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KarenInTheWoods

The Loom-A-Tic Workshop by Fiber Artist KarenInTheWoods

Oconto, Wisconsin
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Announcement    Keeping with traditional methods of "making do" and plain old-fashioned recycling, KarenInTheWoods uses the skills & handcrafting of the Olde World, using vintage rug looms.

Please note the quality and skill in the rugs & handwoven items that are lovingly turned out. Luscious wools and yarns are carefully selected and created into the one-of-a-kind woven items and cozy warm homemade knit socks.

www.kareninthewoods.com

Announcement

Keeping with traditional methods of "making do" and plain old-fashioned recycling, KarenInTheWoods uses the skills & handcrafting of the Olde World, using vintage rug looms.

Please note the quality and skill in the rugs & handwoven items that are lovingly turned out. Luscious wools and yarns are carefully selected and created into the one-of-a-kind woven items and cozy warm homemade knit socks.

www.kareninthewoods.com

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Handwoven Rug --- Wisconsin Countryside Farmhouse -- 82 x 35

Handwoven Rug --- Wisconsin Countryside Farmhouse -- 82 x 35

$82.00

Hearty Homestead Hat - thick handknit hats with double layered hem brim - MEDIUM

Hearty Homestead Hat - thick handknit hats with double layered hem brim - MEDIUM

$10.00

Hearty Homestead Hat - thick handknit hats with double layered hem brim - MEDIUM

Hearty Homestead Hat - thick handknit hats with double layered hem brim - MEDIUM

$10.00

Hearty Homestead Hat - thick handknit hats with double layered hem brim - MEDIUM

Hearty Homestead Hat - thick handknit hats with double layered hem brim - MEDIUM

$10.00

Silly Stripes socks --- wool socks --- MEDIUM

Silly Stripes socks --- wool socks --- MEDIUM

$22.00

Frosty Blue Skies - made with washable acrylic yarn --- MEDIUM

Frosty Blue Skies - made with washable acrylic yarn --- MEDIUM

$22.00

Frosty Blue Skies - made with washable acrylic yarn --- LARGE

Frosty Blue Skies - made with washable acrylic yarn --- LARGE

$22.00

Handwoven Rug --- Summer Skies and Clouds Rug -- 42 x 33

Handwoven Rug --- Summer Skies and Clouds Rug -- 42 x 33

$42.00

AUTUMN COLORS Socks --- washable acrylic nonallergenic -- SMALL

AUTUMN COLORS Socks --- washable acrylic nonallergenic -- SMALL

$22.00

Coffee Break - Homemade Quilt - QUEEN size - 84 x 96 ~FREE SHIPPING~

Coffee Break - Homemade Quilt - QUEEN size - 84 x 96 ~FREE SHIPPING~

$495.00 FREE shipping

Instructional DVD --- WEAVING - How to Warp a Sectional Loom --- self-produced and self-distributed

Instructional DVD --- WEAVING - How to Warp a Sectional Loom --- self-produced and self-distributed

$20.00

Handwoven - What is Black and White and Red All Over - 25x32

Handwoven - What is Black and White and Red All Over - 25x32

$25.00

Handwoven Rug --- Back to the 70's --- 32x44

Handwoven Rug --- Back to the 70's --- 32x44

$44.00

Purple Boot Socks - made with washable acrylic yarn --- LARGE

Purple Boot Socks - made with washable acrylic yarn --- LARGE

$22.00

Handwoven Rug --- Back to the 70's --- 32x44

Handwoven Rug --- Back to the 70's --- 32x44

$44.00

Instructional DVD --- How to Make a Hem Topped Sock on a Circular Sockknitting Machine --- self-produced and self-distributed

Instructional DVD --- How to Make a Hem Topped Sock on a Circular Sockknitting Machine --- self-produced and self-distributed

$20.00

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About KarenInTheWoods

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  • The main tools of my weaving studio, two antique Newcomb Studio Rug looms, both heavy and solid to beat firm rugs.
  • Using recycled product in my rugs to create new textures and styles. These are sock loopers, waste from a sock factory.
  • Adding the heavy duty rug warp to the looms takes a bit of skill, a lot of patience and a good dash of creativity.
  • Sometimes the creation of rugs can be a bit messy. Preparing rag strips is time consuming and necessary for good rugs.
  • The necessary tools of the job are prepared before I can even start to weave the rugs.

Weaver, Spinner and Knitter, all rolled into one

When I was a child of 10, I belonged to a 4-H group which toured nursing homes in Wisconsin, to entertain elderly residents with singing German Folk Songs to them.

Afterwards, we were to be “congenial” and visit with the audience. I wandered over to the corner of a community room where three women were working with some big contraption. They swooped me up and plunked me down on the bench. I was allowed to sit and help bang the beater back as they made rag rugs! That was it,
I was ADDICTED!

This weaving thing made such an impression on me. I went home and drove bunches of nails into a picture frame to make myself a loom. I fondly remember unraveling my brother’s favorite knit sweater to get enough yarn for weaving.

Always a fiber nut, I crocheted and sewed and cross-stitched and crafted all of my young adult life. But it was many years later for those creative weaving seeds to nurture and grow.

I have a marvelous husband to foster and support my creative needs, helping to refurbish my looms and he also builds my necessary weaving stuff!

I have a lovely little studio in a 100 year old National Folk Farmhouse near a tiny town in Wisconsin. My weaving creations flow off of my looms while I think of what I want to weave next.---- I am —– KarenInTheWoods.

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  • KarenInTheWoods

    Owner, Maker, Designer

    While on the road, I create my handwoven and knitted items. I am a weaver, spinner, and knitter of socks with an antique sockknitting machine.

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