Rug Twining Scandinavian History

Swedish scandinavia folk art folk art is as old as human civilization.

Rug twining scandinavian history.

The dvd is 1 hour and 35 minutes long and shows how to make the toothbrush rug left and right handed. In this video i show you how to add a strip of material and how to finish a row and start a new one. It goes through the round rug basket chair cushions oval rug placemats toilet. This will make your double side by side twining weave.

With it you get the 12 50 kit pattern needle and practice start. The history of rug making in scandinavia is complex. History of scandinavia folk art traditions and common motifs. Indeed the history of how artisanal rug making became a cultural institution throughout scandinavia is very much the history of how the craft spread throughout the whole of europe from its origins as a traditional eastern art form indeed the rug makers of scandinavia like many of their other european counterparts were.

Step 7 repeat the process of weaving one color under a warp and up then pulling it to the outside. Compounding the regional differences in trying to determine the history of rag rugs is the astonishing array of names. Not many but some. Some types of rugs have a dozen different names by which they were called.

Most of them you probably have already. I really don t see the need. The rugs that have gone to people have had no problems including the one under a rolling computer station chair. I believe a stiff rug will soften over time but stand up to the wear.

Aug 23 2019 explore sandy mclellan s board weaving on pinterest. Then weaving the second color under a warp and up then pull that to the outside. As if that weren t. Created by untrained artists for decorative and symbolic purposes folk art gives an insight into the local culture and traditions of the time.

In other cases the same common name meant one type of rug in one place and a completely different sort of rug in another place. I review in more detail the twining process. Twined weaving requires only a simple frame loom and a ridiculously easy over and under weaving by hand technique. See more ideas about weaving rag rug diy rug.

Scandinavia has rich and colorful folk art traditions because the region was somewhat isolated from the rest of. There are lots of instructions online for building the loom but i bought mine from libby lula it makes a 25 x 42 rug and is adjustable for smaller sizes. For a single twining weave the process is the same except you only have to focus on two threads. Rags a loom a needle and thread if you intend on sewing the strips a medium sized crochet hook or a piece of bent wire scissors and a rotary cutter and self healing mat.

The scandinavian loop woven rug kit. One of the keys to its wonderfulness is that there are metal rods on each outside edge.