This is my "Little Blocks" design previously woven as towels (see warps #66-68) translated into rep weave for rugs. Nice rugs but I won't be weaving carpet warp with this dense a sett again.
Rags in two of these rugs are recycled materials from a previously woven and worn out rag rug. The rags from that rug went into one rug, the one you see here in front of my kitchen sink and dishwasher. I like really long rugs that catch the drips from the sink and both sides of the dishwasher. For another rug I knotted the old warp ends together and used them double to knit I-Cord for the "rag" filler. I-Cord is very time consuming but makes nice rugs.
This 9 yard warp yielded four nice rugs.
LOVE it!
I am about to start a rep rug and thought I would use old sheets. Do you think that cutting them into strips is best or can I rip them? Wondering about the rip as it would leave those strings on the side. Have you tried this?
Only just noticed this question, so the answer is undoubtedly late. I do not rip my rags for rep weave. In fact at times I have ironed rawed edges to the inside using bias tape-maker tools in order to avoid a fuzzy edge poking through. This is a rare instance but I have done it. When preparing strips from sheets I generally use a mat, ruler and rotary cutter.
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