[Nfb-krafters-korner] rag rugs

Tue Apr 13 14:35:42 UTC 2010

Yes.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Carolyn Lapp" <lappland at bellsouth.net>
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2010 12:41 AM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] rag rugs


> 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
>>
>>
>>> 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
>>>
>>>
>>>> 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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