By: Marilla Melcher of Hearthside Comforts
My first memory of a braided rug is seeing the one that my grandparents had in their family room. With fascination, my eyes would trace the brown, gold, orange, and green colors as they twisted together in braids that wound around in an oval to cover the green linoleum floor. Although that rug was purchased and not made from scraps, braided rugs always bring to mind a simpler time—when life was a slower





