How to weave an original rug from old things. Stylish DIY carpet for your home. Ideas, master classes Something new in making rugs
There is no need to explain why there is a carpet in the house. Many DIY enthusiasts make rugs with their own hands, making useful products from leftover threads, yarn, or simply unnecessary rags. Among the samples of home carpet weaving there are not only those that are not inferior to the best industrial designs, but also unique, highly artistic ones that are not subject to machine technology, see fig. And all this with minimal costs, or even for nothing.
Archaeologists consider a carpet to be the oldest household item: before realizing that one could wear the skin, a person laid it out for himself. Carpet weaving and carpet weaving are also the most ancient crafts, and here handmade work still firmly holds its position. For example, a mat made of pom-poms lends itself very difficult to automation. But at home, you can make a bedside rug from pompoms in half a day, and it will be more convenient than a factory one, and it will look better, see below.
Homespun and homemade rugs
The same applies to rugs made from old things. Their disposal using industrial methods is not very profitable and purchase prices for used rags are not encouraging. And unwanted clothes transformed with your own hands into a carpet will still serve usefully on the farm.
In this article we will look at what and how to make rugs for your home and garden with your own hands. But, unfortunately, large floor and wall carpets and rugs will have to be touched upon only in passing; this is a separate big topic. And napkins, table runners, furniture covers and small wall rugs woven using the macrame technique will only have to be mentioned - this is an equally extensive topic, technologically weakly related to carpet weaving.
In this publication we will deal with small rugs, colloquially called rugs. As you can see in the photo above, they are not necessarily “grandmother’s”, nestled in the kitchen or in the nook by the door, although rugs are needed there too. A rug can be a highly aesthetic product that decorates the living room, and a durable hygienic product in a room with high humidity and/or in a room prone to pollution. Or even street, if the rug is intended for the dacha. All this diversity rests, in general, on three pillars: material, execution technique and supporting base.
Technique and basis
The variety of homemade floor mats is mind-boggling. But according to the technique of execution, they are divided into a relatively small number of varieties:
- Sewn- technologically the simplest, but requiring additional materials (threads) and industrial equipment: a sewing machine. Using an ordinary household 1-needle machine with a needle up to No. 100, it is possible to sew a completely high-quality and beautiful rug.
- Braided (knitted) rope mats- no extras no materials needed. Very practical, stable, but the appearance is quite monotonous, although elegant. They require increased attention and accuracy in work, but to a connoisseur the product speaks volumes about the skill of the author.
- Woven from scraps of fabric– they require quite a lot of labor, but not complicated; The material is suitable free waste. The appearance of patchwork carpets made from skillful hands can be simply stunning. To make them you need a simple hand loom - a crosny - see the video below. Crowns for small rugs can be made at home in half an hour to an hour from scrap materials, see below and at the end.
Video: do-it-yourself rug made from shreds
- Braided (crocheted). Rugs are not knitted on knitting needles, because... knitted products are designed primarily for vertical loads. Whole-knit rugs are most often made round (see figure below); A round rug made using a different technique will not be durable. Whole-knitted rugs require quite a lot of skill, but a novice craftswoman can quickly and easily crochet blanks for sewn rugs.
- Knitted on a woven or semi-rigid mesh base– these are fleecy carpets up to “real” patterned and “grass” rugs for the bedroom or nursery, in which the foot gently sinks. “Grass” rugs are no more complex in technique than sewn ones and are less labor-intensive, but you need a purchased base; however, inexpensive, see below. Patterned fleecy carpets, not inferior in appearance to Persian or Khorasan ones, can be woven at home on bedsteads, but a lot of work, attention and artistic taste will be required.
- Knitted without warp– are most often made from pieces of plastic film, for example, used bags. It is possible to discern the artistic merits in them only with a fair amount of imagination; the service life is up to 6 months, but such a rug can be made in literally half an hour. They are hygienic, have shoe-cleaning properties and are easy to clean: dry them, shake them thoroughly - and that’s it. Ideal as door guards at the dacha and in the shower/sanitary block there. Not recommended for living rooms: static accumulates intensively in a dry room with a non-conductive floor.
- Composite from natural solid mineral or elastic organic materials or their imitation with or without a base. Natural mineral ones are very expensive, and if made independently, very labor-intensive. Organic matter (wood, cork; occasionally horn and bone) on the floor is not very hygienic; when wet, it is slippery and wears out quickly. Imitating minerals is quite labor-intensive, but can be done at home (see below), the raw materials for it are inexpensive, and the aesthetic effect can be magnificent. Mats made in this way are suitable for both indoor and outdoor use with virtually no restrictions.
