Diamonds and Bars Twill Rug

摘要

RECENTLY, A FRIEND GIFTED ME her multicolored stash of rug wool. After weaving three striped rugs in plain weave, I decided it was time to branch out. Looking for inspiration, I came across an article for a saddle blanket by Clotilde Barrett in the July 1976 issue of The Weaver's Journal. Barrett was born in Belgium in 1932 and moved to the United States in 1955. After coming here, she studied art, maintained a pottery studio, and received an MA degree from Northwestern University in 1967. In 1976, she started a quarterly journal for weavers, The Weaver's Journal, and published it for eight years. The saddle blanket pattern was published in the first issue of the magazine. While there was enough information in the original article to get started, plus a photo of the end result, it still took a lot of trial and error to finally get this project right!