[Nfb-krafters-korner] rag rugs Susan

[Susan Roe]

You could also make your strips narrow, say 3 sticks, and make them real 
long.  You would start the coiling flat about 8 inches and then join as you 
coiled the oval flat.  With narrow strips, there would not be a lot of bulk 
or gathering on the narrow ends of the oval.  This worked very well when I 
knitted strips and coiled them for oval rugs.

Susan R.
dogwoodfarm at verizon.net
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Carol Osmar" <osmarc at sbcglobal.net>
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2010 12:32 PM
Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] rag rugs Susan


> Susan, I think place mats is a good idea.  She could make matching napkin 
> rings if she wanted to.
>
> I made the rag rug with very thick sticks threaded with heavy cotton yarn. 
> I made a long strip which was about three and a half inches wide.  I 
> coiled the strip into an oval shape.  If I make another oval I would make 
> several graduated ovals by tieing the ends of different length strips 
> together and then sewing the ovals together.  The way I did it made it 
> hard to end the strip and keep the oval uniform.
>
> Carol
>
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