How to crochet a rug with your own hands - a guide for beginners

Materials for knitting a rug

Floor covering can be made of any materials at hand. Go for old kapron stockings, knitted clothes, cut into strips, thread from the dissolved items, yarn remnants and even plastic bags.

All this variety of materials is suitable for knitting court and toilet mats, bedding for pets. But if the idea of creating a chic rug, worthy of a central place in the room, then only two types of cord are useful:

• Polyester;
• cotton.

Cord

Polyester cord is available in skeins of 200 meters. The range of colors has more than 10 colors. Inside there is a core, which provides quality. On top of the core is additionally tied on both sides. If there were no core, the product would stretch irreversibly. Many needlewomen fall for cheap cords, thinking that they win, but end up with a low-quality product, for which they have spent time and invested soul.

The cord is 5 mm thick, stretches slightly, returns to its shape after stretching. Structurally, it is elastic, pleasant to the touch and behaves well in use. Polyester yarn can be washed in a washing machine at 30 degrees, but you should not add a fabric softener. The rug dries quickly when unfolded, it is not deformed, it holds its shape well.

After washing all elements of the product remain expressive and clear, retaining its properties for a long time. Polyester carpets do not absorb dust, and field mites do not wind up in them. This is especially true for people and children who are allergic to dust.

Cotton cord is on sale as:

• unbleached;
• colored.

Unbleached cotton cords are ideal for openwork arches with a large arch. The elements are dense, hold their shape well, and retain their shape after washings.

Cotton cord on sale looks like regular paste and thread. Before working, you need to coil it into a ball and knit from it. The material has a rich range of colors, especially beautiful looks dusty beige color, natural, natural, fits into any interior. The cord also has a core.

European cotton cord is known for its higher quality. Winding of 50 meters and 100 meters. Unbleached cord is good as packed in a bag, no need to rewind in a roll, just pull out the tip and knit, leaving the cord in a bag. So it is reliably protected from contamination. The cord is very dense.

Hooks

Hooks are chosen depending on the desired size of the carpet, the consumption of yarn. Basically work with such hooks:

• size 5 or 6;
• metal ones are better slippers and do not deform unlike plastic ones.

If you want to get a large rug that exceeds 2 meters in diameter, hooks of size 7 to 9 are often used.

Anti-slip remedy

Bound rug is essentially a cloth cloth, which has the property of sliding on the floor. This is fraught with injury from falling. If you look at the back surface of purchased rugs, you can see that they are rubberized. Handmade carpet should also be treated on the side that is in contact with the floor. To do this, the following techniques will work:

• Treat with sealant or liquid rubber;
• attach around the perimeter rubber fixtures, which are sold in the departments with creative goods;
• use a special grid for carpets, sold as rolls in construction stores;
• use anti-vibration backing for washing machines;
• for small mats that are less than 1 meter in diameter, double-sided tape is suitable, but it does not last long, you need to constantly replace the sticky side.

In some articles on handmade sites you can see an important observation that silicone glue is not suitable for this task. When it dries, it becomes hard and slides with the mat, even harder.

Types of carpets

Carpeting is a canvas made of a solid pattern, or combined from several separate elements. For knitting, the schemes of napkins, photos of which are published in abundance on handmade Internet resources, will be suitable. Surprisingly, the difference between the rug and the napkins is only that a thick cord is used.

Carpet in the form of a flower

If you knit with polyester cord, the diameter will be 2 meters, from cotton cord - 2.5 meters. The knitting should start with a circle. To do this, make the first stitch and take 6 air loops from it, close in a ring with a connecting column. Next knitting scheme looks like this:

1. Instead of the first column with a stitch, type three lifting air loops.
2. Knit 17 single-necked columns.
3. With the lifting chain, there are a total of 18 elements.
4. Join with the third loop from the lifting chain; you have an even circle.
5. In the next row, alternate an air loop (AP) and a no-neck column, resulting in 18 arches.
6. Next, make a connecting column and make a cluster of three columns with a stitch (SSN), to do this, two BP, three SSN in the same loop on the hook will be 4 loops, knit them, make three GP and close with a circle by SS, the result of banding a row is a circle with petals.
7. Finish the row, start three BP, connect CC top of the initial cluster.

The future carpet at this stage looks like a little flower. Repeat the next rows from the first point, increasing the arches by one stitch. The result will grow a very original rug with openwork texture.

Children's rugs

The round rug perfectly combines large size with openwork lightness, the floor covering has an exquisite appearance, serves as an extraordinary addition to the interior of a spacious room (hall, bedroom, bathroom).

The dense, textured and openwork elements alternate and complement each other, resulting in a wonderful floral motif. Using round elements, it is easy to make a children's rug. To do this, small circles are attached to a large central part, depicting the paws, eyes, noses, head fun characters. Contrasting colored yarn embroidered facial expressions, eyelashes, eyebrows.

Rectangular carpet

For beginners, it is easier to make a rectangular carpet with their own hands. It looks no worse than a round one, in some cases even more interesting. Process Content:

1. Gather a chain of VPs of desired length;
2. Knit the entire rows with an LIS, making three lifting loops at the end of the row.

You can knit the whole cloth with stitches without a stitch or alternate them. The edges of the product is left flat or decorated in the technique of pico or sew decorative ornaments (fringes, pompoms).

Carpets, crocheted by hand, the structure advantageously differ from the purchased, do not contain any harmful substances, made from a safe cotton cord. Housewives with knitting skills, master carpets on their own, while others pay a lot of money for them.

Photo ideas for knitting rugs