snipped-for-privacy@actcom.co.il says...
>> I have a very open mesh cmavas meant to make Floor rugs , but i have
>> mo intention of making rugs , thus i started to play with xst patterns
>> using torn cloth and knitting cottons , ......
>> it is growing into a nice artwork ..
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> You started the wheels turning. When a local shop went out of business several
> years ago, I bought a piece of mesh large enough for a rug, a latch hook tool
> and several packages of threads.
>
> I like the idea of a rag/scrap rug. I'm at a loss how to work with a really > big
> piece of mesh. I'm not sure if I can even reach the center without folding a > side.
What about rolling the sides in, as quilters (like me) do when starting to quilt a piece too large for the machine. I roll up the side and use old fashioned bicycle clips to hold the roll of spare fabric out of the way. Fabric and quilt shops sell them - they sort of look like a slightly squashed circle, whose ends meet but aren't joined - the ends are usually folded back. The metal is flexible, about 1/2-3/4" flat piece - meant to hold your pants leg up so it doesn't get caught in the chain....
I bet that would work. It's better than using big binder clips.
> Any and all advice would be appreciated.
No advice, but I like using the rug mesh for teaching anything really complicated - like to show needleweaving. Or intricate filling stitches. It's big enough to weave with NP weight yarn, and the students can see it clearly, and I'm not stumbling doing it - or so I like to think.
Ellice