Rug Twining Scandinavian History

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Rug twining scandinavian history.

Created by untrained artists for decorative and symbolic purposes folk art gives an insight into the local culture and traditions of the time. Twined weaving requires only a simple frame loom and a ridiculously easy over and under weaving by hand technique. The rugs that have gone to people have had no problems including the one under a rolling computer station chair. In this video i show you how to add a strip of material and how to finish a row and start a new one.

As if that weren t. The dvd is 1 hour and 35 minutes long and shows how to make the toothbrush rug left and right handed. For a single twining weave the process is the same except you only have to focus on two threads. I review in more detail the twining process.

History of scandinavia folk art traditions and common motifs. 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. Also hand died wools may bleed. In order to make twined rag rugs you will need some tools.

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. The history of rug making in scandinavia is complex. Some types of rugs have a dozen different names by which they were called. See more ideas about weaving rag rug diy rug.

Swedish scandinavia folk art folk art is as old as human civilization. Aug 23 2019 explore sandy mclellan s board weaving on pinterest. 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. One of the keys to its wonderfulness is that there are metal rods on each outside edge.

This will make your double side by side twining weave. I really don t see the need. It goes through the round rug basket chair cushions oval rug placemats toilet. The fibers are so intwined and packed that they will stand or lay on their own.

Scandinavia has rich and colorful folk art traditions because the region was somewhat isolated from the rest of. Not many but some. Step 7 repeat the process of weaving one color under a warp and up then pulling it to the outside. I believe a stiff rug will soften over time but stand up to the wear.

Compounding the regional differences in trying to determine the history of rag rugs is the astonishing array of names. Then weaving the second color under a warp and up then pull that to the outside.