Rags to Rugs: 30 New Weaving Designs for Repurposed Fabrics

Weaving instructor Knisely (Huck Lace Weaving with Color and Weave Effects) says he loves taking his grandsons’ clothes that they have outgrown and weaving them into rag rugs. His book offers 30 projects for rag rug creators, and he provides clear, easy step-by-step directions and detailed patterns for each one, along with a photograph and brief story about the rug. He also tells readers how to repair their beloved damaged and aged rugs. He tells readers that his motivation to repurpose and recycle materials stems from memories of his childhood when his family gave away what they no longer needed, and what they could not dispose of easily, they burned. He shares that he shudders to think of the harm they may have unwittingly done to the environment. If readers missed his first book, Weaving Rag Rugs, they can learn basics in the “Rag Rug Weaving Basics” section that appears in the book after all the projects. The book ends with a visual index of all the featured rugs.