Crocheting rugs from rags, or rather from yarn that you make from old sheets is just so much fun, I just had to start another one! But this time I'm doing something a little different, in that the end result will be a simple flower shaped doily, and I'm using the double crochet stitch rather than the single crochet stitch.
So far all goes well, I am crocheting with a 10mm metal (the plastic one broke, couldn't believe it!) hook, and strips that are about 1 1/2 inches wide. I have used up four vintage (read smallish) twin sized comforter covers and the rug measures 40 inches diameter. Yupp, you need tons of sheets to make these rugs, no exaggeration!
I for some reason picked up seven matching comforter covers at a thrift store because I loved the fabric, and and so relieved to have found a use for them a mere seven years later! And just in time for a mini makeover of my daughter's room as we clean for Passover.
I for some reason picked up seven matching comforter covers at a thrift store because I loved the fabric, and and so relieved to have found a use for them a mere seven years later! And just in time for a mini makeover of my daughter's room as we clean for Passover.
I'll keep you posted, though hope to finish this in the next two weeks or so. The pattern that I'm following, (so far) or rather the photo that I'm following, since the instructions are in Danish, can be found here, though I'm making mine quite a bit bigger. I don't know whether another three comforter covers will be enough, rather it's very likely I'll have to find that other box of vintage sheets in the attic to finish this one up! I'll let you know, of course!
Note: it is now 2016, and this project has yet to be finished, having been packed away somewhere during Passover cleaning, but of course there is always hope for finishing this one!
