How To Make A Raw Fleece Rug

Felting a large sheepskin a fluffy felt rug has been on my to do list just about since i started felting.

How to make a raw fleece rug.

While you are felting it are you constantly pulling the locks which you don t want to felt together. You mentioned that you got some help to make this rug on flickr. I joined the group you wrote about but the discussion is blocked there no info there. 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. For one reason or another i put it off. Afterwards i wash the rug in a regular washing machine. 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.

Although unwashed it had very little dried grass in it and had been cleared of all matted dirt in short no sheep shit. The fleece is not washed before weaving just lightly hand carded. How to weave a rug with raw wool. She sources the wool locally and she cards it herself.

I was intimidated at the prospect of working with a raw fleece full. Learn how to make a fleece rug with these step by step instructions. I do have a question im new to weaving but i have a large peg loom. Wool batting or roving.

You don t have to kill an animal for this attractive faux sheepskin rug. I want to make a raw wool small rug about a 2 foot by 3 foot. Making a rug with blue texel sheep fleece this is the raw fleece of a blue texel sheep. 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.

13 hi i m a weaver. 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. Product categories select a category books felted fleece cushions felted fleece rugs yarn. Such a great tool.

Posted 3 years ago. 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. There are projects and then there are projects that live in your dreams. Check out the video here.