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Article: Brunswick, Md., rug maker to give talk on hooked rugs.
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- Frederick News-Post
- Article date:
- January 19, 2007
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Byline: Karen Gardner
Jan. 19--BRUNSWICK -- Jean Tynan creates hooked rugs, soft, colorful and durable enough to last for generations.
Tynan buys bolts of wool and dyes the fabric red, blue, green, beige and more, to create the colors that give her rugs definition. But the hues she creates are not all the same, and she likes it that way.
"I use a dye spoon, and you will have a different amount each time," she said. "That's what makes it interesting. It isn't vat dyed."
One red might be paler than the next. These fluctuations, called abrashes, give rugs a handmade look, she said. They are frequently seen in Oriental rugs, but are common ...