Rag Rugs and other Hand-wovens

Everyone has a dream....Crazy as a Loom Weaving Studio is mine. In a historic 1790 home located in the little hamlet of Kingsbury,NY, I have found my passion. I originally purchased the house for a place to set up all my antique looms. At some point, bringing the house back to life and the dream to weave became so entangled, I couldn't tell them apart. I no longer knew where one ended and the other began...they became inseparable,interwoven..
Now the entire downstairs and some of the upstairs is creative space for weaving and fiber arts. Here I pursue the art of weaving rag rugs and other hand wovens. My mission is to handcraft my work in the spirit of recycling.

I utilize leftover products of the textile industry, old blue jeans, and millends to make functional, durable, and beautiful floor coverings. Fabric remnants are used to make fashionable rag bags..

There is no mystery, no secret pattern.....just the rhythmic sound of old looms doing their jobs, treadles to the floor, harnesses raised, beaters packing the weft. In the words of Thoreau, I have met with success unexpected in common hours.

Hilary Cooper-Kenny