~*First Finish of 2015!*~

Hello Dear Friends!

I do hope your New Year has started wonderfully... and continues to be brilliant for the days to come!

I'm so excited... and proud... to share my

~*First Finish of 2015!*~...

My Woven Rag Rug...

 It finished to about 25 inches wide and 58" long.

Here it is next to the Locker Hook Rug I made last week... using the same 1" wide fabric strips...

(My tote of fabric strips seems to still be as full as it was before either rug was made!)

 

I think it is interesting to see how different the rugs look... and yet they are made mostly of the same materials.  The Locker Hook Rug is 'thicker' and has more 'cushion' to stand on.  The Woven Rug is much, much 'thinner'.

My Mister is the only one, other than myself, to see either rug in person... not via photos.  The Locker Hook Rug seems to be his favorite and he is afraid to walk on it.  (Although...I have told him repeatedly it is a RUG!  Walk on it!)  The Woven Rug... I think he likes... but he commented on the tiny 'bumps..  Those bumps are caused from how I joined the fabric strips together.  It doesn't bother me... because it is just a 'rag' rug.  However, it could have possiblely been avoided if I had NOT joined the fabrics.  Oh well... maybe the next time I will try it without.

 The ends of the Woven Rug were simply tied with a fringe finish...

 It has been many years since my last weaving class.  Mistakes have been made on this rug... and I hope to learn from them.  One issue for me to work on... the size width from begging to end.  It seems I lost about an 1" from start to finish...

 Here is how the strips were joined...

 Fold two ends together and over by and 3/4 to 1 inch...

 Make a small snip in the center of the fold...

 Unfold the fabrics and place one over the other with the tail ends on the opposite of one another... with the snip joined as shown...

Take the tale of the under fabric over the top and through the hole...

 

 Pull snugly...

I'm not sure where in our home the Woven Rug will end up... but right now it is in our hallway bath.  I had PLANNED to put at least one of these rugs in our laundry room.  Hmmmm.... guess I better get to work on a third rug... and my Second Finish of 2015!

Wishing you all warm smiles...

Betty