[Nfb-krafters-korner] rag rugs

[Ramona Walhof]

Carolyn, I am probably not the best one to talk to about this.  I have never 
done a lot of crocheting.  However, I made a couple of rugs out of heavy rug 
yarn.  I just made a chain about a foot long and then worked back along it 
attaching the new stitches to the old ones.  Then I kept going around.  I 
think the rug is about 27 inches by 40. It has a nice circular line 
spiraling around the whole thing.  I used a pretty big hook, but I don't 
remember  the size.  I gave it to a friend who returned it to me when she 
moved into assistive living, so I still have it.

I also made a great hbig rug out of a little lighter yarn.  It was 
octagonal, and each stitch was three loops through the row before.  That 
probably is not a good explanation, and I never had the written pattern.

I would be surprised if some of this crowd doesn't know more about this.

Ramona
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Carolyn Lapp" <lappland at bellsouth.net>
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2010 10:50 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] rag rugs


> ramona,
> do you have a  crochet pattern for an oval rug?
>
> carolyn
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ramona Walhof" <rwnfbi at qwest.net>
> To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2010 10:58 PM
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] rag rugs
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>> Marianne,  I used rags sewed in long strips just like yarn  and wove rag
>> rugs in high school on looms. You can braid them and sew the braids in
>> circles.  You can also chrochet the stripsof rags if you prefer.
>> Something depends on the quality and consistent size of the rags.  If you
>> have lots of rags, the rugs can be nice.  You can sort the rags in colors
>> or groups of colors or just play pot luck.  Have fun!
>> Ramona
>> ----- 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 8:07 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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