Rags and rugs
Homemade rugs are made mainly from natural plant textile and knitted materials: old clothing, yarn, thread, rope (twisted rope) or cable (braided rope). Synthetics in rugs for indoor use should only be used for wearable items due to the same static electricity; it, through bare feet or in slippers, has a very bad effect on health. We will return to imitation of natural mineral materials later, but enough of what has been said above about solid/elastic organics.
Jeans
In terms of all its qualities, the best material for a floor mat is denim, especially since a lot of old jeans often accumulate in the house. And the easiest way to sew a rug from jeans is to cut them into pieces of the desired shape and sew them from the inside out, top left in Fig. A denim rug (above right) will look acceptable in any interior, as will denim clothes in any setting, except for a prim and formal one.
If you’re not too lazy to “give the jeans a cooler style,” you can trim the blanks around the edges with braid in a contrasting color (middle left); such a rug will fit into a modern interior. And for rooms with an archaic-rustic design or, say, a dacha, you can weave a “grandmother’s” rug from jeans unraveled into ribbons by whipping up crosses (see at the end). Elementary techniques of “grandmother’s” weaving are shown in Fig. at the bottom. 2 denim colors, face and back, are enough to get a nice pattern. A torn old sheet will be used as a basis; the strips are twisted into bundles.
Note: In the process of weaving a denim carpet, it may be necessary to connect strips of weft, either to bring out the pattern, or simply not enough. The weaving knot is not suitable in this case, because The fabric is dense and the knot will be large. Jeans ribbons are connected in the same way as when weaving a patchwork rug without a machine, see below.
Tights
The second class of items suitable for rug wear are tights. How to make a mat from tights, see the tutorial video below:
Video: DIY pantyhose rug
Other junk
Lightweight wearable items can be placed on the mat in a variety of ways, see for example. next video. However, when they are trampled while lying on the floor, the wear resistance of the products leaves much to be desired.
Video: how to make rugs from old clothes
If the original item is knitted, say, a rug made from old T-shirts, then larger pieces are cut out of it without seams, piping, etc. Pockets are paired. Then the blanks are unraveled into ribbons, braids are woven from them, and a rug is sewn from the braids, see fig. Threads – no thinner than No. 20. Hemming the base made of technical fabric is mandatory; without it, the tights will soon stretch and quickly fray.
This technique is not suitable for printed fabrics: threads will crawl along the edges of the tapes, and holes will creep under the fastening threads. In this case, the workpiece is first cut into even strips 5-7 cm wide, each strip into 4 more identical strips, without cutting all the way through. Then the straps are woven (see the picture on the right), and from the straps a rug is woven/woven on a sheet base, like a “grandmother’s” denim rug. The finished rug turns out respectable: the double texture indicates a high-class workmanship.
Note: sometimes one-piece rugs are woven using the same technique, cutting the workpiece at once not completely into 8, 16, 32, 64, etc. narrow stripes. But due to the displacement of the transitions of the ribbons, the carpet turns out to be either oblique or with a zigzag edge, depending on how the adjacent quadruples are woven, one into one or mirrored.
Here the question arises: how to cut thin fabric into strips of the same width, especially narrow ones? To do this, the workpiece (and then the wide ribbons) are folded like an accordion, leveled (ironing doesn’t hurt) and pinched with clothespins. Next, little by little, cut through all the bends at once, starting from the end, and remove the clothespins as you cut.
Braided mats
Rope mats are distinguished by their enviable resistance and durability. They look good too. They are mainly used as bedside footrests and tabletops, because... their length is 40-45 times the diameter of the rope, and their width is approximately 1.25-1.5 times less. You don’t need any materials other than rope, or any special experience. Schemes for weaving rope mats are shown in Fig. Based on the first, pos. 1-5 – regular straight knot. It is woven with one end (running) in 5 passes. The rope will need 35-37 mat lengths, i.e. 1200-1500 of its (rope) diameters. It’s not scary, in meters it will be 13-17 m.
