It is amazing what happens when you stand a piece of wool on its edge. With just the simplest of tools, you can make traditional shirred and standing wool rugs with incredibly rich textures, colors and patterns. Traditional Shirred and Standing Wool Rugs is the fourth volume in the Rugmaker's Handbook Series of reference books for textile explorers of all skill levels. The book covers all of the traditional methods of using fabric with step-by-step directions making it easy to create luxurious, reversible rugs from a variety of fabrics and recycled clothing. This classic book has been revised, expanded and updated to include never before published methods. Shirred and standing wool rugs are a recycler's dream since they can be made with the smallest fabric scraps. Color cover, B&W interior with over 260 photos and illustrations.

This third volume in the Rugmaker's Handbook series is designed to teach textile explorers of all skill levels to make crocheted or fabric tapestry rag rugs from fabric strip, with simple crochet stitches. Step-by-step directions make it easy to create patterned rugs in any shape including freeform rugs. This classic book has been revised, expanded and updated and for the first time includes directions to adapt rug patterns to any material, including yarns.

This first volume of the Rugmaker's Handbook series is designed to teach textile explorers of all skill levels to make knitted rag rugs from fabric strip, using basic stitches. Step-by-step directions make it easy to create knitted rugs in many different forms and designs, including shaggy rugs like the Shaker confetti rugs. Special techniques include how to make strip or block assembly rugs, coil knitted rugs, wedge knitted rugs, bullseye rugs, hexagonal and even two methods to knit a heart shaped rug. For non-knitters, rake and spool knitting techniques are included for rug making. Unique textures in knitted rugs include using cross woven methods and knitting a soumak weave as well as unusual stitches such as the corn-on-the-cob and woven fabric stitch. This classic book has been revised, expanded and updated and for the first time includes directions to adapt rug patterns to many different materials, including yarns. This is not a craft book, but rather a reference book and includes many techniques never before published.

This second volume of the Rugmaker s Handbook series is designed to teach textile explorers of all skill levels to make practical, durable rugs on simple frames using very basic tools. If you have ever wished for a loom to weave rugs, this book will help cure your loom envy with over forty techniques to create rugs with patterns and textures that just can t be reproduced on a loom. Various types of frames are explained including: high-low, flat, pegged, fifth stick, pinned and scroll frames. Unique warping methods allow the creation of rugs with four finished sides, even in freeform shapes. The book is divided into tensioning and non-tensioning methods and techniques worked horizontally and vertically on the warp strands. Learn such oddities as the twisted warp techniques, spider web warp and the cheater s warp. This is not a craft book, but rather a reference book and includes over forty techniques, most of which have never before been published.