28 Colorful Designs for Crafters of Every Level Karen Tiede

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Rugs from Rags

KAREN TIEDE markets her rug designs online at www.rugsfromrags.com. In addition to teaching and doing her own design work, she is a weaver and woodcarver. Tiede lives in Moncure, North Carolina.

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ISBN 978-1-61212-448-3

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Take your knitting skills in an exciting new direction!

Colorful strips of recycled fabric are given new life in 28 fabulous accent rugs that you can make with large knitting needles and Karen Tiedes step-by-step instructions. Inspired by classic design motifs, Tiedes creations are bursting with color and style. Whether you enjoy their softness underfoot or display your handmade pieces on the wall, these rugs are stunning

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Edited by Gwen SteegeArt direction and book design by Alethea MorrisonText production by Jennifer Jepson Smith

Cover photography by Kip Dawkins Photography, except for Charles Gupton (author) and Mars Vilaubi (inside front cover)

Interior photography by Kip Dawkins Photography, except for: Kimberley Coole/Getty Images, 29; Mars Vilaubi, 33, 61, 75, 93, 101 (bottom), 116, 123, 128 (bottom), 135, 146 (top), 167; raciro/iStockphoto.com, 55 (left)

Photo styling by Neely DykshornIllustrations by Alethea Morrison, except: Moses Harris, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons 11Charts by Ilona SherrattIndexed by Nancy D. Wood

2015 Karen Tiede

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Knitting Fabric RugsThis is an excerpt from

AVA I L A B L E J U LY 2 0 1 5

ContentsKnitted Rugs: The Backstory1

CHAPTER 1

Materials: The Heart of a Fabric Rug7

CHAPTER 2

Color! Rules of Thumb27

CHAPTER 3

Process: Rug-Making Nuts and Bolts37

CHAPTER 4

Earn Your Stripes49

CHAPTER 5

Tantalizing Tessellations83

CHAPTER 6

Log Cabin Designs and Beyond95

CHAPTER 7

Spirited Spirals137

CHAPTER 8

Inspiration: Going Free-Form159

TWEEDY RED STRIPES51

ARTISTS SKETCHBOOK

Once I finished Brown and Gray Spiraling Square, I couldnt help but wonder what would happen if a spiraling square started with both light colors in the middle. The result was Green and Purple Spiraling Square, a rug in eight shades, from dark to light. The sketch at lower right shows how I tested the color shift to see how the different shades would align. I wanted to know where the dark would end up, based on how the

colors started in the center of the rug. As it turned out, starting with lights in the middle resulted in a dark border all the way around the rug, which I liked.

The rug was big enough that I let the four corners end on their knitted diagonal, rather than knitting triangles to finish the rug to square.

128LOG CABIN DESIGNS AND BEYOND

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