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<p>[QUOTE="gregsglass, post: 338601, member: 78"]Hi,</p><p> Setting up the loom took about an hour. tearing all the "rags" into strips took about 5 hours(all were about 1 inch in width). weaving them into the loom strings took about a week or so. perhaps a hour a day or less. tieing off the edges about an hour. I have no idea how long it used to take Gram making rugs. There had to be perhaps 10 or 11 hours longer to the day back then.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/rolleyes.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/rolleyes.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/rolleyes.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" />. Mine now goes into the washing machine about every three weeks. Hanging over the shower rod to dry. It is nice and soft now. The cats loved to roll it up in a pile and hide under it.</p><p>greg[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="gregsglass, post: 338601, member: 78"]Hi, Setting up the loom took about an hour. tearing all the "rags" into strips took about 5 hours(all were about 1 inch in width). weaving them into the loom strings took about a week or so. perhaps a hour a day or less. tieing off the edges about an hour. I have no idea how long it used to take Gram making rugs. There had to be perhaps 10 or 11 hours longer to the day back then.:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:. Mine now goes into the washing machine about every three weeks. Hanging over the shower rod to dry. It is nice and soft now. The cats loved to roll it up in a pile and hide under it. greg[/QUOTE]
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