Arrow's Krokbragd Rug Weaving Pattern

Arrow's Krokbragd Rug

by Wynne Mattila

3-Shaft Project

Arrow is Wynne’s golden retriever. He is an old dog and she wanted to weave a thick rug for him to lie on. Krokbragd is a traditional Scandinavian pattern th a t means “crooked path.” In Krokbragd, every third pick is plain weave to add stability to the boundweave structure. The back of the rug has longer floats over three ends while the front has a tight interlacement that looks like plain weave. Krokbragd allows for wonderful color design in a sturdy, longwearing rug.

STRUCTURE Boundweave (krokbragd).

FINISHED DIMENSIONS One rug 27" by 561/2" plus 6" braided fringe at each end.

YARNS Warp: 8/5 Bockens linen at 465 yd/lb, 410 yd unbleached. Weft: 3-ply Halcyon Deco Rug Wool at 260 yd/lb, 190 yd each of color #120 (navy), color #117 (purple), color #125 (green), #122 (blue), and color #105 (burnt orange); 180 yd color #106 (coral orange); 140 yd color #107 (brick); 95 yd color #110 (rose) and color #119 (violet).

OTHER EQUIPMENT Temple (stretcher) set to the width of the warp in the reed.

WARP ENDS 143 working ends (149 actual ends with doubled floating selvedges and 2 additional doubled ends on each side).

WARP LENGTH 23/4 yd (allows for take-up and 36" loom waste; part of loom waste is used for fringe).

SETTS EPI: 5. PPI: 27.

WIDTH IN THE REED 283⁄5".

TAKE-UP & SHRINKAGE 4% in width, 5% in length.

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