Thousand Flower Farm is located on Waldron Island in the San Juan Islands of Washington State. We grow vegetables, fruit, and flowers, raise sheep, weave rugs and knit hats for sale mainly in Friday Harbor, WA on nearby San Juan Island.
I did another series of what I call rainbow rugs in this last bunch of rag rugs. They consist of 9 colors, blue, blue purple, red purple, red, orange, yellow, yellow green, green and blue green woven in double binding. In the past I have used cotton/poly sheet material for these but this year I found 8 of the colors in flannel sheets. I ended up dyeing the yellow. There just doesn't seem to be a lot of yellow flannel sheets around. Actually I was surprised to find a whole set in orange. I set up the loom to do 7 rugs on a warp so I played with various ways of using the 9 colors. This one is made with small blocks. In both I used a navy fabric to set off the brighter colors. I am very happy with this series. Now to see if I can collect enough of the colors to do it again.
I did another series of what I call rainbow rugs in this last bunch of rag rugs. They consist of 9 colors, blue, blue purple, red purple, red, orange, yellow, yellow green, green and blue green woven in double binding. In the past I have used cotton/poly sheet material for these but this year I found 8 of the colors in flannel sheets. I ended up dyeing the yellow. There just doesn't seem to be a lot of yellow flannel sheets around. Actually I was surprised to find a whole set in orange.
I set up the loom to do 7 rugs on a warp so I played with various ways of using the 9 colors. This one is made with small blocks. In both I used a navy fabric to set off the brighter colors. I am very happy with this series. Now to see if I can collect enough of the colors to do it again.
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