Weave Your Own Rug
Put the two 4 foot lengths parallel.
Weave your own rug. Cut a large piece of cardboard into the size and shape of the rug that you would like to weave. I personally think that round is really fun to make but you can also make your own loom in any other shape. Cut four boards of scrap lumber or new lumber. Determine your rug s shape.
Scrap rag rugs make easy rug weaving projects. I grabbed a ruler and a pencil and drew lines where i wanted the lines of the loom to be. To help sustainable lifestyles has created a fun and useful designer tool for you. At each cut rip the fabric apart and it should tear evenly all the way across the sheet.
Each board should be 1 by 2 in dimension. The first row tighten the weave by tugging on the strips. Then weave the other way. Picking the right sisal area rug is easy choosing from so many beautiful weaves and colors is the hard part.
I hope you enjoy learning how to weave a rag rug using scrap fabrics sheets curtains flannel etc. Resume weaving with new set of 2 longer strips. To finish the ends make a u turn around the last bunch where your weaving ended and thread your weaving. How to build your own rug weaving loom step 1.
If you run out of weaving strip weave the end into other strips.