Colorworks Krokbragd Rug Weaving Pattern

Colorworks Krokbragd Rug

by Janice Jones

3-Shaft or 4-Shaft Project

"Entranced by a series of prints from V.l.P. Fabrics called "Colorworks," I considered buying several just to look at (some of us do that with fabrics as well as yarn). These fabrics are printed and then overdyed with the same color, a process which produces a print color very close in value to the ground. There is an interesting depth to the color when woven—not as flat as solid color strips nor as lively as multicolor prints. Instead of just looking at them, I combined these wonderful fabrics with two favorite techniques of mine—bias-cut cloth strips and krokbragd, a three-shaft point twill especially well-suited to rugs." -Janice Jones

STRUCTURE Boundweave (krokbragd).

FINISHED DIMENSIONS One rug 211/2" by 361/2"

YARNS Warp: 8/4 cotton carpet warp at 1,680 yd/lb, 524 yd black.

Weft: 44"-wide cotton print fabric, 61/2 yd black; 11/4 yd purple; 1 yd each olive, red, and turquoise; 1/2 yd gold, cut in 3/4"-wide bias strips.

NOTIONS Long blunt needle for weaving warp ends back into rug.

WARP ENDS 131 doubled ends (262 actual ends); 2 doubled ends on each edge are sleyed and threaded together.

WARP LENGTH 2 yd (allows for take-up, shrinkage, and 30" loom waste).

SETTS EPI: 5 doubled ends per inch. PPI: 111/2–12.

WIDTH IN THE REED 254⁄5"

TAKE-UP & SHRINKAGE 19% in width, 9% in length

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