How To Make A Raw Fleece Rug

Recently stared weaving rugs from raw fleece.

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. You don t have to kill an animal for this attractive faux sheepskin rug. For one reason or another i put it off. Felting a large sheepskin a fluffy felt rug has been on my to do list just about since i started felting.

Wool batting or roving. Check out the video here. Learn how to make a fleece rug with these step by step instructions. I have the same question as colin is there any tutorial you know of about raw fleece rugs.

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. 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. I was intimidated at the prospect of working with a raw fleece full. Making a rug with blue texel sheep fleece this is the raw fleece of a blue texel sheep.

13 hi i m a weaver. You mentioned that you got some help to make this rug on flickr. These great rugs are made by our friend bridget tretheway on her dryad upright handloom. Although unwashed it had very little dried grass in it and had been cleared of all matted dirt in short no sheep shit.

I do have a question im new to weaving but i have a large peg loom. 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. You ll also want to review my top tips for making the perfect felted fleece rug. Product categories select a category books felted fleece cushions felted fleece rugs yarn.

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. She sources the wool locally and she cards it herself. How to weave a rug with raw wool. I want to make a raw wool small rug about a 2 foot by 3 foot.

While you are felting it are you constantly pulling the locks which you don t want to felt together. There are projects and then there are projects that live in your dreams. The fleece is not washed before weaving just lightly hand carded. Afterwards i wash the rug in a regular washing machine.