Neon Lights at Night Rugs
I whipped up three of these rugs with
a new design from my studio. It's a traditional rag rug, but with a little ZING with the colors!
This is a very interesting rug with new heavy black rustic fabric, slightly fringey and stringy for a dramatic texture. The colorful alternating warp colors peek through the rows of rug fabric creating an image of neon lights twinkling through the dark. Then for the "zing" it is woven with inserts of colorful knit neon pieces that are from factory surplus materials. Recycling at it's finest! You are getting a great rug, and keeping a pile of factory textiles from cluttering up the landfills. Here is another messy project I am working on.... sock loopers!~ They are also factory waste from commecial sock factories. Weavers buy it before it gets tossed in some landfill, and use it to make the most thick lovely textured rugs!
It is messy, so I chain together the loops while sitting out on the deck. Last night I got two bins full done into chains, enough for two big rugs.
Once chained together, I wind them on long stick shuttles and weave them up into rugs on the loom. I call them my Birch Tree Rugs, because they look like the texture of the birch bark on the trees that grow in our part of the Northwoods.
After I do a batch of these rugs, I bring in the shop vac to clean up after myself!
What is Black and White and Red All Over?? Rugs
Answer that age old riddle with this lovely textured rug!!
Created with great texture of the most lovely materials, this is delightful to look at, as well as walk on. Basic colors of Black White and Red are found in this textured rug with a very interesting random stripe design. This rug is interesting both close up and viewed from a far.
These fringey rugs are created from thick cotton/wool/acrylic factory surplus, this is Recycling at it's Finest. After creating upholstery material, factories cut this product off the ends of the rolls and discard it. Weavers have learned that purchasing this clean surplus fiber, we can turn it into something productive and useful. I am getting ready to rewarp my table loom for a batch of dishtowels. This is what I do to get the cotton yarn from one large cone, into 18 smaller spools. I use a power drill and a tapered paintbrush handle. Easy Peasy!
Now I am able to wind them all on in each 1 inch section on the back of my table loom. Sure beats winding long long chains on a warping reel.
There is always something being planned, cut, woven or finished
going on in my Loom Room
And when I am not in the Loom Room,
I am in my chair either spinning, knitting or
working on my website and blog!