Rag Rugs

Download or read book Weaving Rag Rugs written by Tom Knisely and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2014-04-01 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every weaver weaves a rag rug—or two, or three. In this long-awaited book, well-known weaver and teacher Tom Knisely shares his knowledge and expertise in this collection of favorite rag rug patterns. • The first comprehensive book on weaving rag rugs in a generation • Color planning and design advice for rag rugs • Step-by-step instructions on warping and weaving for your rag rug • More than 30 rag rug projects, from simple to advanced

Download or read book Twined Rag Rugs written by Bobbie Irwin and published by . This book was released on 2000-09 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Weaving Contemporary Rag Rugs written by Heather L. Allen and published by Lark Books (NC). This book was released on 2001-07 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A combination how-to book for weaving rugs with fabric remnants, and a gallery of gorgeous contemporary rugs by some of today’s best designers. This book brings rag rugs out of old country cabins and places them beside the best of contemporary crafts and d�cor. A delight for weavers and nonweavers alike.

Download or read book Favorite Rag Rugs written by Tina Ignell and published by Trafalgar Square Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With its beautiful and clear illustrations, this guide to rug weaving is an inspiring journey into a world of dazzling color and eye-catching design. From classic stripes to pattern-woven designs, detailed directions are provided for 45 rugs that represent a wide range of weaving techniques. Beginning with stripe and check weaves in simple tabby, the rugs progress in difficulty to intriguing challenges such as chenille, drall, diamond twill, rag inlay, repp, and rosepath weaves. Creative approaches to materials show how to cut strips from favorite old shirts, sheets, and jeans, and the emphasis throughout is on creative flair, imaginative design, and the pleasure of making a one-of-a-kind rug imbued with memories.

Download or read book Finnish American Rag Rugs written by Yvonne R. Lockwood and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive "natural history" of a traditional art form honors more than a hundred contemporary Finnish American rag rug weavers and loom builders, whom the author has met and interviewed during more than two decades of research, mostly in Michigan's western Upper Peninsula. As in the classic Finnish American rag rug, Lockwood weaves a colorful yet subdued, artfully lasting, and deeply symbolic tribute that reclaims remnants of past Michigan Traditional Arts Program productions in a fresh composition that will appeal to rag rug artisans, Finns and Finnish Americans, scholars, and a broad public alike. Janet C. Gilmore, Independent Folklorist & Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison --

Download or read book Rag Rugs written by Suzanne McNeill and published by Design Originals. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using a large crochet hook and strips of fabric, you can make dozens of beautiful and useful rugs for all over your home

Download or read book Weaving for Beginners written by Peggy Osterkamp and published by . This book was released on 2020-08-15 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Illustrated guide for step-by-step beginning and advanced weaving. 424 pages; over 600 illustrations; indexed