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| Even rugs with the coarsest camelid fiber have a softness unlike any wool or
synthetic rugs.
These four handwoven rugs are custom designed and made mostly from camelid
yarns with small amounts of wool. |
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The brown rug is made using a Navajo saddle blanket technique
with white Romney wool and camelid rug roving in colors of pine and
mahogany. The weft was handspun by me.
The rug warp is commercially spun wool. |
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These two striped rugs are made from gray and brown camelid rug roving
and black and white llama fleece.
The rust is naturally dyed Lincoln wool. All weft in these rugs was
handspun by Linda Berry Walker. The warp is commercially spun black cotton. |
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| This last rug is made with a boundweave technique, which results in a heavier,
thicker fabric.
Layers of natural camelid browns are arranged in a very colorful,
graphical design.
The boundweave technique creates inverse color patterns on a
reversible fabric, making the back of the rug different from and
as interesting as the front. |
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All of the above rugs are reversible
and can be used in a variety of creative ways.
The Navajo one serves as my loom bench pad. I can customize the
size of each rug to suit your needs. Tote bags, throw
pillows, wall hangings, placemats and table runners can also be
made from these rug fabrics.
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| Here's a cozy and beautiful accessory for the family
room, a handspun camelid-fiber throw. It is gray llama/alpaca blend
overdyed in magenta, slate blue and evergreen tones. Handwoven in
a lace and basketweave pattern, the natural gray is offset by
variegated, overdyed stripes in a plaid arrangement. |
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Lastly, I have a fun project which happens to be my cat's favorite. I made
this coiled basket for displaying yarn, but Samantha quickly claimed it as
hers. It's big enough for her to curl up in and I guess she loves the smell
and feel of the fiber. This basket is made of natural color wool,
white Romney and brown and black Lincoln. The yarn is handspun and wrapped
around paper core, a technique similar to coiled pottery.
I include this sample since it is such a novel use of coarse fiber,
requiring very small quantities. |