Rag Rugs.....

soba

OMG, those pics are massive on my computer and I don't know how to make them smaller! Help!!

doraexplorer

they are lovely , i plan on making a rag rug after i am mastered the crochet i have started . it looks lovely soba i hope mine look as good. x

well done x

v8monkeyboy

Hi all,

My sister has just told me all about this craft, which is apparently about pulling strips of material through a mat, then joining them together with thread to make a rug, or heat mat etc.

Has anyone else heard of this or done it before? I've Googled it, but most sites that seem to come up are from the US.

T x

Looby_Lou

Have a look on google for proggy mats. These are a traditional way of using strips of fabric to make a rug by pulling strips through a coarse woven backing fabric.

seabright

I know it as Rag Rugs, my granny used to make them, so try googling "Rag Rug"

v8monkeyboy

Ahhh, now it all makes sense. I know them as rag rugs too, but my sister was busy telling me all about how it was originally a British thing to do, but had now died out and was mainly made in the US.

Goodness me, I was taught about rag rugs (but never made) in primary school!

T x

zippychick

Hi Monkeyboy

I've merged this with an older thread on rag rugs, so you can see others experience and ideas

Report back on how you get on with it!

Thanks
Zip

flippin36

Hello all. I have been collecting scraps of material, old clothes etc for years for the intentions of making a large rag rug for the living room. I have decided to bite the bullet and ordered some hessian and a latch hook. I have found a few instructions on youtube and it looks fairly simple. Are there any experienced rag ruggers that could give me some tips or perhaps a link to more detailed instructions. I am wondering about the types of fabrics, length of strips, how close together, to knot or not to knot? TIA

Boodle

I would be interested too. I got the hook and hessian ages ago and never got around to it!

MrsCrafty

Years ago I had a kit for this. You fold the rag strip in two, push the loop through the hessian and pull the ends through the loop thus securing to the hessian. If you have big squares, you can us more than one piece of rag. The length of rag depends on how deep you want the rug. 4 to 5 inches would be about right for thickish fabric I would think.