Wool and Glass

handwoven recycled felted wool sweater rag rug

silver orbs

hollow blown glass and sterling silver earrings

Glass and Wool

I am slowly getting back into a work routine, and I am enjoying it. I have missed it!

glass bubbles in silver

glass and silver bracelet

handwoven felted red wool sweater rag rug

Rustic Primitive, Yet Modern!

Another new felted wool sweater rug!

Such pretty colours!

handwoven felted recycled wool sweater rag rug

up close!

Lovely Little Rug

I had set aside a stack of felted wool sweaters thinking I would make a nice big rug. I had a request for a rug recently, and the customer chose part of my stash. This rug is what was leftover in my pile of sweaters, it's lovely! A gorgeous little rug!

felted wool sweater rag rug

Handwoven Felted Recycled Wool Sweater Rag Rug .. Ivory, Yellow and Taupe

I finally finished this felted wool sweater rug. The components were laying on my loom room floor for a couple of weeks. Life just got hectic here for a while, it is slowing down now. Thankfully!

handwoven felted wool sweater rag rug

ivory, yellow and taupe

Customer Appreciation Photo!!

I love receiving photos from customers of my rugs in their new homes! Thank you to Emily and Jason for this gorgeous photo. The rug looks very much at home in it's new home!

felted wool sweater rug

in it's new home!

Felted Wool Sweater Rug!

I spent the afternoon and evening yesterday weaving, as I do most days, trying to build up my inventory for when the July issue of Style At Home comes out. One of my rugs, just a photo is featured as the editors pick for the page We Love It!

This is a beautiful cheerfully bright rug! I do love the colours together, I love colour. I love working with colour.

handwoven felted wool sweater rug, with my fluevog shoes..

close up!

I spent the afternoon in the greenhouse planting flats of sunflowers and pole beans. I had been chilly in the house, it was a hot and steamy 38°C in there, it didn't take my long to warm up. Love it, that heat, the greenhouse, thinking about summer coming.

Spiral Waves and Pale Pretties

I have not been making jewelry lately, I have been in weaving mode, building my shop inventory up. I broke that mode this morning to play with some of the gorgeous beads I bought from Gillian. They are so pretty!

spiral waves

pale felted wool sweater rug

Pretty little rug, makes me think of a child's room, or a bathroom... such solt and delicate colours.

Big, Black (and Grey) and Beautiful!

I wove this rug yesterday, took photos last night, but they turned out blue. I got up early this morning and retook them. The boots on the rug were my friend Dre's idea, so people will know the rugs just aren't for girls... ha, as I always use my own shoes. I borrowed these boots from Thomas. They work well, I like how the photos turned out!

handwoven felted wool sweater rug

black, grey & white

Nokia boots!

Blues, Greens and Stripes

I finished a rug this evening, I had been working on it for a few days. I must say it is one of my all time favourites! I love green and blue especially with muted earthy tones. I also love striped and patterned sweaters. I love love love the way they intermix and play together. Fascinating patterns and colour mixes. Funny how excited I get about colour! This rug is a beauty.

felted wool sweater rug

Bright and Beautiful!

I just finished this gorgeous bright, fun, multicoloured rug! 

handwoven felted wool sweater rag rug

Handwoven Felted Wool Sweater Rug

Yesterday I finished the second rug from my new bales of sweaters! It is always fun and a challenge at the same time,  to work with the colours I get in the bales.

This rug is a glorious combinations of blue, plum, purple, and rust!

handwoven felted wool sweater rug

New Bales of Sweaters and a Big Beautiful Rug!

Two weeks ago I emailed my recycled textile supplier, and told him I was ready for two more bales of sweaters. We drove to the next town over, deposited money into his bank account and we were in business, as simple as that. I still can't believe what a nice guy he is! A good business man! His workers bundle up 75 pounds bales, as that is the limit for shipping with Greyhound, and then he personally delivers them to Greyhound for me. Greyhound actually has a very good service, the bales were here in a few days.

Mark carefully cutting the metal strapping

we just love how much the bale expands with each strap cut off

new felted wool rug, using some of the new sweaters

17 sweaters felted, cut and wove into this huge and glorious rug!

I love it!

Road Trip & A Felted Wool Sweater Rug

Very early yesterday morning we drove to Thunder Bay with our female dog, Cali Coco Bean, Miss Bean. She had an early appointment with the vet to have her teeth cleaned, and possibly an extraction.  She was really stressed during our road trip, so just before we got into the city, we stopped at the Terry Fox Memorial, to let her out for a walk. 

Terry Fox Monument

Lucky for her, her teeth were just very dirty and she did not lose a tooth, yay Beanie! Her teeth are so amazingly white, they did an unbelievably wonderful job!

After a long day in the city, and a long drive home, it was nice to sit and relax and watch tv when we got home. While I was watching tv, I cut up the red sweaters that I wove this rug out of today. Gorgeous different rich tones of red!

felted wool sweater rug