Round rag rug crocheted from recycled wool blanket strips
My creative enthusiasm has left my place looking a bit cluttered and chaotic. I have plain and simple taste when it comes to my home furnishings. I prefer things to be simple and clean. I prefer empty space to excessive decor items. I think the crocheted rugs that I have been making are statement pieces. They should be the focal point of a room. They should pull the rest of my simple furnishings together. That is the idea.
It only works that way if there is one rug in each room. More is a cacophony of color and texture that is the opposite of peaceful and relaxing to me.
This enormous round rug was the first in my new plan to replace all the many smaller sized rugs and let one rug shine in my living room. This living room rug needed to be enormous. I wanted it to be at least twelve feet across. Between 8 and 12 feet was the goal. Previously, all the round rugs that I made were about 2-5 feet in diameter. Making those smaller sized rugs was easier and, in some ways, more enjoyable than creating this extra-large design. Despite the challenges that this rug making process presented, I am happy to say thar I did accomplish what I set out to do. I crocheted a rug that is nine feet wide. My living room finally looks the way I wanted it to look.
This was the first time that I restarted my work on this rug, but unfortunately, it was not the last.
I have learned a lot while crocheting this extra-large round rug. I will share the unusual problems that I encountered during this process. I ended up doing a significant amount of research in my struggle to fix the problems with my rug. I will share what I discovered and how I was able to finally get my rug to lay flat and round, like I had hoped it would. ![]()
Usually, when a crocheted circle will not lay flat,
the rug either has too many or too few increases. If I have ruffling on my edges, I can go back to frog my piece and redo my work using fewer increases and have my problem solved. I redid the middle section of my round rug a few times, but I could not eliminate the waves on the edges. After extensive combing of google and my own hands on experimentation, I figured out what my problem was
With the larger hook and the shorter stitches, it is no wonder that my rug would not lay flat
I always have so many works in progress. When I put one down, I don't usually realize that I will get diverted to something else and won't pick up that project again for several months. It is never planned to abandon my work for a new project. Inspiration will strike and I get excited about something else. When I return, after my absence to the old project, I do not remember exactly what I was doing with it before. MATERIALS
RECYCLED PENDLETON WOOL BLANKET FABRIC:
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**Each round you will need to increase 6 times, to keep your circle flat. It is best to try to spread these increases out evenly throughout a round, without increasing in the same spot as you did in the previous round. When my rug starts to get past the tenth round or so, I will put a different kind of stitch marker in each increase. It helps me keep track of how many increases I have made in one round; I remove them when I start a new round and replace them into the increases in my current round as I make them
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My name is kc. I share ideas for craft projects that are environmentally healthy and accessible to people no matter what their budget. I get excited about upcycling {remaking old items into new). I also love to crochet and cook and am teaching myself how to use my new sewing machine. I write about all those topics, sharing things I make for my home and my family, and myself. If you have questions or suggestions about any of my posts, please leave a comment and I will happily respond. Thank you for visiting.
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