right - so I'm going to make a rug on my rigid heddle. I'm using hand spun wool of various colours, and the warp will be your basic cotton warp-on-a-cone. beyond that - I'll fill in.
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UPDATE 15 AUG 09
only 20 rows to the end of the pattern - about 48 rows to finish the project - rolling might prove to be "interesting" after a few more turns (the extant woven bit is still very fluffy as I've not yet clipped it all). Progress is faster than I expected - not too much slower than a normal weave - knotting a plain row (no pattern) takes only a few minutes, but knotting a patterned row can take about 15 minutes. I'm actually surprised at how quickly it comes together.
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UPDATE 19 AUG 09
Right so, the pattern is done and I'm wrapping things up - only now have I discovered that I could save some time and fiddly-ness by not pre-cutting my knot lenghts but to work directly from the ball of wool. I'd been wondering how to do this all week. When watching videos of traditional ruggers I observed that they had a knife and did not have a pot of lenths of wool next to them. That is to say there must have been a better way than what I was doing and I think I've found it.
10 more rows and 8 of plain weave to go.
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