How Do You Make Crocheted Rag Rugs?
This crochet rag rug instructions will have you making them for every room in your home For this project I used fabric from a left over quilt so it is 100% cotton. It has been washed with regular laundry detergent but no fabric softener. Dried and pressed as it is pressed the fabric is refolded as if it came from the bolt. On the folded side of the fabric cut slits about one inch apart. Pull at the slits to tear the fabric. This will create the strip of fabric. I did this on the cross grain so the fabric strip are short. Take a strip of fabric and make a slip knot at one end. With large crochet hook chain 3 loosely. Slip stitch in the first chain stitch creating a loop. Chain 2 6 double crochet in loop, slip stitch in top of chain 2 Chain 2 double crochet in same space of chain 2 and each stitch around At this point it may by hard to tell where you began ( the chain two) just keep adding 2 double crochet in every stitch and keep them loose. Keep going until you have the rug the size yo