About the service
I run a small floor-loom studio and take on commissions for handwoven wool area rugs built to the exact footprint of a client's room, not trimmed from a standard bolt. Every project starts with a conversation about traffic patterns, existing furniture and colour palette, followed by a worked-out cartoon (the weft pattern drawn to scale) that you approve before a single thread goes on the loom.
Yarn is chosen for the job: a dense, tightly spun worsted wool for high-traffic hallways and entryways, a softer woollen-spun singles for a bedroom rug meant for bare feet. Where a client wants a colour that off-the-shelf yarn cannot match, I hand-dye small batches with acid dyes and card swatches for approval before committing a full skein count to the piece.
Warping is done under even, measured tension on a countermarch floor loom, sett calculated from the yarn's wraps-per-inch so the finished cloth beats down to the density a rug actually needs to survive foot traffic rather than the looser sett used for wall hangings or throws. Weft patterning ranges from plain weft-faced tabby in graduated stripes to rya-knot pile accents, rep-weave geometrics and soumak-outlined motifs, depending on the brief.
Every rug is finished with a proper selvedge and either a hemmed, whipped or braided edge binding sewn by hand, because a rug that isn't finished at the edges will fray and unravel within a season of use. I wet-finish and block each piece flat to its final dimensions before delivery so corners sit square and the rug lies flat on day one.
Typical turnaround is one to three weeks depending on size and pattern complexity, and I send progress photos from the loom at each major stage - warping, first inches of weft, and pre-finishing - so you can flag anything before it's woven in. Sizes from small accent rugs to room-filling pieces are all in scope; send your room dimensions and preferred palette to get a quote.
Yarn is chosen for the job: a dense, tightly spun worsted wool for high-traffic hallways and entryways, a softer woollen-spun singles for a bedroom rug meant for bare feet. Where a client wants a colour that off-the-shelf yarn cannot match, I hand-dye small batches with acid dyes and card swatches for approval before committing a full skein count to the piece.
Warping is done under even, measured tension on a countermarch floor loom, sett calculated from the yarn's wraps-per-inch so the finished cloth beats down to the density a rug actually needs to survive foot traffic rather than the looser sett used for wall hangings or throws. Weft patterning ranges from plain weft-faced tabby in graduated stripes to rya-knot pile accents, rep-weave geometrics and soumak-outlined motifs, depending on the brief.
Every rug is finished with a proper selvedge and either a hemmed, whipped or braided edge binding sewn by hand, because a rug that isn't finished at the edges will fray and unravel within a season of use. I wet-finish and block each piece flat to its final dimensions before delivery so corners sit square and the rug lies flat on day one.
Typical turnaround is one to three weeks depending on size and pattern complexity, and I send progress photos from the loom at each major stage - warping, first inches of weft, and pre-finishing - so you can flag anything before it's woven in. Sizes from small accent rugs to room-filling pieces are all in scope; send your room dimensions and preferred palette to get a quote.
