The Art of Weaving

Checking and removing your weave from the loom

with MARIA SIGMA — Award-winning textile designer

Lesson 22 of 36

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After spending hours crafting your beautiful rag rug, it’s now time to do the final checks and detach it from the loom to see it in all its glory.

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Checking & Removing Your Weave from the Loom

We have spent hours crafting your beautiful rag rug, and it's now time to do the final checks and detach it from the loom so that we can see it in all its glory.

Final Steps

STEP 1: Once you have completed weaving your rag rug, don't forget to weave your final row of warp lines at the top of the piece to secure and strengthen it.

STEP 2: Just as you did with your sample, you can now cut the piece off the loom, keeping the warp strings as long as possible so it's easier for you to knot them.

If you need a reminder about any of these techniques, revisit lessons 8 and 9.

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Maria Sigma

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Maria Sigma

Award-winning textile designer

Maria Sigma is an award-winning Greek textiles designer and weaver specialising in ethical hand-woven textiles for interiors. Maria’s work - inspired by a traditional Greek Cycladic crocheted lace pattern - celebrates 'zero waste' design and a slow-making ethic, combining a contemporary approach of traditional weaving techniques with a focus on raw natural materials and texture. Maria has collaborated with a long list of exceptional interior designers, architects, galleries, fashion and furniture brands, including Susie Atkinson, Hauser & Wirth, Soho House, The New Craftsman, Anthropologie and Toast. She also teaches regular ‘weaving from waste’ workshops across London and has authored a book on the subject entitled, Weaving: the Art of Sustainable Textile Creation.

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