Help a Reader: Crochet Rag Rug

13 Comments for Help a Reader: Crochet Rag Rug

• 1. Kim  |  April 22nd, 2010 at 12:38 pm

  Cut used material into 1 inch strips and sew together. I roll my strips into balls. Fold the strips so that raw edges are touching, then fold again.(Like the gum wrapper chains.) Start crocheting either in a cicle or a rectangle.

• 2. Donna  |  April 23rd, 2010 at 9:52 am

  She was actually using a size Q crochet hook. I have never made one of these myself but have friend that have and all of them tell me to use a size Q crocet hook. I do not know where to find one though. One of my friends had her husband carve her one. Hope this helps.

• 3. DJ Jenkins  |  April 23rd, 2010 at 11:16 am

  Choose the size you want your rug to be. If the rug will be
  three feet wide and five feet long, subtract the three feet from
  the five feet and you get two feet. This two foot measurement will be the length of the center strip ,with which you will need
  to begin. Hope this is helpful. DJJ

• 4. Pat  |  April 23rd, 2010 at 2:54 pm

  I guess you are wanting to make a rectangular rug? I do as the lst comment told you but I do round ones mostly. I use a large crochet hook and cut my strips l-l/2 inches and sew together. You can also attach pieces by adding a small slit on each end of strips and pulling one thru the other. The knots dont show once crochet. I have had my rugs for years and they are used hard and last forever. Also in washer and dryer no special care. Good Luck and let me know how you did. I dont have a camera or I would send you pixs of a few I made. I also did baskets, placemats and all kinds of other things. I do regular crochet also but love this craft and you can use material stirips instead of yarn Just use same weighit.

• 5. Deb  |  April 23rd, 2010 at 4:28 pm

  The 90 + year old in our church uses a P hook, 1″ wide material strips and goes to town. If you are doing a rectangle, do 3-5 stitches in each corner of each row to square it. Single crochet all around until you get it as large as you want. Use comment #3 for sizing. If you are doing an oval or round rug, she suggests that you do not keep your increases in the same spot each row but that you stagger them so they are not obvious. Have fun and enjoy. If you don’t like the first one, you can use it in your mud room. Debbie

• 6. Lisa Sanders  |  April 23rd, 2010 at 5:54 pm

  I found a rag rug pattern. Mabe this will help. If you would pleae sendme your email address I will forward the pattern to you. my email is llsanders64@yahoo.com. hope this helps.

  Lisa

• 7. Lin  |  April 23rd, 2010 at 8:24 pm

  My grandmother got rolls of cloth 1 inch wide from the sewing factory where she worked back in the 50’s. She used a large needle – check Michael’s, A.C. Moore’s, Hobby Lobby or even WalMart. I have seen Q crochet hooks on sale at all of these stores. Fold the raw edges in toward the center as you crochet. My grandmother usually did these rugs using a double crochet stitch.

• 8. Penny Oosterman  |  April 23rd, 2010 at 8:55 pm

  You don’t even have to sew them together. Just make a small slit in each end, like a button hole. Then put the end of a new strip up through the hole, and bring the other end up through the slit. Give it a little tug to tighten. This way you can go anywhere with your bag of strips and work on them. No sewing required. Pretty much any big crochet hook will do ,as long as it is easy to work with the width strip you chose to use.

• 9. Nancy  |  April 23rd, 2010 at 9:22 pm

  Hi, I hope this helps. Leisure Arts publishes booklets on rag rugs. Almost any store that caries yarn will have these. The books are nice to have, because you can make round, heart shaped, runners and more. Once you get started you will love it. The part that takes the most time is cutting and getting it ready to use. Simplicity just came out with a machine that cuts the material into stripes. I get one for my birthday, but have yet to use it. I don’t know what kind of material you plan to use, bit sheets are nice because they are so big. Material is so high you almost can not buy it just to cut up.
  I go to Salvation Army and buy used ones. If you don’t have salvation army, almost any thrift store will have them.. I hope this helps. Nancy

• 10. Jackie Morrison  |  April 23rd, 2010 at 9:48 pm

  I’d sure like to learn how to do this too,, so if anyone gets a pattern, please let me know

  jackie
  redjaxjm@yahoo.com

• 11. Cecelia  |  April 24th, 2010 at 9:04 am

  use any material-mainly cotton-cut in one inch strips-when sewing,place the ends together, fold over and sew, sew one continuous bunch and then snip the tread inbetween after you are done sewing and roll into a ball. I have used a K hook for this kind of crocheting. If you are handy with a carving knife you can make a bigger hook if you prefer. Use a hardwood-walnut, hickory, oak-shape it like just like a steel hook. It’s a trial and error thing. I made my rectangle rugs from the bottom up. Chain the width you want-plus 2, turn and single crochet back and forth until you have the length you want. You can also start from the middle. Chain a length you want, crochet 3 single crochets in the second chain from your hook, sc in each chain across to the last chain, 4 sc in last chain. Sc along the second side and joing with a slip stitch in the top of the first chain. the single crochets on the ends will help you form your corners. What your really doing is forming a rectangle granny square without the holes. Next, ch 2, sc in same stitch, ch 1, 2 sc in next stitch, 2sc in next stitch, ch 1, 2sc in next stitch. sc along the sides. Repeat for next corner and the side, slip stitch to join. Repeat for all rows until you have the size you want. Of course you know it can go on forever or until you run out of material -hope this helps Good Luck

• 12. jackie rohan  |  April 24th, 2010 at 1:34 pm

  to begin with you can’t start in the middle and your needle is to huge. you need a K needle.

• 13. Doris  |  April 24th, 2010 at 6:13 pm

  If you use the Q hook, due the strains in two. Due a chain as long as you want, sc crochet or dc crochet. For a rag rus I like sc crochet. Good luck.

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