How To Make A Four Strand Braided Rug
The entire rug is made with a 4 strand braid tucked into itself.
How to make a four strand braided rug. 2 king sized bedsheets cut and ripped into strips. The result is a white durable hand woven rug with visible knots and fraying thread that to me makes this rug even more special. Select three strips of fabric of different lengths very important. When making a rug this is quite a slow process as the braid is likely to be fairly thin and the coils may seem to be endless.
For this problem there is a solution. Follow these tips for your handmade braided rug and use grandma s four strand braid and interlocking method to cut down on the amount of sewing necessary to finish your oval braided rug. In order to make the woven rug shown in the top picture look up four strand braided rag rugs i make them using a four strand braid where you loup the fourth strand into the previous row. Start a basic three strand braid image 2.
Hand stitch the ends of these three strips of fabric together.