The rug is done, as you see, no more accessible warp, I did a few passes with a wool yarn, and today it comes off the peg ready to finish. I'll probably weave in the fringes, tripping hazard (!) Finished size 15x21, underfoot size.
,and I'm wondering if I can adapt this traditional Guatemalan method of slinging the warp so that I can weave further up it.
Some study needed here.
Latest reading, along with two Alison Weirs, about a cemetery caretaker reveling in the quiet. Set in France and I've just started it.
Happy day, everyone, I hope some good surprise happens
I tried a golden melon this past week. It was sweet but not soft and because I have no experience with those, I had no idea if it was ripe enough or not.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if it was like the one Gary shared with me.
DeleteSuch an excellent rug! Would that melon hybrid be honeydew and cantaloupe, by any chance?
ReplyDeleteWe were talking about this and he says not cantaloupe, something beginning with m. So I'm wondering muskmelon? I can't remember what they look like.
DeleteI hope you will tell us how you liked Fresh Water For Flowers. I read it several years ago. Don’t anyone else who did, so am curious about your take.
ReplyDeleteBe well.
A Texan
I think I saw this writer recommended in another blog, and up to now I like her style. I'm guessing it's in translation from the French.
DeleteThat didn't take you long to complete. It looks good.
ReplyDeleteThank you! It used quite a bit of roving not good for spinning.
DeleteThe hybrid looks like cantaloupe. Must be tasty! Mat looks great!
ReplyDeleteI find it's an orange fleshed honeydew, a musk melon hybrid. It's good.
DeleteGreat rug. Interestingly i have one a bit like that in wich the weft is strips cut round and round out of old t shirts.
ReplyDeleteAlso known to those people who like making up new words, as tarn. Not to be confused with strips of plastic bags, known as plarn. There may be more but I dunno..
DeleteI love it. The colours are perfect and exactly what I would use.
ReplyDeleteHow clever are you
And how kind are you to say that.
ReplyDeleteWhat an excellent use of funky roving! Curious how it will be after a wash, rinse and dry. Beautiful colors- I would wear that rug.
ReplyDeleteI'm interested in seeing how it looks after washing etc, aside from cleaner!
DeleteThe rug is lovely and will be so warm underfoot this winter. Since it has a purpose and is small, perhaps you can pick it up and put it on the chair or sofa when you leave the area, thus eliminating all tripping hazard. Weaving back the warp ends also is a good idea.
ReplyDeleteGood ideas there, thank you.
DeleteThe rug is just lovely. I shall be interested to see what you think of the Guatemalan method.
ReplyDeleteMelon for breakfast. Such a summer taste.
Yes, melon means summer! I'm already weaving Guatemalan style, by doing back strap. But this is a variation I hadn't seen, so I'm wondering how to approach it. Interesting new adventure.
DeleteI love the rug.
ReplyDeleteHow do you find back strap weaving on your back? I'm using back strap for the first time for my tablet weaving, but find it bothers my back after awhile. Maybe I should look at some different techniques.
It's fine on my back, probably because I didn't attach the warp to a belt on my clothing, but made a wide soft belt from an old bathrobe, which attaches at each end of the main weaving stick. The warp is spread across it. So the pressure is evenly distributed across my back. What I've seen of card weaving, and done, involves a single bundle of warp threads attached at one point at the waist.
DeleteYes, that's how I've been doing it. Your idea sounds much better.
DeleteIn Sweden they have what's called rag rugs, made out of leftover material or old clothes or anything available. They are often very colorful and your rug reminded me of them. It must have been so much fun to make it.
ReplyDeleteIt is reminiscent of rag rugs, familiar old thrifty craft form. Maybe the stripes. I was using up roving not suitable for spinning.
DeleteI think canteloupe and muskmelon are one and the same, at least they are here. Either way, it looks tasty.
ReplyDeleteThe rug looks cozy and I love the colours throughout. They are definitely 'me'
I believe musk melon includes a range of melons including cantaloupe. So they are and they aren't the same!
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