http://blog.sweetgeorgiayarns.com/2007/11/handwoven-rug/ the craft + design of a sweet little life. sweetgeorgia documents her creative life in dyeing, weaving, knitting, spinning and other textile pursuits. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:31:29 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://blog.sweetgeorgiayarns.com/2007/11/handwoven-rug/comment-page-1/#comment-5759 Lavender Tue, 04 Dec 2007 15:27:57 +0000 http://blog.sweetgeorgiayarns.com/?p=355#comment-5759 I saw your rug in progress at PdA. I love the idea of reusing old material to make new things. Beautiful work! I saw your rug in progress at PdA. I love the idea of reusing old material to make new things. Beautiful work!

]]> http://blog.sweetgeorgiayarns.com/2007/11/handwoven-rug/comment-page-1/#comment-5758 Peg in South Carolina Fri, 30 Nov 2007 22:34:47 +0000 http://blog.sweetgeorgiayarns.com/?p=355#comment-5758 Peter Collingwood has been my hero since I first started weaving. I, too, was entranced by his medicine to rug weaving story. And I started out weaving some small rugs. I don't weave rugs anymore, but anything Peter says I find to be pure gold. Peter Collingwood has been my hero since I first started weaving. I, too, was entranced by his medicine to rug weaving story. And I started out weaving some small rugs. I don’t weave rugs anymore, but anything Peter says I find to be pure gold.

]]> http://blog.sweetgeorgiayarns.com/2007/11/handwoven-rug/comment-page-1/#comment-5757 Mrs MJW Fri, 30 Nov 2007 14:22:52 +0000 http://blog.sweetgeorgiayarns.com/?p=355#comment-5757 Wow. What beautiful weaving!!! The colors are fabulous. Wow. What beautiful weaving!!! The colors are fabulous.

]]> http://blog.sweetgeorgiayarns.com/2007/11/handwoven-rug/comment-page-1/#comment-5756 Sarah Wed, 28 Nov 2007 20:32:02 +0000 http://blog.sweetgeorgiayarns.com/?p=355#comment-5756 That brings back memories! My grandmother and uncle had a home-based business weaving and selling these kind of rugs. They used cotton string to warp and all of their materials (wefts) were repurposed - jeans, wool pants, t-shirts, even plastic bags (which made a great doormat!). My sister and I spent many a day at grandma's cutting or ripping clothes into strips, or sewing the strips end-to-end to get a nice long ball... Sometimes we even got to weave a little, too! Yours looks nice, and very familiar :) That brings back memories! My grandmother and uncle had a home-based business weaving and selling these kind of rugs. They used cotton string to warp and all of their materials (wefts) were repurposed – jeans, wool pants, t-shirts, even plastic bags (which made a great doormat!). My sister and I spent many a day at grandma’s cutting or ripping clothes into strips, or sewing the strips end-to-end to get a nice long ball… Sometimes we even got to weave a little, too!
Yours looks nice, and very familiar

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