How To Make A Raw Fleece Rug

These great rugs are made by our friend bridget tretheway on her dryad upright handloom.

How to make a raw fleece rug.

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. Felting a large sheepskin a fluffy felt rug has been on my to do list just about since i started felting. Learn how to make a fleece rug with these step by step instructions. How to weave a rug with raw wool.

13 hi i m a weaver. The fleece is not washed before weaving just lightly hand carded. I want to make a raw wool small rug about a 2 foot by 3 foot. Afterwards i wash the rug in a regular washing machine.

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. 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. There are projects and then there are projects that live in your dreams. Product categories select a category books felted fleece cushions felted fleece rugs yarn.

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. She sources the wool locally and she cards it herself. You ll also want to review my top tips for making the perfect felted fleece rug. Posted 3 years ago.

While you are felting it are you constantly pulling the locks which you don t want to felt together. Check out the video here. I do have a question im new to weaving but i have a large peg loom. 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. Although unwashed it had very little dried grass in it and had been cleared of all matted dirt in short no sheep shit. I have the same question as colin is there any tutorial you know of about raw fleece rugs. For one reason or another i put it off.

You don t have to kill an animal for this attractive faux sheepskin rug. Such a great tool. Wool batting or roving. Recently stared weaving rugs from raw fleece.