It didn't take too long after all - and in fact I didn't finish it myself. Anne, after a quick run through, wove the last foot or so in no time at all.
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| Yes - it even has sequins |
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As noted in the first photo, the hand twisted cloth certainly has it all - sequins, sheer, bright (very bright in some cases), and patterned. Mostly though they have a couple of well contrasted colours. Their knots were sometimes tidy - when the 'rope' was thin - sometimes bulky, when two larger strands were twisted. Perhaps as part of the manufacturing process both ends of the roll had 10 plus feet of fairly tidy and consistent rope - which balance out the whole rug, which at times had wildly varying thicknesses.
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| Anne finishing up the rug |
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| Beating the last shots |
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| Ready for finishing |
The rug is now ready for finishing - we have to tie off the ends (next time I will sew it while on the loom which will make it a lot neater), and then sew in the weft joins (at the selvedge), and finally run some binding right around the edge,
All up it was only 35 inches long - which happily was also the width off the loom (36 inches at the reed), so we have a square rug.
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