectangular or Half Round. Style: Contemporary II.

Piper: Ball is Stuck!

Getting Hooked on Rugs

Hooked rugs have advanced in the world, from the kitchen floor to the wall as works of art. There's a new generation of hookers whose work will never see the bottom of a shoe. For an increasing number of hookers (yes, that's what they call themselves), hooking is like painting. The wool is their paint and the hook is their paintbrush.

Similar to paintings, there is now a wide array of hooked rug designs, from stark modern forms to folkloric scenes, subtle landscapes, and expressionistic self-portraits. But it wasn't always that way. Rug hooking was simply a way to use scraps of cloth too worn for even rag duty.

Farmers, fishermen and their wives, who emigrated from northern Europe and settled in Canada and along the New England coastline, probably introduced the craft to North America. Originating from Scotland, England, France, Scandinavia and Germany, they brought with them the tradition of handmade rugs, many of which are now considered a noteworthy category of folk art. Then, as now, all that was required was a hook, some rag strips or yarn, and a foundation material attached to a simple stretcher of four wood slats lashed together.

Dating to the early 19th century, these hooked rugs (different from yarn sewn or rag rugs) originated in the New England states and Canadian Maritime Provinces. They were primitive and utilitarian, done with pictorial, floral and geometric designs, often portraying a subject from the maker's life: a home, farm, barnyard animals, pets, birds and flowers. Wool, flannel, and cotton pieces were cut into 1/4 inch-wide strips and then pulled in loops through a stiff woven backing such as burlap.

While these rugs were made with the same skill as schoolgirls' embroideries or samplers and fine needlework, hooked rugs were utilitarian, fashioned to hide dirt or wood floors or to be laid before the hearth. They were "the art of poverty," They weren't found in fine houses. If a rug was attractive, so much the better, but they were meant to provide warmth, and the women who produced them used what-ever fabric scraps they had and hooked them up quickly. When the rugs fell apart, they were thrown away.

The naive creator-inspired designs thrived from 1830 to 1850, and circa-1860 pattern makers began printing and selling pre-stenciled rug kits on burlap, mass-produced and lacking the freer, less technically correct original motifs. The stenciled rugs were more symmetrical, less fanciful and more realistic, but many women added their own individual touches, and several rugs based on the same pattern could each look very different.

By the late 1800s, patterns were being stamped onto the burlap (showing the hooker what areas to fill in and in which color), allowing more complicated designs to be created and reproduced. Rug hooking became a booming craft industry over the next half-century, especially in the Northeast.

The evolution of the hooked rug from craft to art occurred as hookers began to explore and create more one-of-a-kind works. Today, these rugs have gained appreciation among collectors and interior designers. Hooked rugs dating to the 1800s and early 1900s can now command thousands of dollars. Prices for the oldest and rarest of these 19th-century rugs have now reached the financial stratosphere. Interest and admiration of this craft was dormant until a pioneering 1976 exhibition of hooked rugs, organized by Joel and Kate Kopp (formerly of America Hurrah) at the Museum of American Folk Art in New York. Whether as a hobby or a family heirloom, hooked rugs are back in America.

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