The sea rug (pos. a-f) is so named because it was an indispensable accessory to the sleeping place of a sailor of old times. In the sailing fleet, a sailor who did not know how to make himself a hanging hammock bunk and weave a mat for his feet along with it was considered a loser, regardless of any merits and length of service. The sea rug is knitted in 3 passes while hanging. The rope (approx. 20% longer than the previous one of the same length) is bent in half and braided with 2 ends. The sea rug is narrower and longer, its weaving is more frequent and finer. The labor intensity is the same as before, because You need to straighten not 5, but 3 ends.
The variety of rope rugs woven using the same or other flat knots is not limited to these samples, pos. 1-3 on the next rice. But this work is much more complicated, the details of which are not possible here. As for carpets made of rope decorative elements (brandenburs, etc.), sewn onto a woven base (pos. 4) or glued from a single piece of rope, pos. 5, then in terms of strength and durability these products are more decorative than for everyday use.
Let's try to weave...
To make a small, approx. up to 40 cm long, a woven rug made of threads, yarn or fabric ribbons/bundles is not needed at first. A rectangular piece of cardboard and a dinner fork will be enough. Using a fork, immediately poke holes for the base: lines are drawn along the short edges of the cardboard “machine”, at a distance of 3-5 cm from it. The first 4 holes are pierced along the line with a fork, then the fork is shifted by 3 tines so that the outer one falls into the last hole that has already been pierced, 3 more holes are pierced, etc. The cardboard is cut to the holes; The warp thread is carried out in one piece, placed in a loop under the edge petals - “pegs”. Leave the ends of the base free for approx. 10 cm each.
Note: There is no need to take cardboard longer than 40 cm; it will bend under the tension of the threads during work.
Then we weave, as usual, pos. 1-2 Fig., but instead of a shuttle you will have to use a gypsy needle; the shuttle will not fit between the cardboard and the fabric. Having carried out 4-10 threads of weft, depending on its smoothness, we tamp the fabric with the same fork, pos. 3. We obviously unwind the wefts in excess, because the missing thread is tied from the inside out, which is not possible in this case.
Next, the ends of the worked weft threads are left at approx. 10 cm and glued to the “camp” with tape, pos. 4. When the entire warp is woven, they are carried out with a needle under at least 8-10 weft transitions from the wrong side to the face, pos. 5, and trimmed.
The next stage is to remove 3-4 loops from the petals at one end of the base and insert the free end into them, pos. 6. We tighten it a little, but don’t cut off the “tail” yet! We do the same with the other end of the warp thread.
Now the base can be completely removed from the pegs. Place the rug approx. for a day on a flat, smooth surface for self-tightening of the fabric under the influence of residual stresses in the threads. If the loops of the base have not yet tightened completely after this, smooth the rug, tighten it, and shake it until they tighten. Now you can cut off the “tails” of the base - the product is ready for use!
In a similar way, you can weave rugs from leftover yarn or patchwork rugs from ribbons/strands (remember - jeans, tights, rags?) Both materials can be used together, but the warp and weft must be uniform. They are assembled from separate threads/ribbons, secured with knots, on the left in Fig. It remains to decide how to connect threads/ribbons that are not long enough, or to bring out the pattern. As for the threads, there is no way on a cardboard “loom”, you need to take whole ones. And 2 ways of connecting tapes are shown there in the center and on the right. You can connect very short ribbons first, but the joint will be visible. The second joint is invisible, but the overlap of the ends is needed from 4-5 cm.
... and knit
Carpets, as already mentioned, are crocheted. In general, this is no simpler than knitting, only the properties of the finished products are slightly different. There are many patterns for crocheting rugs on the Internet, but for beginners, in order to even understand the symbols of loops and operations, they would have to learn too much educational material. So let's start with the basics.
How the first loop is made when crocheting is shown on the left in Fig. This is already enough to, by passing a loop into a loop, tie a braid for a sewn rug. And on the right there it is given how to tie the next row to the previous one.
This way you can make a whole knitted rug, even a round one, see another video:
Video: knitting a round rug
This is where it happens to experienced craftswomen when a problem arises: I knitted it exactly according to the pattern from the recommended material, but it took it and pushed it out with a hump (cap, dome). The fact is that you can only increase the length of the outer rows by passing 2 of their loops into one of the previous ones by using an integer number of loops. It cannot be irrational, like π. The exact length of the row is adjusted mechanically by an experienced knitter by tightening the loops. But a person is not a robot, everyone’s working skills are different. A scheme developed by someone under their own hands may not be entirely correct for another.
