Anyone made a clippy mat (from rags)?

lynnemcf

I remember these in my nanas house, and Kirstie made one on TV but where would I get supplies and instructions? I have clothes that are too shabby to wear but no idea what to do with them

midnightraven3

no idea sorry, but i shall be watching this with interest!

MrsBartolozzi

I'd never heard of a clippy rug before, but a trawl through google suggests it's an NE English term for a rag rug.
There are lots of instructions online to make these:
http://www.ehow.com/how_6825440_instructions-rag-rugs.html

This one seems quite straightforward and it seems you only need a crochet hook to start off and a sewing machine, but I think you could hand sew too (and your scrap fabric of course!). Other techniques require a latch hook which can be ordered online or bought locally from most fabric shops/haberdashers.

Or:
http://www.ehow.com/how_7676020_instructions-making-rag-rug-toothbrush.html

Using an old toothbrush instead of a latch hook, definately OS!

rosieben

and there might be something useful here there are several links to check out

Desperate_Housewife_2-2

how about cutting them up into strips and knitting a rug on huge needles (or make a pair of big needles out of broomsticks?)

hex2

Another interested one. I thought of doing this but I bought a latch hook rug making kit instead. Simple enough to do, latch hook tool thingy was about £1.50, and i can see how it would work with rag rugs.

FluffyBunnykins

Fancy having a go at this myself, not sure which method yet, which is the easiest?

Gazing_On_Sunsets

I made one once. Lots of strips of old t-shirts in short lengths. I used hessian for the backing, and a crochet hook to pull the strips through. The hessian shed little irritating bristles everywhere, especially all over my trousers as I sat working on it. I put the strips too close together so it took AGES and was too solid - I should have spaced out more. I should have tried over a small area of scrap hessian first to work out the spacing, because as the strips build up it gets more "packed in" than you might think.
I think my next project will be using strips cut from old clothes that get plaited then sewn into a big circular rug.

[Deleted User]

I have made loads starting at age 5, helping my mum 57 years ago and we called them rag rugs. You need strips all about the same size and we used cotton from raggy clothing as that was all there was, apart from wool which was unravelled for re-use in knitting. I can`t remember the size of strip but it will be trial and error to determine what effect you want. We used plain sacking like er in sacks, common then and also a latch hook and we hooked each strip through in rows. . We never did fancy patterns just row upon row of mixed colours and when finished then the edges were bound. They were nice and to keep clean, were put over the line for a beating with a rug beater

jane_sanderson

Hi, I am in the process of making one of these at the moment.
i bought a piece of hessian from local haberdashery shop-1 yard was under £3.
Then cut lots of strips from a piece of fabric- 1" wide, 4" long. You can use old clothes, but I have loads of remnants I have stashed away so I`m using them. I`ve used a thick crochet hook to pull the strips through, then I have knotted them. Space each piece about 1/2" apart in rows to give a shaggy effect.
Years ago I rememeber my mum going on about making these when she was a girl and I dont think they bothered knotting them.when it was finished they spread glue over the back, then stuck another piece of hessian over the back.
anyway-hope this helps. Its very addictive!
Jane

zippychick

this thread on rag rugs should help - ill merge this later

I do remember Kirsty referring to their website quite a lot, so you should also find some more help on the channel 4 website

thanks
Zip