MAINE VILLAGE WEAVER

Here I show a a hand woven bag holding fresh flowers this September . Woven just like a rag rug ! Pretty and each one is unique  I’ll be putting Sunflowers in them soon !  Great for cut flowers  Also could hold a bottle of wine to give as a gift !    

Teal blue off white navy and white beige hand cut cotton fabrics  On a natural white warp  24 x 36  2 feet by 3 feet $120 plus sh  Close up of a section of the rag rug  More of the rag rug  It is called a rag rug here in New England  What it refers to in this scatter rug  Is that there are strips of cloth cut and placed inside a warp or in between the cotton threads while under tension on a loom My particular loom is a floor loom 60 inches wide  I can create different width in size rugs and go for how ever long. the rug needs to be I created this rug 2 feet wide and went 40 inches long  When I cut the rug off the loom it shrunk like a rubber band being released from under tension  So I lost 4 inches as the material and yarn shrunk up immediately  I added at the ends a woven hem keeping all the fabric strips in place . As I sit at the loom I pick out the colors as I go  If you like this rug I have put it up as a listing on ...

 How many weavers record their work ? I have notebooks of past projects with notes so to help me in my future projects . I also repeat my fabric designs and as I get older I don’t always remember the epi or ends per inch . Also the color ways or dye recipes . Here is my notebook closet . I started out  with journals but I grew as I like to keep a piece of the fabric also recorded. Drop me a line or photo of your records! Weaving is a way of life calming, regenerative, meditative, creative, problem solving, what other words help you explain what weaving does for you ?

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 I am offering a weaving experience in my studio for four days . I will let you use my floor loom already set up to weave!  Two hours each morning weaving then you can explore the Maine coast.Weaving is relaxing and fun to do!You will learn basics and weave twill ,reversing twill and plain weave.when finished you can take home two hand towels. If you need a place to stay I have my two bedrooms set up on Airbnb.Have a look on my website www.mainrvillageweaver.com Maine Village Weaver

Bedspreads all cotton blankets made by  Maine Village Weaver Simple pleasures  Merry Christmas !