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| Bison Rug |
Finally finished this Bison Tapestry Rug. 100% wool warp and weft. Turned out pretty well. But in the interest of full disclosure, there is a broken warp thread that I didn't fix about 2/3 of the way through the weaving. It isn't very obvious, except to me, but still there. Finished dimensions are 24" x 45" plus fringe. I think it would work better as a wall hanging rather than a rug, but could be used as a rug with a floor pad underneath. I did learn a lot about tapestry and finally figured out how to do it and not go crazy...
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| Hanging from the neighbor's fence.... Looks pretty good! |
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| Sampler woven at Weaving Southwest in Taos, NM |
In late April, I took a quick trip to Taos, NM to weave with Theresa Loveless at Weaving Southwest. I said that I wanted to get better at weaving tapestries and that I had some hope to weave silhouettes of animals from this part of the country into rugs. So, we started first with the arrow at the bottom and moved to the green diagonal to practice angles, then moved to the bear (that I brought as a template based on a cookie cutter that I traced onto the warp threads), then the eagle in the nest on the top. I have it hanging in my weaving room now. It was very helpful to go and work with Theresa and I feel much more confident now on working on tapestry style weaving!
I think the bear is very cute!
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| Sampler before the finishing.... |
