Make A Potholder Rug

For the more modern rug on this page we used an all black warp.

Make a potholder rug.

Of course i neglected to take a picture. The potholder rug kit sunshine braided woven rug kit and sock and looper rug kit are not limited by the potholder size. After a few minutes of chatting come to find out. With the potholder rug kit and additional refills you can create and connect potholders to make a rug as big as you wish.

I recently had a chance to attend a workshop where we learned how to make pot holder style area rugs. This rug is woven using the simple technique we once used to make potholders on little metal looms in kindergarten. The concept is fairly simple involving only a bit of simple weaving and is an excellent craft for children as well. All the horizontal loops are from black t shirts.

Bring the pinned rug to your sewing machine. As a child it was a fun craft project that you often gave to a parent. Anyone can do it. The sunshine rug kit comes with balls of a multicolored cord made from cut and sewn socks certain to.

Then we alternated blue and green tones for the vertical loops. Loops can be added in random colours or you can make a pattern by grouping colours or alternating the colours evenly. Use a wide zig zag stitch to join all the inside edges of the potholders. With a little bit of skill and a rag rug loom you can learn to weave simple crafts such as potholders.

Debbie october 5 2013 at 1 38 pm reply. For this potholder i put the loops on in random order but didn t put two of the same colour next to each other. I saw the most amazing woven alpaca bamboo and cotton shawls. I ve been wanting to make a loom for years but i hadn t thought about it in a long time until the des moines farmers market on saturday.

Chances are when you were a kid you took bands of colored fabric and wrapped them around a plastic peg to make a colorful hand woven pot holder. How to make a potholder rug. Pick a contrasting thread to add dimension to your rug or go neutral it s up to you. I used the loom kids make pot holders with and wove them together.

You ll likely be working with potholders of varying thicknesses so it might be wise to switch your machine s tension to 5 or 6. Pot holder area rugs. Make your own pot holder rug loom. Mi may 30 2013 at 6 25 am reply.