[Nfb-krafters-korner] rag rugs

[Carolyn Lapp]

Ramona,
thank you for taking the time to share your patterns. did you use 1  strand 
of yarn for each rug pattern?
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ramona Walhof" <rwnfbi at qwest.net>
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, April 12, 2010 1:53 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] rag rugs


> 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
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>
>> 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
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>>>
>>>> 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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