How To Make A Raw Fleece Rug

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.

How to make a raw fleece rug.

You don t have to kill an animal for this attractive faux sheepskin rug. You ll also want to review my top tips for making the perfect felted fleece rug. While you are felting it are you constantly pulling the locks which you don t want to felt together. Check out the video here.

How to weave a rug with raw wool. Making a rug with blue texel sheep fleece this is the raw fleece of a blue texel sheep. I have the same question as colin is there any tutorial you know of about raw fleece rugs. You mentioned that you got some help to make this rug on flickr.

Product categories select a category books felted fleece cushions felted fleece rugs yarn. I joined the group you wrote about but the discussion is blocked there no info there. Recently stared weaving rugs from raw fleece. I want to make a raw wool small rug about a 2 foot by 3 foot.

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. Learn how to make a fleece rug with these step by step instructions. The fleece is not washed before weaving just lightly hand carded. Not only do i use the same frame to make four different sizes of felted fleece rugs it also doubles as my skirting table for picking through raw fleeces.

Felting a large sheepskin a fluffy felt rug has been on my to do list just about since i started felting. I do have a question im new to weaving but i have a large peg loom. 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. Such a great tool.

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. These great rugs are made by our friend bridget tretheway on her dryad upright handloom. 13 hi i m a weaver. I was intimidated at the prospect of working with a raw fleece full.

Wool batting or roving. Afterwards i wash the rug in a regular washing machine. Posted 3 years ago. She sources the wool locally and she cards it herself.