Making A Rug Out Of A Climbing Rope

Make your very own climbing rope door mat rug.

Making a rug out of a climbing rope.

This will allow for a tighter wrap and much easier to work with 2. Take the outer part of the right loop and flip it to the left so. Rugs can also be sewn the resulting rugs are larger a circle has roughly a 35 diameter for a 60m rope and flat. Thick polyester rope in desired color felt cut into a circle ours is 24 felt should match rope scissors heavy duty construction adhesive painter s tape paintbrush silicone paint in desired color.

This tutorial requires 16 worth of clothesline rope and some hardcore crochet skills and the. Buy and dye some dollar store clotheslines or recycle your old climbing ropes and get to knitting crocheting coiling or just good old fashioned gluing. Loosen the knot you initially made until it resembles something similar to a large pretzel shaped figure. In addition to the printed pattern you ll need a a couple 20 meter sections of climbing rope a piece of wood some nails and something to cut the rope and treat the ends so that they don t fray.

Sewn rugs are much more durable than the tape and glue variety. If it all lines up spread the glue on the cardboard and place it on the rug. By lauren seidl step 1. Next cut out the outline and check the size.

Glue all of the seams with caulk and put the rug backing on. Come out bigger and flatter than the weave and hold together well. Trissa june 01 2014 1. It might help to tighten the tension of your thread 4.

By hand expect to spend several days at 2 3hr per day. The same knot you d make to start tying your shoes. While winter brings to mind ornate wool rugs and sturdy but plain salt and snow soaked doormats summer rugs can be lighter and more playful. Coil the rope flat on the floor so its like a round spiral.

Cut your fabric strips to 1 inch. Get a piece of cardboard large enough to cover you circle of rope. When you re finished it ll look something like this. If you like my video please hit like and subscribe if you d li.

There s probably enough detail here to get you started it s certainly more than i could find. Now slide the cardboard under the circle of rope and outline the rug on the cardboard see picture. While living aboard our sailboat nine of cups we were constantly replacing worn and chafed halyards and dock lines. Make a simple overhand knot.