As you might as known from reading the blog, I recently got a 1930’s Union rug loom and just love weaving on the thing! It’s just so neat. I’m working on my 4th set up on the loom, and just finished a small warping of 17 mini rugs! Just learning as I go, getting advice from a friend who is mentoring me on this all… Jessica… she runs a fantastic little rug shop herself called Snug as a Bug Rugs… I’ll find her Etsy shop so you can see her fantastic work!
But in the meanwhile, I’m learning, enjoying and having a great time with the creative process that is weaving. I’m getting much faster. In the beginning it took me quite a while to weave a rug. Now I can complete one is a few hours. It amazes me, as well, how many variations on the theme that you can create with different weft materials, various warp stringing and just how you weave. Just neat.
These older heritage crafts are slipping away. It’s a shame. It feels really good to work on a loom that is over 80 years old. Who knows how many people wove on this grand lady. She’s well worked, there are action marks all over her, so I know that many a rug has come from her heddles and reed. I’m excited that many more will continue to flow off her! Enjoy these random pictures of rugs in action!
(Kitties like to watch me weave and love to sit on finished rugs, if I let them…. )
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