A Rep Rug to Honor Cranbrook's Legacy Pattern

This rug is woven in Cranbrook colors as a tribute to designers Saarinen and Earnes. Saarinen and Earnes designed some of the most recognized furniture of the mid-20th century after studying furniture design at Cranbrook.

Weave Structure: Warp rep.

Equipment:

• 4-shaft loom, 38" weaving width
  
• 8-dent reed
• 1 rug or ski shuttle
• 1 boat shuttle
  

Yarns:

• Warp: 8/4 cotton (1,600 yd/lb, The Mannings Handweaving School), Moody Blue, 1,800 yd; Grass, 504 yd; Forest Green, Dark Jade, and Myrtle Green, 432 yd each.
  
• Thick weft; Mop cototn (420 yd/lb, The Mannings), 4 strands used as 1, Williamsburg Blue, 700 yd.
  
• Thin weft; 8/4 cotton, Moody Blue, 400 yd. (In addition to hem and thin weft picks, amount given allows for weaving a thin weft with each thick weft pick.)
  

Dimensions:

• Width in the reed: 37.5".
  
• Woven length (measured under tension on the loom): 56".
  
• Finished size: 1 hemmed rug 37.5" x 49".
  

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