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Offline BowEd

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Rug loom
« on: November 13, 2018, 07:36:13 am »
It seems Robin has a need to be creative too while seeing me make bows and arrows.She's got the ambition for sure.Made up a rug loom for her.It can make 8 different length and width rugs.The material she uses at the moment is strips of bed sheets.She picks those up dirt cheap at a thrift store.It makes nice thick rugs.

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Offline Knoll

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Re: Rug loom
« Reply #1 on: November 13, 2018, 08:05:30 am »
Will be cool to see what she creates.
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Re: Rug loom
« Reply #2 on: November 13, 2018, 08:12:24 am »
She's made 7 or 8 so far.I'll get some pics of them.They make thick rugs like I said.Making them all started with the need for a cushoined area around our counters on the floor for our dishes etc.We've got ceramic tile on the floor and eat off of some very old dishes we'd like to keep intact.....HaHa,as we are a clumsy pair.
I've tried to get her to make bows or even arrows or strings but she won't do it.
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Re: Rug loom
« Reply #3 on: November 13, 2018, 09:28:17 am »
Some pics have been sent to me about the process of rug making.They take machine washing well also.




She puts about the same amount of time into a rug as I do brain tanning a hide.Depending on size of course.Around 8 hours.
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Offline Hawkdancer

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Re: Rug loom
« Reply #4 on: November 13, 2018, 10:08:24 am »
Nice work.  I can see where those floors might be hard on fine china dishes >:D!
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Offline Stoker

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Re: Rug loom
« Reply #5 on: November 13, 2018, 10:25:34 am »
Cool. Nice loom
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Offline bjrogg

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Re: Rug loom
« Reply #6 on: November 13, 2018, 10:52:45 am »
Robin does nice work Ed.
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Offline osage outlaw

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Re: Rug loom
« Reply #7 on: November 13, 2018, 11:29:53 am »
That's pretty cool.  I bet she could make you a warm ghillie suit for hunting. 
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Offline DC

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Re: Rug loom
« Reply #8 on: November 13, 2018, 12:36:50 pm »
I saw a woven blanket that was made out of strips of rabbit fur. The strips were cut in a spiral from the rabbit for max length. Looked warm :)
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Re: Rug loom
« Reply #9 on: November 13, 2018, 02:11:45 pm »
Some of the dishes we wanted to protect are 75 years old and hand painted.They must be quality made as they've hit the floor before before the rugs were there only chipping them.
She has a way of cutting holes into the ends of the strips and looping them together to extend the strips she is using.
If it's for the betterment of the house and our lifestyle I'm all for it.I use the excuse of shooting deer to eat and tan while making more bows.

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Offline Knoll

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Re: Rug loom
« Reply #10 on: November 13, 2018, 08:27:14 pm »
Quote from: BowEd on November 13, 2018, 08:12:24 am
I've tried to get her to make bows or even arrows or strings but she won't do it.

Likely because Robin knows she'd show ya up.   ;D

Those are great looking floor coverings!!
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Offline upstatenybowyer

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Re: Rug loom
« Reply #11 on: November 14, 2018, 06:54:24 pm »
That's awesome Ed. Robin's lucky to have you and you're lucky to have Robin.  8)
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Offline ohma2

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Re: Rug loom
« Reply #12 on: November 26, 2018, 09:41:54 am »
Thers a group of ahmish just north of me that do rugs but i havent seen any that look that nice and that colorfull.
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Offline Hawkdancer

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Re: Rug loom
« Reply #13 on: November 27, 2018, 12:34:36 am »
Ed,
Is that a macrame style knot on the warps, or a straight warp-weft weave?  Either way it looks very nice!
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Offline Aaron H

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Re: Rug loom
« Reply #14 on: November 27, 2018, 05:02:38 am »
Hey, those are pretty cool. 
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