Twisp of Fate

I have finished 12 more rag rugs in the past 2 months and thought it was time to put up a few pictures!  All of these are on the same 28″ wide warp.

Rust & tan fringed selvages, probably cotton, 42" long

Bronze, silver & chocolate fringed selvages, probably synthetics, 42" long

Pendleton fringed wool selvage, 39" long (sold)

The above rug was so thick and cushy (especially to bare feet!) that I decided to make another one.  I had quite a bit of that color left and just kept weaving until it was all gone.  It came out 76″ long after washing, and I think it will be great next to a bed, for example.  But I don’t have a picture of it.  I also failed to get a picture of the next rug I did after that one, which was the same thick, cushy Pendleton wool selvage material, but black with jewel tone flecks.  It came out 44″ long.

The rest of them evolved as I got into the boxes of denim and colored cotton corduroy strips.  For most of these, I pick out the colors I want to use (usually 6 or 7 colors), arrange them in a color progression I like and then sew the strips together in those repeating sequences before winding them onto the shuttles.  So the colors do repeat over and over, but not in stripes, since the length of the sequenced strips are not usually an exact match to the width of the rug.  If you get what I mean…

Green denims and corduroys, 36" long

Green, teal and bright turquoise denim and corduroy, 51" long. Reminds me of breakers coming on shore.

Corduroy in shades of gray, also black denim, arranged so there is some striping. 46" long.

Mixed denims, dark blue through medium gray. 43" long.

Now I started into the box with burgundy, brown, purple and a bright raspberry red, of which I had a lot:

Burgundy, brown, purple & raspberry denim & corduroy, 44" long.

Corduroy in 7 shades of purple, 36" long.

"The leftovers" from the 2 above, lots more raspberry. 28" long.

I think I’m seeing the end of this rug warp – I have completed 28 rugs since the beginning of May and may have 5 or 6 to go, at a guess.  It’s been a blast but I am ready to do something else!