From fabric strips to completed rugs - it's all in the twist!Traditional crafting and green crafting come together with impressive results in "Twist & Twine." Author Bobbie Irwin guides you through the age-old art of rug twining to create beautiful, durable objects for your home, all with strips of new or recycled fabric. You'll begin with a twining sampler to learn the basic methods you'll need to make rugs, baskets, placemats, even a photo album. Clearly presented techniques and project instructions include color diagrams and photos. Learn to make your own twining frames, and discover nonframe projects that use boxes, cardboard tubes and bowls as forms for twining.In "Twist & Twine" you'll get: an illustrated guide to twining methodsdetailed instructions for 7 rugs and 11 home decor items created with a variety of techniques and loomsthorough discussions of fabric - new or recycled - to use for warps and weftsa review of twining equipment, including instructions for constructing looms and frameslists of twining references and resourcesAbout the Author: Bobbie Irwin has been enjoying a 30-year career in fiber arts. She began weaving in 1973, spinning since 1982, and teaching fiber and textile topics since 1976. She has taught internationally since 1985, and she has exhibited her twined fabric art in national shows.