Make sure to pay attention to the width of your rug as you go and keep it as even as you can.
Finishing a woven rag rug.
I review in more detail the twining process.
You look down and the rug says welcome home after the weaving is complete the only thing left is finishing.
I was taught to finish a wool rug in this manner.
Finishing a rag rug i like to finish my rugs at the curve of the rug.
Once again you can do this by hand or on a sewing machine.
You come in from the world with your feet dusty and weary.
Leave a 3 inch tail.
Bring the fabric strip down to the lower left nail.
Put the rug flat on a hard surface covered with towels.
It hides the ending really well.
Tie them in knots on the ends or sew the ends together to string them all together like a giant ball of yarn.
The most secure finish is an overhand knot however if you plan to bury your ends you can work a row of the philippine edge instead.
For rags rugs that means securing the warp ends and finishing the ends with fringe or stitched hems.
Lay those on top of the rug.
When you are transitioning from the straight part of the rug to the curve cut off your strips to be about 4 inches long.
This rug is woven on an open sett to accommodate the bulky yarn.
As shown in the picture go under over under over under tuck tuck again under two more blues horizontally snip off the excess.
Tie one end of your fabric strips to the upper left hand nail in your loom.
Wrap it clockwise around the lower.
It is quicker than tying knots and is a handy finish to have in your hip pocket.
Sew the rug into a spiral.
This makes the ends spread pretty far apart even for rug.
If you are using a sewing machine be sure to use a loose large zigzag stitch.
In this video i show you how to add a strip of material and how to finish a row and start a new one.
Get more towels enough to cover the rug wet them and hand wring dry.
As you finish each row straighten out the weaved strip with your fingers and slide it as close to the row before it as you can.
Begin to wrap the rug into a spiral sewing the two edges together.
Weave a rag rug.