How Do You Make Pioneer Braided Rugs?
In the days of the pioneers, every scrap of food, building material and clothing had to be used. This ability to stretch every resource as far as it could go has particular resonance in this new age of green sensibility. Making a braided rug in the style of the pioneers is a good way to reduce the landfill that ragged clothes unsuitable for donation might otherwise have when tossed in the garbage. Choose the clothing and fabric you wish to use in your rag rug. For a quicker and more pioneer-authentic method, use any cotton or wool fabric you have. For a color-coordinated rug, choose clothes and fabric within a specific color scheme. This may take longer, as it is possible that you will have to exert extra effort in finding more fabric within a specific color scheme if you run out of fabric, as opposed to simply finding random colors and patterns in wool and cotton in the randomized rug. Cut your clothing and fabric into strips 2 to 3 inches wide and as long as you can make them. Cut he
