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Rag Rug Weaving versus Tapestry: the Hare and the Tortoise

April 19, 2023 Robbie LaFleur

Musing on all the reasons why weaving a rag rug is so much fun

Roses on Rugs, All Over the Place

August 31, 2022 Robbie LaFleur

The latest issue of the Norwegian Textile Letter includes an article about an unusual group of rose-patterned rutevev (geometric weave) tapestries found in southern Norway,

Rags Rugs are so Wonderful

August 28, 2020 Robbie LaFleur

The new issue of the Norwegian Textile Letter is out, and features a translation of a wonderful cultural history article about rag rugs in Norway:

Ikea Rugs, Personalized (and Instructions)

July 10, 2019 Robbie LaFleur

Our kitchen became a rug-stamping workshop twice for granddaughter Alden. Last December my daughter Margaret requested a rug to go underneath grandson Fitzgerald’s Christmas present–a

My Sudoku: A Shadow Weave Rug

April 25, 2019 Robbie LaFleur

My husband and his sister are both fanatical Sudoku players; if they need a minute to relax or switch gears, they pop up the grid

Learning by Doing: Shaft Switching

July 31, 2018 Robbie LaFleur

I am constantly aware of my great good fortune to live in Minneapolis, close to the Weavers Guild of Minnesota. Although the Scandinavian Weavers Study

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“Frida’s Flowers,” a professional photo. For fans of Frida Hansen’s wool transparency technique. More photos on other backgrounds and links to posts about the weaving process in my blog at robbielafleur.com. #tapestryweaving #fridahansen #scandinavianweaving #handwoven #tapestryweaversofinstagram

I’ve been preparing rag strips for an upcoming workshop at Saterglantan craft school in Sweden taught by Monica Hallen. I was with friends when I was frantically winding balls in preparation. Give them to us, my friends insisted, we’ll help. “How do you want them done?” they asked. It doesn’t matter, I said, they are skinny and I don’t worry about them lying flat in the shed – they get squished anyway. I proceeded to roll a big ball fairly willy-nilly as I watched Mary Skoy and Jan Mostrom carefully wind perfect, dense balls of flawlessly flat strips. Oh my, they were works of art. I was so wrong. You will never see a rough-edged ball in my basket again. #sätergläntan #monica_hallen #ragrug #ragrugweaving #handweaving #scandinavianweaving

Start them young! My 11-year-old granddaughter Alden wove a beautiful tapestry, a close look at a leaf, based on the style of Georgia O’Keefe’s paintings. She lives in L.A., and has a wonderful art teacher. She is on the left of the second photo, with her friend Kennedy. Look at all of the lovely weavings. #tapestryweaving #kidstapestryweaving

My cousin Gretchen sent me her set of Dansk dinnerware - so great! Plus she added my favorite Norwegian-tapestry-inspired set of placemats. Coffee on the Baldishol tapestry. And just to show how ridiculously Norwegian my home is, I found a rosemaled switch plate in my mother’s wooden ware closet on the farm last week. That’s what rosemalers have - closets full of wood objects to paint (instead of yarn). #baldisholteppet #familytreasures

Borrowed Baby Wolf loom in the dining room, empty then warped to test out the Frida Hansen wool transparency technique on a horizontal loom for my workshops this fall. I fully expect it will work fine! The Baby Wolf is so quick to warp. #weaving #handweaving #scandinavianweaving #tapestryweaving

I forgot about this monksbelt runner for three years, and then rediscovered it in a drawer at the Weavers Guild, while looking for something else. How could I forget it? I wove it on a group warp on February 22, 2020. I think we know what happened soon after! I'm happy to have it again. #monksbelt #scandinavianweaving #handwoven #handwoventextiles #handweaversofinstagram #weavingmn #weaversguildmn #vev

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