Shaker Rag Rugs
The Shakers, a religious community recognized for their distinctive designs in furniture and high quality of craftsmanship, started weaving rag rugs in the 1840’s.
$300.00
The Shakers, a religious community recognized for their distinctive designs in furniture and high quality of craftsmanship, started weaving rag rugs in the 1840’s.
We've woven rag rugs, but we're always searching for the next fun challenge. In this fun approach to weaving a rag rug we will utilize a wide range of striped fabrics to create effects that zig and zag or roll like waves.
Lets weave a Rag Rug that has two totally different sides. We'll prepare and warp your loom with a dark colored warp, you bring two contrasting cotton fabrics for two days of fun!
This workshop is designed to empower students with a broader set of tools to design fabrics for checks, plaids and stripes sure to please everyone.
Many weavers can follow a pattern from a book or magazine article but lack the confidence to venture out on their own to create the 8 shaft threading, tie-up and treadling.
This workshop is for the intermediate weaver who wishes to try their hand at making Rag Rugs.
For many weavers, the ease of using a modern loom with the capability to simply depress a treadle to create weave structures can be wonderfully accessible and liberating.
Already taken a basic weaving class, but having problems when it comes time to warp the loom?
Gay will share with you her exploration of 19th century coverlet fringes.
If you have enjoyed making plain weave double width blankets, this class is a logical next step.
