Warp Faced Mosaic Rug

ReedGuy

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Width On Loom: 
31.00
Inches
Length on Loom: 
3.00
Yards
Project Status: 
Finishing
Project Dates: 
Tuesday, October 10, 2017 to Thursday, October 19, 2017
Last modified: 
Sun, 10/06/2019 - 18:34
Number of Treadles: 
2
Number of Shafts: 
8
Finished Width: 
31.00
Inches
Finished Length: 
57.00
Inches
Shrinkage Length: 
-1800%
Shrinkage Width: 
0
Notes: 

Warp faced rug using 8/4 carpet warp and 8/16 filler weft. A 2 shaft weave woven over 8 shafts. Yellow and blue on even shafts, white and brown on odd shafts, gives weft wise stripes. The design is called a mosaic. Machine hemmed with heavy duty Singer and walking foot. 

Enjoy :)

Comments

Posted on Sun, 10/22/2017 - 18:22

Your rug looks great, ReedGuy. The colors are especially pleasing. What did you think about warping carpet warp at 30 e.p.i.? I've been experimenting with carpet warp and dense setts and would be interested in your ideas.

RepWeaver

Posted on Sun, 10/22/2017 - 18:57

It worked fine, warping it. I use a warping mill on 8/4 warp and spread with the reed. I use a 16 dent reed and pull the pass pairs through from one set of sticks to another. I leave the 16th dent open, so I get 30 epi for beaming. I then thread and so on, and use a 10 dent reed to weave. It worked well, with tension, better than I first thought, until I began weaving. Wove up nice and full weft coverage. The first rug, in the same structure, I wove at 24 epi, it was good, but 30 epi is much better. Both rugs stand on end on their own, beat nice and tight. First on open shed then closed for a couple wallops. :)