FINALLY I have finished the rug. Actually it has been finished for a while but I was having trouble taking a good picture of it. I must have taken over 50 photos but I just can’t get the camera to cature the lustrious color and texture. I just absolutely adore this yarn, raliwool. It is great to work with and really shows the benefit of the double knit.

Ok here’s another shot….

This is the rug we showed on QVC. It was really a quick shot as we tried to get a lot of samples in.

It feels  really good to be back home.  On-air presentations  are  very trying and exhausting!! I get so nervous and worked up and I am not even the one that goes on air. That’s Pat. She always does a good job, a true expert with the knitting board. But that place is so crazy and you never know who is going to be watching. It takes me about a week to recover. Now I am back and will be writing in our blog more often.  

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First Rug with Rali Wool

I have been working on my first rug with the Rali Wool and I wanted to show some photos of the progress. There are so many options of design that I could incorporate into the rug.  But, I decided to start rather simple and see how it goes.  Actually part of the fun is designing as you go along. I am using the Rali wool -Spring  for the frame and the Blue Midnight  for the base color. The stripe is knit in Sunset. I am pondering the idea of adding another narrow stripe of color, but there are so many awesome colors it’s hard to decide.  I’m using the 28″ knitting board and the rug will be approximately 32″ wide using 82pins of the board.

Some tips in creating the frame around the base color:

• Use 2 seperate skeins. Don’t tie in color.
• When you are ready to change colors just twist yarn around the other color just to attach the yarns together. Otherwise you will be creating 2 stripes that aren’t attached. (photo below)

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It’s Finally Here!!

Such great names and so much fun just seeing what everyone came up with. We really had a tough time selecting a name.

Thank you so much, everyone  who participated. We may consider some of the names for future use with some other yarns.  

This particular yarn has been tested  using several different fibers for durability, softness and endurance.

 

We decided on a  wool and mohair combination because of it’s great sturdiness and hand, and the results  of hand-dying are so beautiful. We worked with the tightness of the twist so that it would be soft, yet firm, and  would hold up well as rug yarn.

We thouhgt the name should be something short and catchy.  

So here are the runners up:

“Stonewall” by Dora Renee Wilkerson

“Woolybully” by Michelle Barbour

“Barefoot” by Kristin

“Shannandoah” by Faith

“Woodlands” by Faith  

“Praire” by Kim Cypers

All runners up will recieve 10% off first yarn purchase. Please email kim@knittingboard.com for your discount number for ordering.

We actually were inspired by 2 names that helped us come up with our new name. These were “Rugbee” by Evelyn Ayre and “MoWool” by Rita Miller. They will recieve 2 skeins of the new yarn.

Congratulations to all our winners!

So we kind of combined these to form a new word that means: A great rug yarn that is soft, durable, warm and very cozy -

Raliwool          

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WOW! I can’t believe all the ideas!

     JUPITER says HI!

Thank you so much!!!!!!! I wasn’t sure if anyone would post. But I was overwelmed with the help. That’s what ‘s so great about the internet, it really is a great medium where we knitters can all come together and  share ideas and grow in knowledge. Cool.

It is a difficult task coming up with a name. There is so much to a name and I want it to be significant with  some underlining meaning. You guys are sure making it hard for me to choose – SUCH GREAT IDEAS!  I will be making a decision in the next week. So if you have any new inspirations,  let me know.

OK Yarn Progress: I have to say a little slow. I have hit some snags. I was planning to have it ready by the 1st of October now it looks more like the middle of the month. It just takes time analyzing all the samples. I want it to be perfect.

I will be out of town this week working on the yarn but I will try to get to my computer every so often to answer emails and questions.

Talk again soon.

Kim  

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Contest to name our RUG YARN!

We are looking for a name for our new bulky rug yarn. And we thought it would be kind of fun to make a contest out of it.The yarn is mohair/wool and will be offered in beautiful fall colors.

If we choose your name idea, you will recieve 2 SKEINS OF THE NEW YARN, your choice of color.    

Please put your name ideas in  ”Comments”  

It will be so interesting to see what you come up with. Good luck!  

Thank you, Kim

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Working on rugs

Many of you have been asking about our  plan for rugs. Yes, it is definately coming!  It takes a long time to develope a new yarn as we are finding out. We have finally recieved our sample from the manufacturer and it needs a little tweaking. But here’s a glimpse of the raw yarn.

It is mohair and wool, bulky with a little shimmer, and  very sturdy for rugs. I  love the new colors – beautiful fall tones. We will be starting out with about 12 colors, initially showing the first 4 colors on the site HOPEFULLY by the end of the month. I can’t wait to see the final yarn.  As soon as we have it, we will immediately have it on the website.  Since we buy direct from manufacturer we will be able to offer great prices.    

Here is a rug started on the knitting board.

IT IS NOT THE RUG YARN, but   it gives you an idea of the look and thickness you can achieve.

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