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Rug twining history.
This will make your double side by side twining weave.
In the north west of england for example rag rugs were put on beds to ward off the cold and in the north east old wooden clothes pegs were filed down to rag.
Different designs terminology and tools were used depending on where you were in the country.
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Over a century ago twining began to be used to weave rugs.
Twining is an ancient technique possibly 25 000 years old used in basket making and weaving world wide.
See more ideas about twining rag rug rug loom.
Step 7 repeat the process of weaving one color under a warp and up then pulling it to the outside.
Then weaving the second color under a warp and up then pull that to the outside.
This richly illustrated book includes step by step instructions for nine samplers and ten full sized twined rugs as well as information on constructing a basic twining frame and preparing the rag strip weft.
I review in more detail the twining process.
In this video i show you how to add a strip of material and how to finish a row and start a new one.
A photo gallery of rugs and personal stories of rug twiners round out this fascinating volume.
Twined rugs are made on upright frames and resemble braided rugs.
For a single twining weave the process is the same except you only have to focus on two threads.
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