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The ragrug man Bob Young 09-22-2007
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Posted by Bob Young on September 22, 2007, 11:46 am
I can see my work now. I have a round area big enough for my two feet.
Tah Tad.

I can see my skills improving too, as I go along. I have also decided,
since I am simply tacking anyway, that I am going to tack shorter strips
to each other to make one longer one and maybe even 2 stripes of
entirely different color.

Pros and Cons of working with clear nylon thread.

I gave up on it. It was driving me crazy trying to just see the 'darn'
stuff. And I convinced myself that it broke just as easy as regular
thread and would melt if near anything too hot. What do you-all think?





Posted by enigma on September 22, 2007, 12:54 pm
difdrummer@webtv.net (Bob Young) wrote in

> I can see my work now. I have a round area big enough for
> my two feet. Tah Tad.

woohoo!
>
> I can see my skills improving too, as I go along. I have
> also decided, since I am simply tacking anyway, that I am
> going to tack shorter strips to each other to make one
> longer one and maybe even 2 stripes of entirely different
> color.

sounds good. what type of fabric is it? mostly tshirts, or
denim or...?
i have a 30 gallon tote of old jeans that are going to be a
bedspread & probably rugs too.
>
> Pros and Cons of working with clear nylon thread.
>
> I gave up on it. It was driving me crazy trying to just see
> the 'darn' stuff. And I convinced myself that it broke
> just as easy as regular thread and would melt if near
> anything too hot. What do you-all think?

nylon thread is just plain evil. it breaks really easily
(much more easily than regular thread. it doesn't 'age' well
at all), it's prickly & it's too springy.
lee

Posted by Bob Young on September 22, 2007, 3:41 pm
OK...how do you do this? I just keeping adding on strip after strip,
thinking they would just 'have' to fall in place and I expected them to
be longer and longer.

I had it flat last night, but what I added today, has formed a
bowl and I am not sure if I can stretch it flat.

What is the best way to add on strips at this point? Lay it flat
and just tack on strips? Is there a trick to adding on something that
will form a flat circle?

Either that or I have a dust cover for a large mixing bowl. :)


Posted by Melinda Meahan - take out TRAS on September 22, 2007, 5:25 pm
What exactly are you doing?

If you are sewing a long cord-thing together and it's curling, you have
to undo it, put it on a flat surface, and make sure that you are sewing
it flat.

Bob Young wrote:
> OK...how do you do this? I just keeping adding on strip after strip,
> thinking they would just 'have' to fall in place and I expected them to
> be longer and longer.
>
> I had it flat last night, but what I added today, has formed a
> bowl and I am not sure if I can stretch it flat.
>
> What is the best way to add on strips at this point? Lay it flat
> and just tack on strips? Is there a trick to adding on something that
> will form a flat circle?
>
> Either that or I have a dust cover for a large mixing bowl. :)
>


--
Every job is a self-portrait of the person who does it. Autograph your
work with excellence.

Posted by enigma on September 22, 2007, 10:25 pm
difdrummer@webtv.net (Bob Young) wrote in

> OK...how do you do this? I just keeping adding on strip
> after strip, thinking they would just 'have' to fall in
> place and I expected them to be longer and longer.
>
> I had it flat last night, but what I added today, has
> formed a
> bowl and I am not sure if I can stretch it flat.
>
> What is the best way to add on strips at this point?
> Lay it flat
> and just tack on strips? Is there a trick to adding on
> something that will form a flat circle?

are you braiding the strips with a 3 strand braid? if so,
leave the outside edge just a bit looser than the inside edge
as you braid.
how big is the diameter of your rug now? is it too big to fit
comfortably on your lap? that's where i always started having
cupping.

> Either that or I have a dust cover for a large mixing
> bowl. :)

a lot of first (second & third) rugs tend to go bowl shaped :)
try loosening your tension a bit. you don't have to make
really tight braids.
lee


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