sunshine cotton rugs

Warp: 2.5 yards in 8/4 natural cotton (subbed double strands of 8/2 cotton for part of it)

-- 6 EPI (1-1-1-0 on 8-reed)

-- 132 ends

Weft: cotton rug yarn in colors Butter, Yellow, Maize, Peach, Golden Orange, Orange

 Plain weave

Several rows woven plain weave w/ warp thread at beginning and end

First rug (small stripes): 28 stripes, each 1.5” wide (7 rows)

Finished size:  46 ½” x 21 ¼”

I loved weaving these functional pieces, but I needed to purchase a sled shuttle to accommodate the bulky weft yarn. I had to beat each pick multiple times, with a lot of force - seemed a little hard on my tiny loom! I don’t like them finished with fringe, but the cotton rug yarn makes it difficult to weave the fringe ends back into the rug. No wet blocking necessary. This is as wide as my loom will accommodate - but if I had a 36” loom . . .