{"id":3580,"date":"2014-05-30T10:10:40","date_gmt":"2014-05-30T15:10:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crafting-a-life.com\/mamaoknits\/?p=3580"},"modified":"2014-05-30T10:10:40","modified_gmt":"2014-05-30T15:10:40","slug":"book-review-weaving-rag-rugs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crafting-a-life.com\/mamaoknits\/book-review-weaving-rag-rugs\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: Weaving Rag Rugs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>First, I need to say that I really wish I had my loom back.<\/p>\n<p>I think you&#8217;re going to want one, too.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ss&amp;ref=ss_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=crapofocrwhlo-20&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=0811712125&amp;asins=0811712125&amp;linkId=TWCLQ7NA4J7YQ3UG&amp;show_border=false&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><br \/>\n<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">* * *<\/p>\n<p>Tom Knisely&#8217;s new book, <em><strong>Weaving Rag Rugs<\/strong><\/em> is one of those books that makes you think, &#8220;Oh&#8230; yeah&#8230; <em>THAT&#8217;S<\/em> the thing that\u00a0I&#8217;ve <em>ALWAYS<\/em> wanted to do!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The book, if you&#8217;ve never woven before, gives you pretty much everything you need (except money for the loom and people to help you set it all up), all the way from first principles (loom types, fabric\u00a0choice and prep) through the actual weaving process \u00a0(warping and weaving) and then to finishing (great section on finishing).<\/p>\n<p>And that&#8217;s just the first 50 pages.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The next 77 pages are <strong><em>projects<\/em><\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p>And preeeeeety pictures.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3581\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0811712125\/?tag=crapofocrwhlo-20\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3581\" class=\"wp-image-3581 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/crafting-a-life.com\/mamaoknits\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/IMG_1750-300x267.jpg\" alt=\"Coffee Lover's Rug\" width=\"300\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crafting-a-life.com\/mamaoknits\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/IMG_1750-300x267.jpg 300w, https:\/\/crafting-a-life.com\/mamaoknits\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/IMG_1750-1024x914.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/crafting-a-life.com\/mamaoknits\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/IMG_1750.jpg 2018w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3581\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Coffee Lover&#8217;s Rug<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3583\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0811712125\/?tag=crapofocrwhlo-20\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3583\" class=\"wp-image-3583 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/crafting-a-life.com\/mamaoknits\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/IMG_1752-300x282.jpg\" alt=\"Gradation Stripes 2\" width=\"300\" height=\"282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crafting-a-life.com\/mamaoknits\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/IMG_1752-300x282.jpg 300w, https:\/\/crafting-a-life.com\/mamaoknits\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/IMG_1752-1024x962.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3583\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gradation Stripes 2<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3582\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0811712125\/?tag=crapofocrwhlo-20\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3582\" class=\"wp-image-3582 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/crafting-a-life.com\/mamaoknits\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/IMG_1751-300x271.jpg\" alt=\"Pendleton Wool Blanket Strips 2\" width=\"300\" height=\"271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crafting-a-life.com\/mamaoknits\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/IMG_1751-300x271.jpg 300w, https:\/\/crafting-a-life.com\/mamaoknits\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/IMG_1751-1024x928.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/crafting-a-life.com\/mamaoknits\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/IMG_1751.jpg 1709w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3582\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pendleton Wool Blanket Strips 2<\/p><\/div>\n<p>And a glossary.<\/p>\n<p>If you grew up in a time where rag rugs were <em>there<\/em>\u00a0but not <em>noticed<\/em>, then you&#8217;ll probably find this book fascinating. Knisely goes into the history of rag rugs a bit in the\u00a0introduction and has an easy-going style that informs all the way through, but the book is largely a practical one. He&#8217;s quite well-known in the weaving word and with good reason\u2014the book is readable and easy-going and he knows what he&#8217;s talking about. That said, the patterns themselves rely on <em>you<\/em> knowing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.weaverscraft.com\/hints.html\" target=\"_blank\">how\u00a0to read a weaving-pattern chart<\/a> (he gives you pretty much everything else), so having a true beginners book (or the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.weaverscraft.com\/hints.html\" target=\"_blank\">Internet<\/a>) on hand wouldn&#8217;t be a bad idea if this is your first warp-ish rodeo.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the projects are for a four-harness loom (though you could do a couple on a two-harness in a pinch) but I think you&#8217;d have a tough time using a rigid heddle. They don&#8217;t usually have much real estate and the fabric\u00a0strips,\u00a0as opposed to fiber\/yarn, is bulky.<\/p>\n<p>But don&#8217;t let me stop you from getting one. Rigid heddles are gateway looms, and I <em>am<\/em> a <del>pusher<\/del> enabler, after all.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">* * *<\/p>\n<p>A copy of this book will be on the <a href=\"http:\/\/crafting-a-life.com\/craftlit\/?page_id=6992\" target=\"_blank\">June 2014 Raffle Page over at CraftLit<\/a>, so after Midnight June 1st, you can go sign up to win your own copy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First, I need to say that I really wish I had my loom back. I think you&#8217;re going to want one, too. * * * Tom Knisely&#8217;s new book, Weaving Rag Rugs is one of those books that makes you think, &#8220;Oh&#8230; yeah&#8230; THAT&#8217;S the thing that\u00a0I&#8217;ve ALWAYS wanted to do!&#8221; The book, if you&#8217;ve [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3583,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,17,371,19],"tags":[481,354,485],"class_list":["post-3580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artsy-things","category-blog-fun","category-review-blog-fun","category-weaving","tag-raffle","tag-review","tag-weaving-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crafting-a-life.com\/mamaoknits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crafting-a-life.com\/mamaoknits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crafting-a-life.com\/mamaoknits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crafting-a-life.com\/mamaoknits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crafting-a-life.com\/mamaoknits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3580"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/crafting-a-life.com\/mamaoknits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3580\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3584,"href":"https:\/\/crafting-a-life.com\/mamaoknits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3580\/revisions\/3584"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crafting-a-life.com\/mamaoknits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crafting-a-life.com\/mamaoknits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crafting-a-life.com\/mamaoknits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crafting-a-life.com\/mamaoknits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}