[Nfb-krafters-korner] rag rugs

Tue Apr 6 01:13:47 UTC 2010

CarolCindy, What a clever Idea.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Zimmer, Cindy" <cindy.zimmer at nebraska.gov>
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, April 05, 2010 9:31 AM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] rag rugs

> Does everyone know how to make strips for these types of rugs quick and 
> fast?  I was shown this method when I took my toothbrush rug class and it 
> made making strips of fabric so easy and simple.  What you do is you take 
> your sheet/fabric and cut the beginning of your strips.  Say you were 
> cutting 1" strips.  Go across the top of your fabric and make a cut every 
> inch.  Cut down about 3" of the strip.  This works best with help from 
> another person, but you can do it by yourself.  Each person grab ahold of 
> every other top of the strips.  One person pulls one way, while the other 
> person pulls the other way.  The strips will tear in straight strips fast 
> and quick!  If you are doing it by yourself, do the same idea, but in your 
> right hand get ahold of every other strip and do the same with the 
> remaining and your left hand.  PULL...When two people are doing it, you 
> can walk away from each other and it seems easier, plus you don't have to 
> have as much strength as when you are doing it alone.
>
> This method sure saves a lot of time cutting strips.  If I can clarify 
> anything, let me know.
>
> Cindy Z.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org 
> [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Carol Osmar
> Sent: Friday, April 02, 2010 7:55 PM
> To: List for blind crafters and artists
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] rag rugs
>
> Hi Carolyn annd Joyce,  The type of rag rugs I make are made from new
> fabric, not old rags.  I purchase the fabric from a place called Great
> Northern weaving.  They are here in michigan but also have a web site.  It
> is the end of the fabricc that is used for making things like sheets.  It 
> is
> in a roll that very in with from an inch to a foot or more.  Three inches 
> is
> about the widest strip you would want to use for crocheted rugs.  So if 
> you
> buy the wider pieces you would have to cut it.  My husband has been 
> working
> on a easier way to cut it but he hasn't made it yet.  On the site they say
> the with so you would be wise to choose the thinner strips.
>
> The first place I saw it was at Dolliewood.  If you haven't heard of it, 
> it
> is a theme park in Tennessee owned by Dollie Partin.  I am sure you could
> get this type of fabric remnents at other places too.
>
> You would need a size Q crochet hook.  The rugs are made with single
> crochet.  The hardest part of making them is increasing evenly around the
> rounded ends of the oval so the rug lays flat.  At About.com you can find
> instructions crocheting anything in an oval.
>
> I have just given you the basic idea here.  I would be happy to help you
> more if you are interested.  I think you should give it a try.
>
>
> Carol
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Carolyn Lapp" <lappland at bellsouth.net>
> To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2010 1:50 AM
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] rag rugs
>
>
>> hi carol,
>> thank you so much for responding to my post. i have never made a rag rug
>> and would love to try crocheting one. i would need a list of necessary
>> supplies and easy to follow instructions. i have been crocheting simple
>> items since i was 12 years old and am always looking for new things to
>> make. i would appreciate any help you could give me. thanks again and 
>> take
>> care.
>> carolyn
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Carol Osmar" <osmarc at sbcglobal.net>
>> To: "List for blind crafters and artists" 
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>> Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 8:03 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] rag rugs
>>
>>
>>> Carolyn, I crochet rag rugs.  Is there something specific you want to
>>> know?
>>> Carol- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Carolyn Lapp" <lappland at bellsouth.net>
>>> To: "List for blind crafters and artists"
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>>> Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 5:14 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] rag rugs
>>>
>>>
>>>> does anyone know how to crochet a rag rug?
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>> From: "eileen scrivani" <etscrivani at verizon.net>
>>>> To: "List for blind crafters and artists"
>>>> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Sent: Monday, March 15, 2010 6:51 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] rag rugs
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Susan,
>>>>>
>>>>> When you talk about knitted coil rugs, are you making them out of
>>>>> i-cord? When I was a kid I used to make doll rugs out of the tubes 
>>>>> that
>>>>> would come off of what was called horse reins or a knitting nancy. 
>>>>> Now
>>>>> a days its called i-cord.
>>>>>
>>>>> In fact the class on friday that will teach making a double knitted
>>>>> pouch will also teach how to make i-cord.
>>>>>
>>>>> Eileen
>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>>> From: "Susan Roe" <dogwoodfarm at verizon.net>
>>>>> To: "List for blind crafters and artists"
>>>>> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
>>>>> Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2010 11:16 PM
>>>>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] rag rugs
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>I have done knitted coiled rugs that you could either leave as a 
>>>>>>single
>>>>>>tube and stitch in the coil, or you could take the tubes, braide them
>>>>>>together and then stitch them into the coil.  I'd be interested in a
>>>>>>rag rug class.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Susan
>>>>>> dogwoodfarm at verizon.net
>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>>>> From: "Marianne" <mdenning at cinci.rr.com>
>>>>>> To: "List for blind crafters and artists"
>>>>>> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
>>>>>> Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2010 7:07 PM
>>>>>> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] rag rugs
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> My sons have rented their first office space.  It is in an old
>>>>>>> warehouse and they ripped up all the flooring this weekend and found
>>>>>>> a distressed wood floor under everything else.  I would like to make
>>>>>>> a simple rag rug to put on the floor and understand that I need to
>>>>>>> braid long strips of fabric and then coil it to make the rug.  Has
>>>>>>> anyone made a rag rug before?  Would anyone be interested in 
>>>>>>> teaching
>>>>>>> such a class and would others be intersted in learning to make rag
>>>>>>> rugs?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I guess this also goes along with the Friday question even though I
>>>>>>> had never thought of it before this weekend.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Marianne
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