Diy Positive Vibes Carpet + Diy Woven Fine Art Book

Today I'm excited to portion amongst y'all a actually cool projection from Rachel Denbow's novel book, DIY Woven Art: Inspiration too Instruction for Handmade Wall Hangings, Rugs, Pillows too More!  Having followed Rachel's crafty basis for many years at 1 time every bit a regular DIY contributor at A Beautiful Mess weblog too her ain blog, Smile too Wave, nosotros were excited to take heed she wrote a volume on 1 of the many crafts she does thus well, weaving.

And at 1 time the book!  DIY Woven Art is filled amongst fifteen fabulous fiber fine art projects—from awesome wall hangings that Rachel is good known for to colourful projects similar pillows too rugs.  She fifty-fifty shows y'all how to fabricate iii simple, portable looms if y'all laissez passer on to require one.

The projection Rachel too her publishers thus kindly are letting us portion hither is her Positive Vibes Rug, peradventure a petty amibitious for the novice, but similar she says inward the outset of this tutorial, "if I tin exercise it, y'all tin exercise it".  So well, at that spot y'all go! She also says if y'all experience it's a petty intimidating, role the middle board every bit the overstep business office of your loom too weave a lav sized carpet instead.  Let's receive got a look!

Excerpted from DIY Woven Art Copyright © 2016 past times Rachel Denbow too published past times F+W Media, Inc. Used past times permission of the publisher. All rights reserved. Photos courtesy of Rachel Denbow too Janae Hardy. 

Positive Vibes Rug

Weaving your ain carpet powerfulness seem a petty ambitious, but if I tin exercise it, y'all tin exercise it.
This pattern is a petty to a greater extent than complex than the foremost carpet I always wove, but it’s only a giant star motif, similar to The Stars at Night on page 78. You tin easily alteration this pattern too weave bold stripes similar to I Want Candy on page 34 if you’d rather travel on something without diagonal lines. If a large carpet only feels also intimidating, role the middle board every bit the overstep business office of your loom too weave a bath-sized carpet instead.
Fabric yarn is an fantabulous pick for weaving a carpet because it tin live constitute inward a multifariousness of colors too patterns, it’s quite durable, too it’s thick plenty to brand quicker travel than if y'all were using a worsted-weight wool yarn. It has a lovely weight too mantle to it, thus it isn’t easily disturbed when walked across. But y'all volition yet require to duo it amongst a carpet pad if y'all role it on hardwood or tiled floors.
Most of the cloth yarns I used hither are fashion manufacture remnants that receive got been cutting too injure into balls of yarn. Many of these are a cotton fiber blend, but the fettuccia yarn is a petty to a greater extent than similar rayon. Fettuccia is Italian for ribbon or strip too is currently a stylish yarn to role inward Europe. When using cloth yarns made of unlike fibers too amongst unlike elasticity, live doubly aware that y'all aren’t pulling your weft rows taut every bit y'all weave to ensure everything lies apartment when y'all take away it from the loom.

This carpet is machine washable, but I propose spot cleaning instead. Vacuum over it every bit y'all would amongst regular rugs.

Finished Size
3' x v ½' (91.5 cm x 1.7 m)
 

Supplies
frame loom, 4' x 6' (1.2 x 1.8 m)
3/8" (1 cm) cotton fiber rope inward natural for warp, 384 yards (351 m)
eleven oz. fettuccia yarn inward olive green, 140 yards (128 m)
medium cloth yarn inward calorie-free pink, 140 yards (128 m)
medium cloth yarn inward pink, 140 yards (128 m)
medium cloth yarn inward calorie-free mint, 140 yards (128 m)
medium cloth yarn inward ochre, 140 yards (128 m)
medium cloth yarn inward white amongst dark dots, xx yards (18.3 m)
stick shuttle, 12" (30.5 cm)
tapestry needle, 21/2" (6.5 cm)
wooden comb or fork
scissors

1. Warp your large loom amongst the cotton fiber rope inward natural every bit y'all would your lap loom. It volition adapt a 4' x 6' (1.2 x 1.8 m) carpet when woven all the agency across the smash heads, but y'all tin customize your size.
Start your foremost color block amongst the olive dark-green fettuccia yarn. Weave iv rows of patently weave too and thus trim back two warps on either side every iv weft rows. This volition exercise the same stair-step pattern used inward other projects, but you’ll role a diagonal interlock (pages 86–88) to brand certain at that spot isn’t whatever clit betwixt warp threads where the color blocks meet. Weave upward for a total of nineteen stair steps (Fig. 1).
As y'all work, live certain y'all buy the farm along arcing, bubbling, too gently batting downwards each weft row thus y'all don’t clit inward the warp.

