How To Make A Solid Felted Wool Rug

Felted fleece rugs use sheep wool from shearing not the sheepskin that is felted using a technique involving hot water soap and rolling.

How to make a solid felted wool rug.

Upcycle sweaters into a gorgeous diy felt rug what you need to make a felt rug. To get a rug 34 x20 roughly the rug before felting should be 45 x26. So for every 10 inches of fabric i wanted to have in the end i needed to add on 3 inches. They should be at least 70 80 wool.

To make the pebbles you ll need wool roving natural white color and natural brown. No sheep were harmed in the making of this rug. Learn how to make a fleece rug with these step by step instructions. Most of the felt balls ranged from 1 5 2cm in diameter.

You can felt these pieces of wool yourself with hot water and you can shape the wet felt into stone. By sewing these pieces together you can create your own felted stone rug. The number of balls you ll need will depend upon the rug size and the size of the balls. Mine were mainly cashmere and some lambswool.

I tried to make the balls even in size but i found that the different types of wool pet hair felted differently. The finished rug is felted tight on the backside so that it holds its shape and doesn t fall apart. I kept them in a paper bag until i had enough. It s now an area rug and i like it better that way.

From the practice swatch i realized the wool shrank 1 5 for every 5 of fabric. The centre is fine as it had felted on the animal and was in one good solid piece. More colors like grey saffron etc. Wool roving is dyed wool that has not been woven into yarn.

Easy felted fleece rug. How to make felt stone rugs. Once the tuft of hair is felted into a ball dip it in the cold water to rinse the longer you roll the smaller and denser it gets. Can be found there as well.

Once you have the dried pebbles ready it becomes time to create the rug. Felted rugs are also called vegetarian. Enough pebbles to cover the size of the rug you are after. You can also use scrap pieces of felt or sweater felt for this diy too.

Continue attaching felt balls until the rug is your desired size referring to your pattern as necessary. A felted stone rug is a floor covering made with felted wool rovings.