Using Roving In Hooked Rugs
In 2003 jenni also started weaving using british rare breed fleece with recycled textiles.
Using roving in hooked rugs. That being said while i go through a ton of the above yarns i also consume vast amounts of other brands. Pull a small section of the roving apart the length of the staple. Weave a 2 inch header using 2 ply wool for the edge of the rug. Sew the pillow layers together using the thick rug hooked layer as a guide.
Use this clean white natural colored wool roving in your rug hooking project to add interest and dimension. We love to touch our fiber feeeeel it sqeeeeze it. One ounce provides approximately 4 yards 12 feet of roving. Wool roving rug weaving.
Basic students must have basic rug hooking knowledge experience. Jenni offers courses on the traditional rag rug techniques of hooking progging prodding and. With all of this curly gotland wool around i kept thinking about those sheep pillows and decided to design my own hooked pillows reminiscent of my own gotland sheep. Please let me know if you have questions about choosing a hook for your.
Halcyon yarn a mail order yarn company also online has three yarns that i love. Learn details on choosing the correct rag rug crochet hook for your rag rug project. We press it against our face and gasp. Santa s beards angel wings and wooly sheep are just a few ideas for using wool roving.
Pull another small section of roving and lay it in place slightly overlapping the previous piece. She made adorable sheep pillows using this method. So glad to have you join us. A friend of mine showed me how to take washed wool and use it the same way you would use the wool strips in rug hooking.
Deco rug wool and botanica. This rug was hooked using the above natural colored yarns. Deco and botanica are both worsted weight rug wool is bulky. Give this a slight twist open the shed and lay the wool into the shed.
Welcome to from roving to rugs. I totally identify with your fiberholic ways. Hand woven fabric covering a 9 x 9 custom built frame hand dyed wool 8 cut and ready to use hand dyed roving for felting with color choices foam felting needles chalk pencil and pattern. Switch your sewing machine s standard sewing foot for a zipper foot and move your sewing machine needle all the way to the left.
This is optional but it ll help you sew nice and close to the edge of your rug hook design.