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Old July 25th 05, 07:12 PM
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Default Braide rug Directions for no sew braided rug?? Also repair help!

My Great G-ma would make braided rugs & put them together as she was
braiding. Did not sew them up!! They were just braided together.

Has anybody heard of this?? I would REallY like to have directions!!

They lived in Iowa orginally came from CZ.

Yes if I had one I could take it apart & figure it out...but...all went


Thank You

Also does anybody know of a place in Northern Calif I could get help
repairing a OLD woven or braided rug??

Thanks again!!

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Old July 25th 05, 09:08 PM
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zwm wrote:
My Great G-ma would make braided rugs & put them together as she was
braiding. Did not sew them up!! They were just braided together.

Has anybody heard of this?? I would REallY like to have directions!!

They lived in Iowa orginally came from CZ.

Yes if I had one I could take it apart & figure it out...but...all went


Thank You

Also does anybody know of a place in Northern Calif I could get help
repairing a OLD woven or braided rug??

Thanks again!!


Google is your friend. You should get to know it.

http://wi.essortment.com/braidedragrugs_rjmn.htm
http://www.netw.com/~rafter4/braids.html
http://www.kathysbraidedrugs.com/rugfacts.htm
http://www.craftown.com/instruction/rugs.htm

http://www.google.com/search?q=rug+braiding+how+to
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Old July 25th 05, 09:37 PM
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Joann -

Thanks for the pointer re Google,,(uhh duh)...I will check over those
pages you gave me & see if any of them have directions fo a NO SEW
BRAIDED rug. Most all the braided rug directions I found on the
internet....YES I DID LOOK !! Were for ones to be braided & then
sewn-up. Looking for directions for one you braid & do not then sew
up.

Thank you...am off to check the pages you posted for me...thanks!

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Old July 25th 05, 11:20 PM
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zwm wrote:
Joann -

Thanks for the pointer re Google,,(uhh duh)...I will check over those
pages you gave me & see if any of them have directions fo a NO SEW
BRAIDED rug. Most all the braided rug directions I found on the
internet....YES I DID LOOK !! Were for ones to be braided & then
sewn-up. Looking for directions for one you braid & do not then sew
up.

Thank you...am off to check the pages you posted for me...thanks!


They are not "sewn" -- they are "laced." You use a bodkin or something
like that to carry the cord to lace braid to braid -- not going through
the fabric, but through the gap between strands of the braid.
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Joanne
stitches @ singerlady.reno.nv.us.earth
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Old July 26th 05, 01:26 AM
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Joanne -

Sorry I used the term sew instead of laced. Anyways the way my Great
G-ma would do it there was no lacing or sewing.

I do know how to make braided rugs. But, am looking for one that is not
laced up but is braided together as you go along. No cord involved
only the fabric.

I have been playing with some different ways to accomplish this, but
was hoping to find somebody who might have old directions, preferably
ones which have been handed down.

Thanls!

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Old July 26th 05, 01:27 AM
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Joanne -

Sorry I used the term sew instead of laced. Anyways the way my Great
G-ma would do it there was no lacing or sewing.

I do know how to make braided rugs. But, am looking for one that is not
laced up but is braided together as you go along. No cord involved
only the fabric.

I have been playing with some different ways to accomplish this, but
was hoping to find somebody who might have old directions, preferably
ones which have been handed down.

Thanls!

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Old July 26th 05, 04:20 PM
Cynthia Spilsted
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The rag rugs that I remember not being sewn or laced together were actually
crocheted, not braided. I have made a couple of smaller ones and they work
up quite well. The same technique is used with torn cottons to make hot
pads, etc.. I was actually thinking of the poster who mentioned mending bed
linens because that is what my old sheets used to end up as - hot mats! I
found this site when I googled, which might help you:
http://www.netw.com/~rafter4/oldrugs.htm
I think that the type of rug you are describing are the ones they call
"pjonging" rugs. Hope it helps!
Cynthia

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Joann -

Thanks for the pointer re Google,,(uhh duh)...I will check over those
pages you gave me & see if any of them have directions fo a NO SEW
BRAIDED rug. Most all the braided rug directions I found on the
internet....YES I DID LOOK !! Were for ones to be braided & then
sewn-up. Looking for directions for one you braid & do not then sew
up.

Thank you...am off to check the pages you posted for me...thanks!



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Old July 26th 05, 05:00 PM
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Thanks Cynthia,

I'll look into the pjoning & see how that looks.

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Old July 27th 05, 04:12 AM
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Well looks like there is a way of doing the rugs called braiding in.
Somebody else gave me a line into some directions.....Now if I could
find somebody who has actually done it so I could as all my silly
technical questions!!

Thanks Ladys!!!

 




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