Rag Rug Basics
Techniques booklet includes step by step instructions and photos.
Rag rug basics. Knot 3 strips together at the top then braid the strips crossing the left and right over the middle repeatedly. Then i re read the little house books and read the bit about braided rugs so i looked up how to make them. That s how i found your website. Cut your fabric into strips and either sew or knot those strips together into a longer strip used as yarn crochet rag rugs are a popular way to recycle old material but you can also purchase yarn to these rugs if you don t have anything you can use on hand.
Take old fabric turn it into yarn and make yourself a new floor rug. I made a rag rug with a piece of hessian and strips of fabric looked great when i finished but took months and was so much work i got tennis elbow. There are a lot of great diy tutorials out there for designing and creating your own scrap fabric rag rug designs. Rag rug instructions for making an oval.
In order for this to lay flat you have to add a stitch or two at the curved ends as needed. I hope you enjoy learning how to weave a rag rug using scrap fabrics sheets curtains flannel etc. This is an easy to follow step by step tutorial of all you need to know thanks to rag rug jedi master jenni stuart anderson. Periodically lay the rug on the floor to make sure it lays flat.
The first step to making rag rugs is turning your rags into yarn for crocheting. Now if you glazed over the videos because you know the basics of crochet then let s get back to the rug. So let s get to it. Start with the chain of the length you need and then turn crochet to the beginning of the chain and back up the other side going around and around.
If not add a few more basic stitches at each turn. Swedish rag rugs also called toothbrush rugs look like traditional american. Latch hook the introductory tool used for the main rag rug techniques rag rug gauge a time and effort saving tool to make cutting up your fabric pieces that little bit easier 100 x 60cm hemmed rug hessian the perfect weave for rag rugging 10 holes per inch it comes pre hemmed so you can rag rug straight away. Rag rugging aka progging is an easy rough and ready craft that was handed down by our great grandmothers.
Scrap rag rugs make easy rug weaving projects. Continue adding strips to your braid by cutting a slit into the end of one strip and slicing another slit into the beginning of the new strip.