However, there is no need to unravel the finished rug and bandage it, and it won’t do any good. If it doesn't look exactly like a jester's hat, you can align it using the following instructions:
- We prepare hotter water for soaking, 55-60 degrees (the hand can barely tolerate it);
- We dilute PVA in it at the rate of 1.5-2 tbsp. spoons per 10 l;
- Soak the rug without creasing it;
- While it gets wet, prepare a hard, smooth, moisture-resistant substrate. Ideally - a piece of plywood covered with plastic film in 2-4 layers;
- When the water has cooled to lukewarm (32-35 degrees), remove the mat and lay it out on a mat to dry. There is no need to keep it in water until it has completely cooled down, the effect will disappear;
- If the backing is plywood or wood, we additionally spread out the mat with pushpins;
- Once completely dry, the mat knitted according to a proven pattern will definitely level out. No - look for flaws in your work. An insignificant admixture of PVA will not prevent the product from dissolving.
This method of molding woven products was once invented by Soviet black market workers and underground workers in order to make “homemade” jeans stand up like a “firm”. At the same time, knitting lovers also adopted it. The quality of jeans of that time is long gone, but the PVA doesn’t seem to have deteriorated...
More about round rugs
Round rugs made from shreds can be excellent and even outstanding in aesthetics, see fig.
They don't necessarily have to be all-knitted. Firstly, they can be sewn, as described above, on a coarse textile base from braided or knitted braids (in this case, only from braids), wound in a spiral. But the strength and durability will not be higher than that of other sewn carpets.
The second method is to braid braids along a radial base of rope on a hula hoop, see fig. on the right, it gives a good-quality product, but the “blob” in the center is a rather difficult problem, as a result of which this technique is rarely used.
Very beautiful and quite durable round rugs, and patchwork sewn ones, are obtained in the so-called. patchwork technique. Its essence is that patchwork parts are sewn into fragments of a pattern, which are sewn onto a coarse woven base, see the plot:
Video: rug for home in patchwork technique
Fluffy grass
Real patterned fleecy carpets are an immense topic, like the entire history of carpet weaving. But making a small, simple grass mat at home won’t be too difficult. The first method is tying with knots to a construction mesh. Propylene (this plastic is practically not electrified) or nylon fluffy cord allows you to get a pile up to 5 and even 10 cm high, pos. 1 on next rice.
If you don’t want grass, but something like a densely planted lettuce, you can knit a fluffy rug from scraps. In this case, so that the pile does not fall off, the scraps are taken wider so that the knots slightly expand the mesh cells, and knit in a checkerboard pattern, pos. 2.
In both cases, if there is a pattern, it is drawn in advance along the base grid, pos. 3. Knit a simple bayonet in knots. This knot is very reliable, cannot be felt with bare feet and is easy to knit either by hand or by crochet, pos. 4 and 5.
The second method, firstly, gives a soft mat that can be rolled up and washed in a machine. Secondly, ordinary knitting yarn produces a dense, non-falling pile up to 7 cm high. How such a rug is made is clear from the poses. 6-9. The width of the cardboard mandrel for winding pile strips is according to its desired height. The finished strips are attached to a coarse woven base.
Some explanations, however, will be needed regarding pos. 6 and 9. If sewing is not intended to be done immediately after winding the strips, then you need to baste the uncut edge of the layer using a basting of 1 full and 3/4 of a half eight, this is the so-called. eight 7/4. How it is done is shown in pos. 10. The number of turns in one tack is not necessarily 4, it can be 10 or more, depending on the smoothness of the yarn. The hairier it is, the more turns you can grab with one figure eight loop. A strip swept in this way can lie in the chest of drawers as long as you like without spreading.
During final sewing, the first strip of pile is attached, straightened. Then its threads are bent to the non-working side and the next one is attached as close as possible, etc. The edge of the base in the finished rug will show through a little, so it is trimmed with braid.
Rug made of pompoms
It's time to remember such cute, soft and original pom-pom rugs. They are made as before. case: pompoms are tied to a construction mesh or sewn to a fabric base. But how to make the most pom-poms? Are there many of the same or given sizes, beautiful, neat?
There is no need to look for drawings and descriptions of certain devices or machines for making pom-poms, as some sources advise. Excellent pom-poms are obtained as shown in Fig. “Technological equipment” made from a couple of reusable cardboard scraps; In any case, it’s enough for a whole carpet of pom-poms.
Pompoms can also be multi-colored if they are wound from threads of different colors, but of the same thickness. There is no need to connect the ends of the threads somehow; the twist will be cut anyway.
