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| TUSAL 4 - 2017 |
Som jeg fortalte i gårsdagens TUSAL-indlæg, har jeg kastet mig over kludetæpper igen. Hvalrossen havde et dynebetræk, hvis farver tiltalte mig, og han havde lovet mig det, når det blev for slidt. Sidste gang, han brugte det, stak han fingeren igennem - altså var det for slidt. Det blev vasket og har ligget og ventet på mig.
På nettet fandt jeg så en ny måde at "væve" kludetæpper på. Den skulle naturligvis afprøves. Først en masse strimler, rullet op i pæne nøgler og puttet i en kurv.
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As seen in yesterday's TUSAL post, I started rag rugging again. The Walrus had promised me his old duvet cover for weaving when is was worn through, and some weeks ago he put his finger through it, and I held him to his promise. It was washed and has been tempting me with its colours every time I passed by.
At The Country Farm Home I found a new way to make rag rugs and had to try it off. First the cover was torn into strips and wound into balls.
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| Hov, det blå nøgle er et andet dynebetræk. En rest fra et andet projekt. Men det bo retmæssigt i kludestrimmelkurven. - o 0 o - The blue ball of rag strips comes from another project. But its home is in the rag rug strips basket. |
Den kom med det samme i brug som grydelap, men dumpede testen. Vævningen var for løs og gik fra hinanden, så man brændte fingrene.
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To make rag rugs like at the Country Farm House a small rag rug loom was needed. MotherOwl has lots of scrap woods, so no problem.
The first square - which is more square in real life - turned out nice, but rather loose. A trial run as pot holder was not a success. The weaving parted, with burnt fingers as a result. Flunked!
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| Hvalrossens betræk er blevet til en grydelap. Walrus' covers made into pot holder. |
Næste forsøg. Både trend og islæ et lidt tættere her, og man brænder ikke fingrene. Det er meget sjovt, men det fænger mig ikke rigtigt. Måske skal strimlerne, man væver med, være væsentligt bredere. Det kan være jeg burde gøre et forsøg til med de gamle cowboybukseben.
Det kan også uden problemer sættes op på en rammevæv, dog uden kam.
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Next pot holder was better. Warp and weft are closer together, and I did not burn my fingers. It's all right, but not more, and this way of weaving does not really fascinate me. Maybe the strips need to be even broader, I think I'll make one try more, using the jeans legs still lying in a crate.
My rigid heddle loom can be used (with the heddle removed) for really big mats.
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| Blandede blå strimler denne gang. This time assorted blue strips. |
Her er lige et par billeder af væven. Den er ca 21 cm bred og dobbelt så lang. Det midterste søm i begge sider (i den røde cirkel) ser anderledes ud, så det er nemt at finde midten, hvis man vil lave en kvadratisk lap. Afstanden mellem sømmene er 1,5 cm.
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A couple of pictures of my rag rug loom. It measures app. 21 cm between the rows of spikes and double that in length. The middle spikes (in the red circle) are different which makes it easier to find the middle when weaving equilateral squares. Distance between spikes is 1.5 cm.
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| Fire stykker træ, fire skruer og en masse søm :) Four pieces of wood, four screws and a lot of spikes :) |
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| Og nu med trend. Det er let at gå til, indrømmet, og nemt at tage med alle steder. Midtersømmet i den røde cirkel er gyldent. And now warped. It's fast work and easy to bring along, this I must admit. Notice the golden middle spike. |
Det ender dog nok med at Hvalrossens dynebetræk bliver til et kludetæppe, hvor trenden er i farver og kludene ens, ligesom her. Jeg har allerede fundet trendgarnet frem.
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I'll probably end up weaving the Walrus' cover into a rag rug on my loom using a multicoloured warp like this one. I already found yarn for the warp.
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| Trendgarn til Hvalrossens blomstereng. Warp yarn for Walrus' flowering meadow. |
