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Warping for rag rugs.
This is the warp your grandmother used to use.
Maysville has been making this yarn for over 100 years.
Click a photo to enlarge each warp yarn gets its own heddle.
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This is 100 cotton and has approximately 1600 yards per pound.
It doesn t have to be a standard size if there is such a thing.
Tight warp tension is best for weaving a sturdy tightly packed rag rug.
Mix and match among all types of rug warp.
Our unmercerized 4 8 cotton yarn 8 4 in the united states is an excellent and economical choice for weavers looking for a durable rug warp it comes in the 44 beautiful colours shown below and is the perfect choice for rag rugs and a great substitute for those who were using maysville carpet warp.
How to begin a rag rug.
The woolery carries all 60 colors in inventory and ready to ship.
Cotton rug warp is the ideal choice for creating rag rugs and many other weaving projects.
Use a temple to keep the weaving width of the rug at the fell line equal to the width in the reed.
The palette includes legacy great northern and oriental colors.
The nice thing about weaving your own rug is you can make it whatever size you want.
The 12 6 cotton comes on tubes a little over a pound each i think.
This warp has been made for maysville for many many years.
They are spaced 12 epi in a 12 dent reed and threaded 1 2 3 4 or 4 3 2 1.
Leave enough warp to tie and finish ends after the rug is cut from the loom.
First of all my usual rag rugs are warped with rug warp or a similar weight sturdy yarn.
When weaving rag rugs i normally use 8 4 cotton carpet warp for the warp.
As you can see in the above photo the warp is threaded 4 3 2 1 until the last 4 threads.
Selvedge the edges that run parallel to the warp created by the weft thread looping back at the end of each row.
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Use a strong warp yarn with a tight twist such as bockens 12 6 cotton that will withstand tight warp tension and rag rug wear and tear.
Most rug warps will eventually disintegrate beyond the last knot as the rugs are used and washed.
We have a wide variety of selvedge and other unique materials suitable from rag weaving.
800 yards on each 1 2 lb tube.
Former great northern colors and oriental are now included with the maysville colors.
Leave about 4 10 cm of empty warp.
All colors are now color fast.
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Assuming there is a sample at the beginning of the warp leave space after the sample.
The slats act as a spacer and as a.
I ve used it for warp on all my rag rugs and it makes a nice firm warp.
