Crocheting a Rug from Fabric

  One of the gifts I made for this past Christmas was a rug from fabric.  I really enJOYed making it, but man I did not like how it shed.  
   I was inspired by several You Tube Videos and I can see why they used T-shirts and sheets which are knits and finely woven fabrics.  I used curtain, or maybe it was upholstery fabric I got at Restore a couple of years ago.  Even though it seemed to be a substantial but not heavy fabric, it turned out it was loosely woven.  Now I will reconsider such a detail for the next one I make.

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*A Tutorial Tuesday*

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 I cut off about 1½ yard increments from the roll of fabric I had. 

At first I used this ruler and cut a length of strips,

then slid the ruler up and cut again. 

As you can see, these strips are 1 inch wide.

Then I decided a faster way would be to fold the fabric, matching the strips of course.

This way worked great with my sharp rotary cutter, 

which worked better after I cleaned it!

Only thing is, 

I got carried away and cut all the way through the fold

which was not according to directions

when wanting to make a continuous strip of fabric.

According to directions, How to Make Sheet Yarn

I was to stop about an inch or 2 before the fold.

 

So I had to go back and cut a slit in each end of the strips so the strips could be looped together.

Lay one end of strip 2 over top of an end of strip 1.

Take the other end of strip 2 and slide through slits of the ends you just laid together

through the bottom and up.

Confusing? Then see a You Tube video (start at the 1:50 mark) to find out how to do this.

 I grabbed an old popcorn bucket

(Mr. G & I LOVE to go to movies and eat popcorn!)

and threw the strips in it.

As I crocheted, I added a strip by the method above.

I simply single crocheted the length of the rug I wanted,

turned and single crocheted back across.

This made a rectangle rug.

As you can see, the tension was a bit off

and I had to tug and pull some more to square it up a bit.

 I decided to wash it to see if it would take away the shedding threads.

That worked!  It stopped shedding!

It turned out to be a rather heavy rug.

I was pleased and hope the receiver is also.

 

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