How To Make A Crochet Rug Out Of Sheets
I bought these sheets from value village.
How to make a crochet rug out of sheets. Turn over the work and on the underside weave the tail into the work weave it through the same coloured stitches and attach it properly with a needle and cotton thread using a few knots and stitches. Then stitch the lengths together to make one long string. To finish the rag rug simply complete the last round trim off the fabric yarn leaving a 6cm tail and then pull the fabric yarn through the loop on the crochet hook and pull to make a knot. Weaving braiding knotting and crochet are some of the ways to make a no sew rag rug.
If you don t have a sewing machine there are plenty of easy rag rug making techniques that don t require sewing. Using your ruler measure and cut 1 2 1 strips along the end of your sheet then start to rip the sheets into 1 wide strips continue until you have a pile of strips ready for crocheting you will get lots of thread strings when you rip the sheet. An increase is made by making 2 dc in a same stitch. Here are 7 ways to make a rag rug that can be used with both jersey or woven fabric.
Increases start on the second round. The first step to making rag rugs is turning your rags into yarn for crocheting. Then simply crochet as usual using a large size hook. Then maybe fold and stitch them so the frayed ends are inside.
I try to find queen or king sized flat sheets because they are the easiest to rip however sometimes i use smaller sheets fitted sheets or even duvet covers if i love the colour of the fabric. 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. Double crochet 6 and slip stitch the ends together. Begin to crochet in the round as usual by chaining 6 and slip stitching them together in a loop.
What i ll do is simply cut the sheets into strips about maybe 1 1 2 inches wide.