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| From Crazy as a Loom |
And spent some time here........
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| From Crazy as a Loom |
Finally turning up here.......
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| From Crazy as a Loom |
OH YEAH, THIS IS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
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| From Crazy as a Loom |
No matter what kind of weaving I do, this is what moves me. Color, folks. Color.
It doesn't have to be complicated tie ups, or treadling. It doesn't have to involve fine threads.
Weaving this pile of fabric strips into this traditional type of rag rug moves me in a way I can't explain.
So I guess I won't even try.
Menopausal women, ya gotta love em.
Beautiful colors.
ReplyDeleteI would love to have a basket of string balls to crochet a rug. My grandmother called it hooking rugs, but it is crchet.
and I gotta love this rug, too!!! It just keeps getting better and better...
ReplyDeleteLOVE the colors....it just makes you happy!
ReplyDeleteHail to the menopausal women.. Unite!! Yay Meno Team!! Rah Rah Rah.
ReplyDeleteDi
I hear you.. colour moves me too. Yours are always so vibrant and alive.
ReplyDeleteYou're ridiculously talented at weaving abstract into absolute. ("Tell me something good" ha!)
ReplyDeleteGood grief, Hilary, you give hope to the world!
ReplyDeleteI know nothing about weaving so is what you are picturing here the stitching together of the ends of all those strips (1st pic) so that you have one loooooong piece of strip *yarn* to weave THAT rug??????
If so, you are a FINE magician!!!!
that is beautiful! I think I'm going to print out the photo of the rug and put on my bulletin board to cheer it up!
ReplyDeletewell hi and may I say that I admire from afar (over the sea, even) your wizardry in weaving, both of fabric but also of words,
ReplyDeleteso to word-weaver and weft/warp-weaver, i say, well done on creating such a lovely rug, I too love the colours, and well done for creating such a lovely blog, I always enjoy visiting your blog,
thanks for sharing your thoughts and photos with us!
regards
liz, life in Ireland
HERE, HERE TO COLOR, COLOR, COLOR, AND SO SIMPLE, YET ALL-WAYS PRETTY. SURE LOOK'N FOR THAT BIGGGGGG BOX FROM Y'ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteLove the colors too! I'm hoping to make rag rugs in the near future with my new loom :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for showing the steps. I've finally started winding my first warp but haven't figured out yet how to pick out which strips to use when. Now I see your picture and it looks like you sew different fabrics together and then wind your ball.
ReplyDeleteI finally get to start my weaving class next month! I think the primary focus of the class will be warping and reading pattern drafts, but I hope I get to weave some rag fabric for a tote bag.
ReplyDeleteBrenda.
There's a lot to be said about the advantages of being post menopsausal!!
ReplyDeleteDo you sew your strips of fabric together before you weave?
Ah, COLOUR!! (Sorry, but we spell it different up here!) I also fall for colour. I guess that's why I have a huge stash of quilting cotton. Hilary, have you seen any of Kaffe Fassett's books? He has many: on quilting, knitting, needlepoint - and they are truly inspirational for us fibre addicts.
ReplyDeleteCheers
Karen (Rural Revival's Mom)