Fig. 1

2. Flip your loom too weave the same cast amongst the same yarn on the opposite terminate (Fig. 2).

Fig. 2

3. Your adjacent department volition live a shorter version of the same cast on overstep of the previous shape. Weave the calorie-free mint yarn all the agency across your warp for iv weft rows too and thus decrease two warps on each side for every iv weft rows. When y'all require to cutting unopen to other length of yarn, overlap your ends every bit shown too press them together amongst your weaving comb every bit y'all travel that weft row downwards (Fig. 3). Create a total of 12 stair steps, or 48 weft rows of this color.

Fig. 3

4. Flip your loom over 1 time again too repeat the same pattern (Fig. 4).

Fig. 4

5. Add inward your concluding color block for this foremost grouping of shapes amongst the ochre yarn. Above the calorie-free mint shape, weave all the agency across for iv weft rows. Decrease two warps for every iv weft rows for a total of v stair steps too and thus increase two warps for every iv weft rows (Fig. 5). This should run into upward amongst the calorie-free mint expanse higher upward it too exercise a opposite arrow cast on each end.

Fig. 5

6. Next, fill upward inward the negative spaces amongst a calorie-free pinkish color block. Thread the calorie-free pinkish yarn on the tapestry needle. Interlock your calorie-free pinkish yarn past times stitching through the dorsum side of the mint loop on the 3rd warp every bit shown. Pull through until y'all receive got a 4" (10 cm) tail (Fig. 6).

Fig. 6

7.Weave over the minute warp too nether the foremost warp (Fig. 7).

8. Weave inward the opposite management every bit green too interlock 1 time again through the loop from the dorsum side (Fig. 8). Stitching through the dorsum side each time, no affair how the loop is angled, volition exercise a to a greater extent than consistent pattern too a less bulky seam.

Fig. 8

9. Weave dorsum over those warps every bit y'all commonly would too nether the selvedge. Continue interlocking every bit y'all weave your agency through this entire negative infinite adjacent to the calorie-free mint yarn (Fig. 9).

Fig. 9

10. After y'all weave your lastly weft row inward this negative space, weave dorsum inward nigh v warps to secure your tail too trim the end. This volition larn out a cleaner border (Fig. 10).

Fig. 10

11. Continue filling inward your negative spaces until y'all are done amongst your rug. The olive dark-green color block volition portion weft rows amongst the night pinkish color block; the calorie-free mint color block volition portion weft rows amongst the calorie-free pink; too the ochre color block inward the middle of the carpet volition portion weft rows amongst the white-and-black patterned color block. You don’t receive got to weave them inward a specific club every bit long every bit they all larn filled inward (Fig. 11).

Always live mindful that y'all aren’t pulling also tightly every bit y'all weave. You may yet terminate upward amongst a slight bend toward the middle of your weaving on a large projection similar this, but consider it 1 of those handmade imperfections that add together charm.

Fig. 11

12. You shouldn’t receive got whatever room left on either terminate of your loom, thus carefully clit your warps off of your smash heads. I similar to role my metallic tapestry needle for this to relieve my fingers the article of apparel too tear. Remove your warp from both exterior edges toward the middle to maintain the warp too weft rows from pulling also much inward 1 direction. Stitch inward your tail ends along the edges of your rug.

Stand dorsum too beam amongst pride!

DIY Woven Art: Inspiration too Instruction for Handmade Wall Hangings, Rugs, Pillows too More is available through Interweave Store HERE and  Amazon HERE.

Thank y'all Rachel! Also, here's a few snaps from within the book!

DIY Woven Art: Inspiration too Instruction for Handmade Wall Hangings, Rugs, Pillows too More is available through Interweave Store HERE and  Amazon HERE.

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