What if you want the pompoms to be smooth? Also no problem: take a piece of padding polyester or fleece, crumple it into a ball, cover it with a suitable fabric and tie the tail with a thread. The fabric, by the way, can also be silk: padding polyester and fleece have antistatic properties and will remove electrical charges.
Video: do-it-yourself pom-pom rug - master class
Video: an alternative option for making a rug from pompoms
Where and how is plastic good?
Hobbyists sometimes make rugs from plastic film that are amazing in appearance and fine workmanship. But we still cannot recommend them for residential premises. In dry rooms, plastic is easily electrified, and, say, in a bathroom, water stagnates in its folds. What kind of living community will soon form there is best not to look under a microscope. Especially those familiar with the principles of microbiology.
Plastic film mats can find other uses, e.g. as door and/or street at the dacha. A properly made plastic bag mat will remove dirt from shoes, although not as well as special cleaning mats. Cleaning it comes down to drying and shaking it out, the material costs pennies, and you can make a new rug like this in 10-30 minutes as follows:
- The package is rolled into a flat roll and tied with tape; You can also use a rope made of film, pos. 1 per rice;
- The tourniquet is pulled tightly, the edges of the bag are cut off, pos. 2;
- The workpiece is fluffed by hand, pos. 3;
- Several blanks are tied into something like a pompom, pos. 4;
- If the diameter of the pompom (20-35 cm depending on the size of the bags) is too small, several of them are tied together or tied to a construction net.
Rug made of... stone
The stone mats are original, see fig. on the right, and massage the feet. True, standing barefoot on a cold stone is not always pleasant, but that’s not so bad. The main thing is that it is simply unrealistic to find in nature as many smoothly rounded pebbles of equal thickness as needed, and it is unrealistically expensive to buy a choice.
In all respects, a rug made from substitutes for rounded pebbles made from polymer clay (plastic, cold porcelain) is better than a natural stone rug. You can make polymer clay with your own hands at home in the kitchen; starting materials (starch, PVA) are inexpensive. One starter (leavening) is enough for 1-3 pebbles, depending on their size, and you can imitate not only cobblestones, but also many semi-precious stones, see figure: selenite, jade, amazonite, jasper, onyx, carnelian, agate, even lapis lazuli , malachite, heliotrope and charoite. A rug made of gems that doesn’t even keep your feet cold – who’s to say that’s not cool?
The use of plastic for the manufacture of stone rugs has, in comparison with its other applications, some features:
- Prepare a substrate in advance - a solid shield covered with film.
- The base of the mat made of construction mesh is laid on the substrate.
- Containers (vessels) are also prepared for ripening a mass of total volume, obviously greater than the total volume of stones, in an amount equal to the number of flowers used.
- The mass of required flowers is prepared quickly so that they all ripen at about the same time. Each color ripens in its own separate container.
- Immediately after the mass has ripened, without putting it into storage, stones are sculpted and placed on the base of the mat, pressing lightly so that the mesh is pressed into them. This should be done wearing latex gloves that are thick enough so that there are no palm marks or fingerprints left on the stones.
- After 2-3 hours, when the crust has dried on the stones, they are leveled in height, pressing down the protruding ones. Be careful not to crack the thin crust!
- Transfer the drying tray to a warm, dry, shaded place.
- Dry until completely dry, based on a complete hardening rate of 2 mm per day.
- The almost finished rug is carefully turned over. Falling stones (rarely, but it happens) are glued with PVA.
- Apply 1-2 drops of PVA from a medical syringe without a needle to the crosshairs of the mesh that fall on the stones.
- Dry for another 2-3 days, and the rug is ready.
So what is next?
Carpet weaving has always been and is a highly profitable occupation among all peoples, under any political system and economic system. A margin (rise) of 200-300% is an ordinary phenomenon in this business. But do not rush to get into the credit swamp to purchase equipment and start a cottage industry based on theory alone: the requirements of potential buyers for the quality of carpet products are also traditionally very high.
To get started, it wouldn’t hurt to watch a master class on making homespun carpets.
Video: making homespun rugs - master class
Then, get a carpet weaving loom. Simple and inexpensive, but suitable for the production of commercial-grade products. Its basis is a strong frame; wooden - from timber from 40x40 or plywood from 20 mm, pos. 1 in Fig. If you have an old window frame lying around somewhere, carpentry work is no longer necessary.
