You ll only need one or two old t shirts some scissors to cut up your yarn with and a large crochet hook.
Make rag rugs crochet.
Another thing unique to rag rugs versus normal crochet your balls aren t one continuous strand.
Can you imagine how cool it would look in our living room or any room in general.
You don t have to sew them together there s an easy solution.
An easy rag rug diy project that works up very quickly.
So follow these free crochet patterns and learn how to make a rug for your home.
This finger crochet rag rug method is brilliant because it is tool free you don t even need a crochet hook to do it.
If you re handy with a crochet hook already you ll find this project both straightforward and very rewarding.
Crochet rag rug with fabric scraps.
Sustain my craft habit has some great links to step by step instructions for both the finger crochet technique and how to prepare your t shirt scraps into t shirt yarn.
The rug is small but its visual impact is dramatic thanks to the vibrant colors.
It has many colors and the best part is that it s made out of scraps.
This is a great way to use up old fabric from worn clothing vintage cloths or other sources of fabric items which are looking a bit tatty.
You cut a small slit in the end of a strip then thread the beginning of the next strip through the slit and fold it over hopefully you can see how in the pictures on.
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.
Free crochet rag rug pattern.
Crochet a rag rug from old t shirts.
The finished rug typically measures about 23 inches wide by 18 inches high.
Here s a pattern that will keep you staring at it for very long trying to understand what s going on.
Crocheting a round rag rug is as simple as can be.
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.
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.
How unique is this beautiful crochet rag rug pattern.
The first step to making rag rugs is turning your rags into yarn for crocheting.
Only basic crochet skills are required to make this handy mat.
7 ways to make rag rugs 1.
If you want to make your crochet rag rug bigger you can crochet a longer starting chain adding multiples of four stitches.