Rug Along

[Jimmie Lu]

Anyone wanna do a rug? I want to try it and I have rolls of mill ends (material strips used for binding) So anyone wanna join me?

 

http://crochet.about.com/library/weekly/aa100299.htm?nl=1

http://donnascrochetdesignstheblog.blogspot.com/2007/01/country-green-granny-square-rug.html

http://members.optusnet.com.au/we2/rusticmat.html

 

http://www.jpfun.com/patterns/14misc/doormat.shtml

http://www.anniesattic.com/stitches/crochet/patterns/pdfs/scrap_yarn_rug.pdf

[crafterjackie]

OOH! I am so wanting to join this! I have always wanted to crochet a rug and two of the patterns you have listed - the rustic rug and the Annie's Attic pattern would look great in my house, but I am so busy right now. What to do? :thinking

 

Oh well, what is it going to hurt to join one more CAL. It may take me awhile to complete it, but I am going to do it I will have to get my wool together on Sunday and start sometime next week.

[scc51055]

this just might be fun!

[cancrochet]

I may have to join in on this one. I started the Annie's Attic rug last year, but I've never taken the time to finish it. I will have to work on that one for this CAL and see if I can finally get it done!

 

Candy

[Jimmie Lu]

Well Candy a CAl is just what you need to get r done!!!

[tattingchicken]

I too would like to join!!! I have a 4 totes of yarn to bust through!!

[Adriann]

Anyone making fabric strips from old sheets, etc. to do this? I would like to try this but don't want to sew all the strips together. I was thinking of knotting them (a "rustic" look is ok with me) or I wonder if I can just overlap them as I crochet. Any ideas?

[cancrochet]

This is what I have so far on my rug. It's from the Annie's Attic pattern. I started this one at least a year ago, and hope to finish it soon with this CAL!

 

Candy

 

[crafterjackie]

Candy, Your rug looks great. Guess I am going to have to do that one too! I didn't get a chance to get my wool together over the weekend like I planned, but I intend to do that this morning, so I better get going now.

[cancrochet]

Thank you, Jackie! I did get one more strip done this weekend, so I'm half way done with this rug. The strips really work up fast too, so this is a really quick rug to make.

 

Candy

[lhasaapsolady]

ooh yeah, I just got that antique crochet book with rugs in it, and am itching to do one, now's the perfect time.

[crafterjackie]

Well, I started my Annie's Attic rug yesterday and have already completed 1 strip. Candy, you are right, this rug does work up pretty quickly. I used black for my neutral color and it is looking good so far.

 

I want to use the rug in my entrancway. Seems like everyone takes their shoes off right as they come in the door and my wall-to-wall carpet gets mud and dirt on it. This will help protect it.

 

I will try and get a picture of what I have done so far tomorrow it I have time.

[cancrochet]

Jackie, I'm looking forward to seeing your rug pictures. Isn't the Annie's rug pattern fun to do? I haven't had time this week to work on mine, but I'm going to pull it out again this weekend for sure and see how far I can get with it.

 

Candy

[crafterjackie]

Hi Everyone, My computer crashed last week and I have been waiting for it to get fixed. Finally I am back on line. I did complete 4 rows of my Annie's Attic rug and have started the fifth. It is really coming along quickly. I will try and get a picture online, but I can't seem to locate my granddaughter's camera. I will have to ask her where she put it.

[slicer]

Count me in, I've been wanting to make a rug for my friend since December, so not it is time! Gotta get some yarn for it though...that might take a few days.

[lhasaapsolady]

Here is one of the rugs I did out of Grandmother Clarks Rag Rugs. This one I did out of Red heart yarn and is called the Colonial Rug. I also have one from this book started with rag strips, will post a pic of that one when it is finished.

 

[Krystal16]

I didn't realize this CAL was going... I just started and finished a rag rug the last couple of days (I got a little obsessive about it...) Just some old sheets ripped up and sc together in something of a rectangle.

 

[lhasaapsolady]

Krystal, that looks great, can't wait to see some of the others.

[furball1234]

Krystal, that looks great, can't wait to see some of the others.

 

 

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LETTING ME KNOW ABOUT THIS THREAD, NOW I FOUND A HOME. Here is what I'm working on.

 

[furball1234]

I didn't realize this CAL was going... I just started and finished a rag rug the last couple of days (I got a little obsessive about it...) Just some old sheets ripped up and sc together in something of a rectangle.

 

 

 

Krystal How did you make your rug look so tight? Mine you can see the floor below it.

[fiddleyarn]

Anyone making fabric strips from old sheets, etc. to do this? I would like to try this but don't want to sew all the strips together. I was thinking of knotting them (a "rustic" look is ok with me) or I wonder if I can just overlap them as I crochet. Any ideas?

 

When I was a kid (a bazillion or so years ago) a great Aunt used to come and visit. She always did rugs from fabric strips. I used to sew the strips for her on my Mom's old treadle sewing machine. Here's how she had me sew them:

Overlap the ends of 2 long strips at a right angle.

Sew across on a diagonal. (The seam is diagonal so the attached strips are straight - hope that makes sense)

Don't cut the sewing thread, just find the other end of the strip and attach the next strip in the same way.

When you have a bunch sewn, you can cut the threads between the joins.

Wish I could show you, it's not as hard as it sounds!

 

Oh, and my Auntie's rugs lasted for years and years! She made some oval, some round, and my favorite, a ripple.

[Krystal16]

Sue - I don't know! No, seriously - I just sc all the way around, used strips and a P hook.

 

Adriann - I didn't sew my strips. I just overlapped them about 4" at every join. IT's thicker there, and harder to work, but it was fine with me. I have some "loose flaps" where a corner of a strip has popped out here and there, so I just trimmed those.

[furball1234]

I'm done with my rug!

[vonnie]

All of your rugs look great. I made a "porch doily" a few years ago out of macramé yarn and have lots more and wanted to make another one, would that count as a rug to join the CAL? It is really hard to crochet and uses a J hook.......but I wanted to make another maybe this is the boast I need...

[debintmns]

You inspired me to start and I started when no one had answer yet. and I am half done with it. I am doing the canon Cotton twists and the rug called Bernat Handicraft Cotton Twist Rug. I love the color and the way if feels. And i am impress with the pattern it looks very professional. Will post picture a little later.