The following are guide pins for threads and pegs. Here, modernity is better than antiquity: push pins-markers with a long neck (item 2) are just what you need. For handicraft work, they have a number of advantages compared to steel and wooden pegs:
- Cheap per piece.
- Installed by female forces. Screwing in several hundred threaded steel pegs or installing the same number of wooden pegs is a job even for a hardy man, and even a child can push buttons into pine.
- They are easily rearranged, practically without damaging the wood.
- The size, if inserted close to each other, is just right for weaving rugs.
- By placing the pins in a checkerboard pattern, you can give the warp and/or weft to the fabric more tightly, and by placing them at intervals - less often.
- When installing pegs from buttons, both the thread and the plait or braid will pass as tightly as possible into the windows between the necks.
- Smooth, slippery necks of the buttons will ensure uniform tension of the fabric threads.
Your dearest believer can and should also be harnessed to make the machine: let him make a comb the entire width of the frame window for stuffing the weft from a wooden (preferably oak) block and pieces of knitting or bicycle needles. In extreme cases, you can stuff it with a fork, as described above, but with a comb the work will go faster and better.
Next is the shuttle. A fishing shuttle is not suitable for weaving nets; it is designed for rather complex manipulations of knitting knots. When weaving, you will have to turn it over all the time, and throw off the consumable loops, making movements with your fingers, which is very tiring in an already difficult weaving job. A salted and tanned fisherman who has just tied his net can be recognized by his crab-shaped hands. The smooth spool shuttle easily dives into a very dense base, but it also needs to be turned over, which slows down the work, and the manufacture will require high-quality materials and metal work.
For weaving rugs, the old-style handloom weaving shuttle is best suited. Its drawing is given above at pos. 3. Material – hard wood, plywood, hard plastic 2-4 mm thick. How the thread is wound onto this shuttle is shown in pos. 4. The consumable skein is thrown onto the beak with loops alternately on one side and the other. To remove the next loop, the shuttle is pushed back, it will come off the beak itself. This should be done when the shuttle is outside the base.
Finally, tying a new thread to the end. How to extend tapes and strands was described earlier. And the thread is tied with a simple weaving knot, pos. 5. There are other weaving knots, but for fairly thick and strong carpet thread, this is the most suitable.
Well, if things have gone well, you liked your creations, and the buyers liked your creations, then you can think about how to make or order a real weaving loom for carpets with your own hands.
The art of creating carpets has a long history. For exclusive floor coverings, you can use leftover yarn, threads, pieces of fabric or fur, old terry towels, T-shirts, sea pebbles, clothesline, plastic bags, lids, corks, banknotes. How to make a carpet with your own hands? It is enough to show imagination, patience, and perseverance to sew, knit or weave a unique decoration to decorate your home. The mat will turn into a massage mat if you insert a removable pad with an abrasive filler into it.
You can knit a carpet with your own hands using a photo, make it from pre-made pom-poms or thread pile, weave it, weave it.
Knitted
You will need cardboard, a black marker, threads of various thicknesses, scissors, a hook from No. 7 and above (or knitting needles). To determine the width of the future rectangular product, the required number of air loops is collected. To knit a round rug, 5 air loops are connected into a ring and then loops are added in a circle.
It is more convenient to knit several parts, then crochet them or sew them with a regular needle (this technique is called “patchwork”).
You will need leftover yarn, a hook, scissors, and a thin construction mesh with cells for the base of the rug. Thread balls are made by winding yarn around fingers or cardboard. Then it needs to be tied with a long thread in the middle and carefully cut along the edges. The closer the pompoms are placed to each other, the more beautiful and effective the rug will be. The edges of the base should be treated with strips of fabric, ribbon or tied. For such a rug you will need threads, scraps for the base, and cardboard. Threads are tightly wound onto two 3 cm wide cardboard strips folded together. Then you need to secure one side of the strip with stitches and cut the other. Several such fringe blanks are made, which are adjusted along the contour of the base of the rug towards the center. You can use two or more colors of thread, creating, for example, a heart in the middle or an ornament over the entire area. A beautiful carpet is woven with your own hands, using thick cardboard for the base, multi-colored thick and thin threads, and twine. Cut a circle out of cardboard, make cuts to secure the twine at the ends of each of the 32 sectors marked with a pencil. Then you should wind the twine from one sector to the adjacent one through the central point of the circle. You need to intertwine the threads with twine from the center and monitor the density and evenness of the resulting rows. Upon completion of work, the base must be removed. By connecting several rugs of different diameters together, you can get a unique product to decorate your home. In the process of carpet weaving you will need: a frame, a stick, threads for the warp and making piles, a cardboard strip 3x20 cm, scissors, a thick needle. Hand-woven carpets consist of longitudinal and transverse layers of threads intertwined in a checkerboard pattern. The pattern on both sides is the same, so the product is used as a double-sided product.
