How To Make A Sisal Rope Rug

To finish the rug use your fabric strip to wrap your end of the rope similar to how you wrapped the rope at the beginning of the rug just make sure the end of the rope is covered and sew down the middle to secure.

How to make a sisal rope rug.

This tutorial requires 16 worth of clothesline rope and some hardcore crochet skills and the. You can see clips of me demonstrating how to make this rug on the rachael ray show here. Place the end of the rope in the middle of the non stick rug pad and apply hot glue to adhere it in place. You could also use this sisal rope to create coasters or plate chargers.

To make a chain start with a slip knot and place that on your crochet hook. Hold it down for a minute to secure it while the glue dries. Buy and dye some dollar store clotheslines or recycle your old climbing ropes and get to knitting crocheting coiling or just good old fashioned gluing. There isn t really an exact formula to get your measurements you just want to make sure you have at least 3 5 different sizes my rug turned out to be approximately 24 5 x30 when i was finished and i used all of my sisal rope.

First make a chain as long as you want the rug to be wide. You can make your rug as big or as small as you d like. For the rope i used 2 rolls of sisal rope that i picked up at the hardware store. Using the zigzag stitch tuck the end of the rope under your rug so it disappears from sight and sew over it to secure.

I also used an old fitted sheet for the bottom of the rug but you can use any type of fabric sheet or rubber backing to make it non slip. Be sure to check out what my friends made with their sisal rope they never disappoint with. Loop the sisal over the hook part of the. Make sure you are working on top of a poster board or cardboard because the hot glue will drip through the rug pad.

And pull that loop through the slip knot leaving you with only the new loop on the hook. Using rope and a plain mat as the base cami from the diy blog tidbits shares the tutorial for making this charming rug.