I can weave a rainbow

Rainbow colours

 are so evocative. 

I wove this rug many years ago when I had my sturdy 8 shaft countermarche Toika loom.  I loved weaving rugs but the physicality of weaving and beating so hard proved too much. I changed to my present loom which is not suitable for rug weaving, but offers an infinite variety of patterns to weave with its 32 shafts.

My rainbow rug

The rug has pride of place in the lounge. It is woven in double weave so the back of the rug makes a different pattern to the front.  It can be used on both sides.

reverse of rug 

I particularly enjoyed the finishing of the warp ends.  Perter Collingwood's book on the Techniques of Rug Making offers a variety of different ways of finishing a rug.  For this one I chose to hide all the ends by weaving them back into the rug with a long rug needle.  It took a long time to do but I like the effect. The edge is very smooth. The rug does not curl up but lies flat on the carpet as it is such a heavy quality.

edging of the rug

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Susan J Foulkes May 2016