My bag of socks: making of - Хотела ковер, вышла сумка

Hi all! Привет!

Из носков и вяжут коврики и сумки, делают игрушки (особенно обезьян и змей). Вязать я умею, а вот ткать... Надо было попробовать. Взялась  я за коврик, такой деревенский, чтоб подходил к одеялам.  Нарезала нитей из старого хлопкового трикотажа, натянула долевые нити на архаичную раму (ширму) и взялась за ткачество, точнее за плетение. 
После недель работы в жарком летнем ателье в тени дровяного сарая, когда я сняла работу с рамы, выяснилось, что нитки так стянулись (трикотаж, ведь), что вместо ковра, получился ... кусочек полотна. Собственно, который я и утилизировала на сумку....

    There is a thousand and a one way of upcycling socks. Just search on Inet and you will see a zillion of toys (monkeys and snakes are at the top), knitted rags and bags and mittens.

I got infected by the upcycling fever and decided to use the old jersey clothing to make a village rag to fit the village covers. Since knitting and crocheting is something I have already plenty done, I opted for weaving.

Please, do not think I have a loom! At least not yet.  I went for rather a prehistoric approach instead, using a frame (an old folding screen). I cut socks and pyjamas into (kilo-)meters of yarn and set the yarn onto the frame.




The weaving/pleating started, slowly, by hand: in front, behind, in front, behind....




My weaving workshop was set in the village. So I could work during holidays and weekends only. The fun lasted almost the whole hot summer.

The surprise waited me after I have dismounted the "rag" - it has badly shrunk!
Of course!   of course...... I should have thought about it before.... of course. It shrunk like a sock or any other type of jersey.
It has transformed itself into a tiny piece of "textile", which, given the sunny days I invested into it, just could not be thrown away.

The question was: how to upcycle the upcycled socks???
 ... this is how the bag was made

My +30 C workshop. Hey, summer, where are you?

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Kukliki