Friday, July 23, 2010

Rag Rug Time




It is summer and the one thing I love about summer is color. Everything is so green and beautiful. It is so hard to be in a bad mood when the world is blossoming.

Another thing I love about summer is the time I have to crochet. I have just started to get into making rugs. My Doily Rug just sold and in honor of that I felt like I really had to replace it.

So I sat down and made some Rag yarn.
I made my rag rug yarn and here is what it looks like:I used a twin sheet to get enough yarn to crochet about 3/4 of the way through my rug.
  • I would suggest to buy up a few sheets that coordinate. It is better to have too much than too little.
Crochet Rag Rug

Use S Hook.
  1. make magic circle, hdc 8 into ring, join, ch 1.
  2. 2 hdc in each stitch around, join, ch 1.
  3. *2 hdc in next stitch, 1 hdc in next* repeat around, join, ch 1.
  4. *2 hdc in next stitch, 2 hdc in next* repeat around, join, ch 1.
  5. *2 hdc in next stitch, 3 hdc in next* repeat around, join, ch 1.
  6. *2 hdc in next stitch, 4 hdc in next* repeat around, join, ch 1.
  7. *2 hdc in next stitch, 5 hdc in next* repeat around, join, ch 1.
  8. *2 hdc in next stitch, 6 hdc in next* repeat around, join, ch 1.
  • By now you should be seeing a pattern. You continue to increase until you get a rug the size you want.
  • If your rug starts to get wavy unravel a row and skip to the next row (example: if on row 5 my rug starts to get wavy I would unravel and instead crochet row 6)
It is as easy as that! Enjoy your rug!

2 comments:

  1. I love your rug. Absolutely beautiful. I've been searching for ways to create rag rugs without knowing how to crochet. I guess it's time to look for a class in town. Thanks for the inspiration.

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  2. This rug is perfect for the summer season, because of its style and its colors, too! If I have time, maybe I'll try doing this for our newly-renovated kitchen. Here in our home, we try to practice having it mess-free, most especially our carpeted floors. But I'm not that good in cleaning so, I always go here in Arlington Heights carpet cleaning shop and let them clean our rugs and floors.

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