Ragged Histories: Textiles, Craft and Creative History

Abstract This article presents insights from three academics who are based at Canadian universities and have used rag‐rug making as a teaching method, engaging students in studying material culture and industrialization in nineteenth‐century England. It shows how the integration of such creative practices can be used for different disciplines, encompassing literature, art history and history in this case. It also features the reflections that this process inspired amongst the students and academics involved in this joint endeavour.