From pompoms
From thread pile
Wicker
Woven
Man learned to create carpets and rugs many centuries ago. Today, a variety of materials can be used to make exclusive flooring. These can be covers, clothesline, T-shirts, pieces of fabric or fur, leftover yarn, etc. Carpet making at home involves a huge selection of materials and techniques. Craftswomen not only sew carpets from wool or fur, or other fabric, or knit - they use materials that would seem not at all intended for making carpets, for example, jute ropes, or old newspapers, and even sea pebbles. After all, who said that a carpet must be soft?
To create a truly real masterpiece with your own hands, you just need to show imagination, perseverance and patience. Then, from seemingly completely familiar materials, you can easily weave, knit or sew for real unique product which will become a worthy decoration for your home. And if you go further and complement it with a removable pad with an abrasive filler, then this will no longer be an ordinary, but a real massage mat.
If you are determined to make a carpet with your own hands, then you can weave it, weave it, and also use pom-poms or thread pile to make it. The following master classes will tell you how to do this.
Knitted carpet
Making such a rug is quite simple. From materials you will need a hook from No. 7 and above, cardboard, scissors, threads of different thicknesses, a black marker. To understand how wide your product will be, you need to cast on a certain number of air loops.
If you want to get a round rug, then you need to cast on 5 air loops, connect them into a ring, and then add new loops in a circle.
The easiest way to make such a carpet is to first knit several fragments and then crochet them or sew them with a regular needle.
Gallery: carpet made from scrap materials (25 photos)
From pompoms
If you have a thin construction mesh for a carpet with cells, scissors, a hook, leftover yarn, then from all this you can create a fleecy unusual rug for home. The idea behind this idea is that you create balls of yarn by wrapping yarn around your fingers or cardboard. After that, all you have to do is tie it with a long thread in the center and cut it on the sides.
- If you want to get a more impressive and beautiful rug, try to place the pompoms as close to each other as possible.
- For an even brighter design, it is recommended to trim the edges of the base with strips of fabric, ribbon or tie.
From thread pile
To make such a carpet product, you will need threads, scraps for the base and cardboard. First, we take cardboard strips 3 cm wide, put them together and begin to wind the threads on them as tightly as possible. Next, we fix one side of the strip with stitches, and we need to cut the other. In total, we will need several similar fringe blanks, which need to be stitched along the contour of the base of the rug towards the center. To get a more impressive product, you can use threads of two or more colors. Using a similar technique, you can create a heart in the center or any other design that comes to your mind.
Wicker
When creating this product, thick cardboard is used as a base. In addition to it, you will need multi-colored thick and thin threads, as well as twine. First, you need to cut a circle out of cardboard, make cuts so that you can fix a string at the ends of each of the thirty-two sectors marked with a pencil. Next, we wind the twine from one sector to the next, passing it through the center of the circle. When you tie the threads with twine from the center, make sure that the new rows are tight and even.
When the work is completed, the base is pulled out. Once you have several rugs of different diameters, all you have to do is connect them to each other. As a result, you should get a unique carpet product that will help make the interior of your home more beautiful.
Woven
If you wish, you can try to make this type of carpet. For it you will need a thick needle, scissors, a frame, a stick, as a base and for making thread fibers, a strip of cardboard measuring 3 x 20 cm.
The basis of such a carpet will be longitudinal and transverse threads, which are intertwined with each other in a checkerboard pattern. A special feature of the carpet is that the pattern created is symmetrical on both sides. This makes it possible to use such a carpet as a double-sided one.
Other rug ideas
Other aids
To get a beautiful carpet product, you can use a regular clothesline for it and additionally decorate it with a luminous element, which can be an LED strip. This way you will not only create a carpet, but a real masterpiece made with your own hands, which you can use as a cozy night light.
By showing all your imagination and applying accuracy and patience to it, you can create other equally original floor products from things that are unusual at first glance:
- A beautiful rug can be made from plastic bags, which are pre-cut into strips.
- From banknotes. The rug will turn out original if you arrange the banknotes in the shape of a flower, airplane, rainbow, knot or any other unusual pattern and glue them together.
