Your rug looks lovely, what are you using for materials? And did you dye yourself? Hope you'll post a picture of the final piece to see how the variation on the weft colour drifts thru the entire rug. Liese
I finished the weaving and also did two more rugs and two ruggets (?) on another warp. The warp is 3 ply rug wool and the weft is a core-spun yarn that is produced by Spinderella. On the rust colored one she was feeding different colors that blended to create the shifts of color.
Interesting weft yarn, I see from their web site that this is a finished product they offer from processing fleeces rather than a yarn they retail. It looks to me from what I see on your shuttle like it's very lightly spun - if that's the case, I'd think that you'll need to keep that rug in low traffic areas or will start to see some felting. Liese
Some of the yarn I used was some of the "learning yarn" when they first got the tool. But I plan on my rugs being "bedside" rugs. They are so soft to step on and would feel great to get out of bed on.
About core-spun yarn -- if you're speaking to a handspinner, "core-spun" means there's a viable thread of some kind used as the foundation of the yarn, and the fluffy wool (or other fibre) is twisted onto it on the outside. In effect, you're coating that finer foundation thread with fibre. It's a great way to "bulk up" a yarn, and the results are much more robust than a lightly-spun lopi-like yarn would be. It makes a yarn that you'd want to describe as "solid" rather than "airy".
The effect in this rug is really beautiful! I've never woven rugs, but this looks like something I'd really enjoy.
Ruth
The company that spins this yarn (Spinderella) uses a cotton mop cord in the core of this with a wool or alpaca yarn wrapped around it. The yarn is somewhat soft, but with a firm beat the rug lays flat and does not scuff up when you walk on it. I would probably put a rubber liner so that the rug would not slip on a hard floor like wood or tile.
