I had a wonderful time in Albuquerque, first teaching at the Complex Weavers Seminars and then helping out in the Lunatic Fringe booth at Convergence. And now I’m back and finally getting into some of the long-deferred projects that I haven’t been able to get to. I took a rug weaving class at Vavstuga some time ago and came home with a set of flossa bars and a desire to weave one of these Scandinavian pile rugs. The Harrisville rug loom as been sitting forlornly in the corner for some time and, after a minor warping misadventure, the rug is now underway. There is something wonderfully satisfying about sliding the knife between the bars to slice through the loops to create the cut pile….
The first couple of inches of flossa...
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