- Another good idea for making original rugs with your own hands is to use wine corks as a base, which are glued to a waterproof base.
- A carpet made from plastic lids for juice and mineral water, which need to be connected to each other using fishing line, will look unusual.
Conclusion
To create an atmosphere of special comfort in your home, you can try sewing or knitting a rug with your own hands. To do this, you don’t have to go to the store and buy high-quality yarn. Ordinary things that are found in every home are also suitable as materials.
To create a cozy atmosphere in your home, you don’t have to turn to famous designers and glossy home improvement magazines. Sometimes it’s enough to add a few handmade things and the interior will sparkle with new colors.
In this article we will tell you how to make a home rug from scrap materials without spending extra money, time and effort.
So, to the question, what can you make a rug from with your own hands? You will receive an answer that is remarkable in its simplicity. You can use almost all available materials!
Everything you have at hand
Old things
Yes Yes! A great way to give a second life to your old T-shirts and blouses. A rug made from old, but so dear to your heart little things will delight you for many years. Firstly, because the cotton fabric does not fray, secondly, the cotton flagella easily curl into beautiful waves and thirdly, this rug is guaranteed to be your favorite colors and shades!
Wool threads
A rug made of woolen threads has many undeniable advantages:
- durability and wear resistance: thanks to their texture and density of knitting, wool rugs will retain their original appearance for a long time.
- color fastness: such rugs can easily survive an accidentally spilled glass of water and washing in a machine. The color is guaranteed to last a long time.
- a huge variety of colors and shades: stores offer a huge selection of threads of different textures and colors. You can also find crochet hooks there.
- ease of knitting rugs: watch the master class on how to make a rug with your own hands and you won’t have any questions.
Pompoms
Fluffy balls are easy to make not only from woolen threads, but also from old things. Try to choose matching colors and shades and then the rug will become a real decoration of the interior and the pride of the owners.
By the way, threading pompoms is a great way to spend a quiet family evening!
Sisal
These rugs are designed for those who love curves, patterns and unusual weaves. The natural fibers of this simple rope are suitable for Mediterranean-style interior decoration.
A hand-made sisal rug like the one in the photo will bring sea freshness even to a small city apartment.
Pebbles, pebbles, wine corks
These materials are for those who are not afraid to experiment and have a lot of free time to search for the perfect rounded pebbles. In any case, it's simple. You need to take a flat rubberized mat, glue and the pebbles themselves. And go ahead! Create!
After listing the possible materials, it is worth discussing simple ways to make a rug with your own hands, even if you are a novice decorator.
Techniques and methods of creation
Sewn - sewn on a sewing machine, for industrial or individual use.
Wicker - these rugs are created by weaving sisal or other rope materials.
Patchwork weaving is a rather labor-intensive process, depending on the strength of the effort applied and the time of monotonous weaving actions. But the result of such creativity will delight you for a long time.
Crocheting requires quite a lot of skill, but a beginner can create small fragments to tie them into one large carpet.
Stacked rugs - made from pebbles, pebbles, shells or corks by gluing them onto a durable base.
Where can homemade homemade rugs made from scrap materials be used?
The perfect place for the perfect rug
To determine the location for your rug, you need to know about its characteristics. How soft, practical, comfortable it turned out to be.
Let's go through the rooms in the apartment:
Corridor: a stacked rug made of stones will fit perfectly here. Water brought from the street will be stored on the stones and will not allow dirt from the street to penetrate your home. But! You should always remember that stone mats can be slippery.
Kitchen: in addition to the classic floor rug, the kitchen can be decorated with small wicker rugs on the seats of chairs. Neat napkin rugs on the table would also look appropriate.
This will not only add zest to the interior, but will also be an excellent solution in the fight for cleanliness on the dining table. And for the most daring craftswomen, a homemade panel made of scraps hanging on the wall in the dining area is suitable.
Bedroom: Cozy, soft pom-pom or quilt bedside rugs are the perfect way to start when you wake up in the morning.
Children's room: homemade rugs for a children's room should be practical, soft, safe, easy to care for, and of course bright, educational, and eye-catching.
Bathroom: a rug from the bathroom can also fit here; it will become not only a highlight of the interior, but also an excellent foot massager.
Whatever method you choose to design a homemade rug, its materials and location, the main thing is that the process of creating it gives you pleasure.
Photos of do-it-yourself rugs
