by DesignerLynne | Aug 9, 2016 | Extending rug length, Rag Rug Making, Rag Rugs, Rug, Salish Loom, Techniques, Weaving, Weaving
Simple three step Process to extend finished length of hand woven runner This rug will be 6′ but longer lengths can be achieved too! Loom showing top of work previously extended over top of frame and fixed in place. Now it’s time to lengthen the working...
by DesignerLynne | Jun 13, 2016 | Fiber Types, Rug
Hairy Llamas The Ccara llama has two coats,a long coarse protective or ‘Guard’ hair that lays over a soft, downy undercoat. Typically, we recommend that Ccara llamas are not shorn, since it takes a huge amount of energy from the llama and around two years...
by David Chapman | Oct 15, 2013 | Rag Rug Making, Rag Rugs, Rug, Salish Loom, Video
With winter almost upon us once more, and the abbreviated daylight in which to chase weeds, build fences and groom llamas, we can turn our attention once more to those indoor projects that we’ve been yearning to get on with. In my case, rug making is my passion, well...
by DesignerLynne | Jul 29, 2013 | Downloads, Projects, Rag Rug Making, Rag Rugs, Rug, Salish Loom, Tools of the Trade, Weaving
Making Rag Rugs on a Salish Loom A passion of mine for many years has been rugs; I simply adore wooden floors and thick rugs! Rugs crocheted from super chunky llama yarn are for special places in the house, where the delicious sensation of ‘mud squelching between the...
by DesignerLynne | Jan 30, 2012 | Kits, Projects, Rug, Tunisian Crochet
What a weekend! The Tunisian Crochet Workshop had to be cancelled in the end, since cancellations at the very last minute would have resulted in a lonely day for someone. Not to worry, it was a bit of a relief, since David was quite ill, nursing a fever induced by...
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