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)
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
