How To Make A Large Braided Rug

Remove the clothes pin from the ends of the yarn and start a new section of the yarn on the short end.

How to make a large braided rug.

We have found an easy way that takes a fraction of the time using simple braids and a sewing machine. Enjoy the videos and music you love upload original content and share it all with friends family and the world on youtube. Start a basic three strand braid image 2. You can check to see how big the rug will be with this long of a braid by coiling it together in a circle.

For a round or oval rug coil the end of the braid so it looks like a snail shell pin that together and sew it to keep it all in place and then just keep coiling and pinning and then use that. Tie the yarn strands together with a knot at the very end of them. Attach new strips to the old ones making sure to overlap the last two inches. Braided rugs have been around for a long time and there are countless different ways to make them.

Continue braiding and sewing the strips on for as long as desired. Lay down the same length braids side by side pin them together and finally sew them to keep them in place. You can sew these strips on using the back stitch. Once you have this little slit made tear.

Square or rectangle shaped rug make a bunch of braids which are similar in length. If you re making your own t shirt yarn cut off the top of the t shirt directly underneath the arms and cut off the hem. When the braid gets long enough re pin the end to the base again and again. Hand stitch the ends of these three strips of fabric together.

Old clothing or fabric enough for you to cut 30 yards of 1 inch strips scissors a ruler a pencil a safety pin straight pins a sewing needle and some thread. Begin braiding the tightly. Make braid an inch longer than the length you determined because the end will have to turn back on itself when you begin to work on the next part of the rug. You can rip right down the sheet to make your strips without cutting and they will stay the same width.

I made mine about 1 1 2 inches wide but yours can vary depending on how tightly braided you want your rug to be. You can also overlap the yarns instead of making knots. Braid the strips until you reach the length of the rug you want to make. Start by cutting a small strip on the end of the sheet lengthwise not across.

Begin a basic three strand braid image 1. Step 1 part 1.