Reverse T End
A new technique! I came up with this ending quite a few years ago, and taught a class on it, but it was a rather difficult process. Then I heard from a friend (and student from the class), Sandy Busby, who described how she realized…
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Braiding or Plaiting?
Did you know there’s a difference? At least in my world, there is! One is not necessarily better than the other, they just work the fabric differently. Do you see how there is not a straight line between the dark blue rows and the 3-color…
A Lighthouse Rug
I took a little trip to the coast of Maine recently, to visit a dear friend for the weekend, and we toured the Spring Point Ledge Lighthouse in Portland. And what did I find in the lighthouse keeper’s room but a braided rug! I should…
My Braiding Buddy
Here is my dear old ‘braiding buddy’, resting on the first braided rug I ever made, my kitchen sink rug. Her name is Skeezy, and she’s at least 16 years old now. Sometimes she drives me nuts, puking on my rugs, scratching up my door…
Beginner Tutorials
Here are some video tutorials to get you started learning the different techniques and skills of rug braiding:
The BraidBuddi Butt
Butting the beginning and end of a braid together opens up a world of different design possibilities for your braided projects, but it’s not an easy task. It’s best to learn it while sitting next to a patient teacher (for hours), however, that’s just not…
Graceful Changes
It is really quite fun to watch your little rug grow as you lace on more rows, and equally fascinating to see it change character through different color additions. But at some point it needs to come to an end, in order to put it…
Braided Strip Rug
Strip Rugs For years I have admired the look of braided strip rugs, but never made one myself. Why? I didn’t have access to an industrial sewing machine, or know anyone who did, to get the fringed ends sewn. I had also heard a few…