Twisted Area Rugs are a great way to liven the country very cheaply and are a lot of fun to make.
I asked for twine bags because I do a lot of other fabric crafts and I had a lot of leftover fabric in different colors and sizes that I wanted to use. When I started making crochet rugs on the floor, I got completely hooked, they are so much fun to make.
Start by choosing a device you like. It can have a shape, it can be a solid color, it can be pieces, you can mix and match all the different fabrics, whatever you want. Almost any fabric will come out completely, so you’ll have a beautiful blanket when you’re finished.
Continue to the edge of each part of the crust that you are preparing using the attached area rug. Use scissors to cut the edge of the sheath about every 1½ inches to 2 inches all along one edge of the sheath for each fabric you plan to use.
Now cut your fabric into the individual cuts you just made. I just grab and pull, and they tear all the way from the shelvage to the edge of the shelvage. If you have children, it is a great idea to help them. While you are holding on to the greater part, have the child grab one of the cut pieces and then walk away or run away from you as you cry. My kids thought this was so funny!
Now you will start inward. Choose two pieces that are about the same size. On one page, find a place about a third of the way from the very end and fold it there. Take the second part, and place one end in the one where you folded it, so that you now have three parts hanging from the three lengths. Then start from the outside, right side over the center, left side over the new center, right side over the center, left side over the new center, over and over again. Like you with three strands braiding.
When you get to the end of each beach, you add a new part. When there is an inch or two left, just knit the new piece and the old piece and press them together to make the next two alternations stay together until they are woven into the braid. What you set up with three different lengths is that you don’t have to try to replace all three when they run at the same time. They all run erratically at different times. It would be easier to work with
Continue adding new pieces until you get to the end of the old one, until you run out of fabric. You can add the pieces in any order, it doesn’t matter which colors come first, or if you use the same three colors every time. It will come out interesting and beautiful anyway.
When you get to the end of your fabric and don’t want to add any more pieces, use a hand needle to run a few stitches through the end only, so you don’t sew while you work. Then start using the end, on the fold four to six inches, so that the grid is still facing upwards, but lay the braid 4 to 6 inches together. Use a needle and thread to make a twist stitch and pass between the two of them and fasten them so that the two pieces are close together (with the very long tail dropped from fragments).
Using the very long braids you still have at the end tie around the two sections that you have already glued together, and then sew them in place, making sure that you want it to be tight so that the hair falls. directly against each other. When you reach the end, go around the corner and continue to the other side.
Continue to braid the new oval shape you made. Go round and round in this way until you run out of braid. When you reach the end of your section of braided-rugs use a few extra stitches just to close that end and hold in at the end of your place, the mantle.
These directions were designed for an oval quilt. If you prefer a different shape, you simply need to start a little differently in the center. Instead of taking 4 to 6 inches and laying them next to each other, you may want to start with another shape. For example, you immediately start dating in a circle and go out with the circle. Another option is to twist those first two fingers into a heart shape so that the scarf ends up in the shape of a big heart. Be creative and you can come up with plenty of other geometric shapes that will work together.
Your new rug will be area washable and dryable just like the cloth it is made from. If you’ve used old clothes to pull out the original cloths, you can expect your rug to be no less washable on the floor than the clothes it’s made from.
This is a great way to recycle odd pieces of fabric and leftover clothing into something fun and useful for your home. .
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