Wednesday, July 8, 2009

A Two Blanket Rug

In the winter, someone asked me if I would weave a blanket for her daughter from two old wool blankets. Some friends dropped the blankets off here and I finally got around to tackling it. The edges of one of the blankets was threadbare so it did not felt as much as I had hoped. 
Even so I am very pleased with the result, very excited actually. Processing and cutting a blanket is a tad easier than processing and cutting a dozen or two sweaters.

cutting, or scissoring as I like to call it

two blankets, one pale green, the other, yellow, beige and green

the finished rug, I have left the blanket tags on, but will remove them for the customer. I want her daughter to see what the rug was made from

whole rug
27 1/2" x 48"

lengthwise view

close up

felted wool blanket rug

11 comments:

  1. Gorgeous, nice that it's sold already, too bad it's sold already.

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  2. Gorgeous blanket Pegg, you are so talented!

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  3. Ohhh, I love the colours. Gorgeous job, Pegg :)

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  4. I absolutely love this!!! I think it is kinda neat to have the tags on it; adds an interesting little break in the pattern.

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  5. This is fantastic! Did you use any special equipment for this, or a simple finger weaving?

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  6. I used an upright tapestry loom, that I converted to weave with rag.

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