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"Ripped" about Rep (Lecture)

Spokane Handweavers’ Guild

The Hook and Needle Nook
1508 North Monroe Street, Spokane, WA
Thursday, March 28, 2019 – 7:00 PM

This photographic overview documents both the design process and the practical details of the weave structure known as warp-faced rep, oftentimes referred to by the Swedish word for rep, mat or ripsmatta.  See how curves from nature—a wren, a crow, a leaf, a frozen river seen from an airplane window—inspire the creation of colorful wall hangings and rugs.