Retalho means scrap, remnant, the piece left over once the larger cut is made.
This rug is handwoven from lycra and fabric discards, off-cuts that would otherwise be thrown away, braided and looped into rows until they become something whole again. In Brazil, rugs like this one are often called tapetinho de vó, grandma's little rug, a nod to the generations of women who wove leftover fabric into something useful rather than let it go to waste.
The weave sits low and dense underfoot, edged with knotted fringe on both ends. No two rugs use the same scraps twice. Set it by a door, a bed, a sink. Anywhere feet land first thing in the morning.
