How To Make A Raw Fleece Rug

She sources the wool locally and she cards it herself.

How to make a raw fleece rug.

How to weave a rug with raw wool. You don t have to kill an animal for this attractive faux sheepskin rug. I want to make a raw wool small rug about a 2 foot by 3 foot. For one reason or another i put it off.

These great rugs are made by our friend bridget tretheway on her dryad upright handloom. Making a rug with blue texel sheep fleece this is the raw fleece of a blue texel sheep. Recently stared weaving rugs from raw fleece. You ll also want to review my top tips for making the perfect felted fleece rug.

Wool batting or roving. I joined the group you wrote about but the discussion is blocked there no info there. I will have to order the raw wool and have no clue how much raw wool i will need do you know approximately how much raw wool i will need. I have the same question as colin is there any tutorial you know of about raw fleece rugs.

Such a great tool. Although unwashed it had very little dried grass in it and had been cleared of all matted dirt in short no sheep shit. Check out the video here. 13 hi i m a weaver.

Having been taught how to make a rag rug i took the idea home and scaled it up by making a 1 5m 59in sized peg loom for use with sheep s wool. You mentioned that you got some help to make this rug on flickr. I do have a question im new to weaving but i have a large peg loom. There are projects and then there are projects that live in your dreams.

Afterwards i wash the rug in a regular washing machine. Posted 3 years ago. The fleece is not washed before weaving just lightly hand carded. While you are felting it are you constantly pulling the locks which you don t want to felt together.

In this case i made the loom the width required plus a few inches either end but shorter looms can be used if the strips are joined together afterwards. I was intimidated at the prospect of working with a raw fleece full. But apart from all of this the rugs are hugely satisfying to make there is nothing like seeing a raw fleece transform into a big soft fluffy rug. Product categories select a category books felted fleece cushions felted fleece rugs yarn.