Tips from the book:
Tear or cut fabrics into 4 or 5 inch wide strips. The strips for the warp should be non-stretchy. The fabrics used for the weave should have at least a little stretch. Sew together to make approx 8 to 10 yard lengths. You will need need about thirty 10-foot-long rolls of stretchy fabric and thirty-five 8 foot rolls of non-stretchy. As you roll the fabric up, turn the edges under.
Build the loom in the room you are going to do the weaving. Use four 6-foot 2 x 2's, approx. 300 finish nails, eight 3-inch wood screws, and four 6-inch corner braces. Screw together the 2 x 2's, use the corner braces as shown in the picture. Mark off each inch (72 per board). Drive a nail into each mark.
After you are done weaving, finish off the edges with a series of loops. Use a crochet stitch (using your fingers) as shown in the last photograph.
Now that is great!
ReplyDeleteOMG! I actually owned this magazine and made that rug! It weighed about 3 tons and I wish I still had it.
ReplyDeleteHandandspiritstudio: Wow! I can imagine it being pretty heavy. Did you make it that big? How long did it take you?
ReplyDeleteTHAT is crazy. But so cool.
ReplyDeleteI don't remember how long it took, a few days, not counting collecting the fabrics and assembling the frame. I remember loving it and being very proud of myself! And yes, I made it that BIG!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the trip down memory lane. I hadn't thought about that in years.
Hey! found this old post and just made this rug earlier this week, from old faded 70's duvet covers and some worn out stretchy fitted bedsheets. couldn't figure what to do with them all until this post came up in a 'woven rag rugs search' Thanks! (its not so heavy, and it shrinks a little when you take it off the loom) http://crispina.com/2009/09/potholder-rug-making-workshop/ was another great link, though they are all knit fabric.
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