knitting rags

What kinds of things do you make with the rags?

Murielle

Do you weave "rag rugs"? You use plain cotton thread for the warp and strips of rags for the weft. They turn out to be beautiful. DA

i use very strong Cotton [ the kind that is used by builders etc,,, But to give it some `Interest` , i also throw in several Colored cotton threads , in groups of 8-16 This will cause some of the Cloth weft to look different + a nice elongate lengthway stripe o the work . mirjam

Murielle Using Rags I wove bedside rugs , Wall rugs [ mainly for bedsides ] children`s blankets, bags , dolls , Cushions and last not Least FIBERART works , pot holders .

i knitted/crocheted dolls, bags, hair adornments , Vests [ from same materials as matching skirt ] "baskets" , Curtains , TableRunner , pot holders. mirjam

I have done a "toothbrush rug" made by cutting the good parts of an old sheet that had colors I loved into strips

Mirjam,

Now when I go through my closet I will have another option besides, donate and dump.

Thank you, Murielle

Murielle

You are welcome happy creative times !!! mirjam

Mirjam, if I can do this without buying a kit, you can, too. I just read about it somewhere, looked it up on the Internet and found the link I posted to you among others, make a tool out of a toothbrush, ripped up an old sheet that I loved the colors of but couldn't use as a sheet, and did it.

Hallo Belinda , if you are loaded with small pieces yyou can also , take a strong cloth as back ground , make `clusters` of several pieces , pin them in lines , go over it with the machine , than do the next `line` , makes for a nice rag rug , sewen by machine Best knitting and crochet `size` cloth is when you twist it and it is the size of 2/3 pencil size ,,,,, mirjam

Thanks for the idea. At the moment I don't have any small scraps because I have been tossing them in the trash. Plans are to start cutting the next bolt of cloth for the next round of goodies to sale tomorrow. Now I have a way to use every scrap. Yay, Yay, Yay.......Lots of happy smiles

You are Welcome Belinda , i love to recycle , keep and reuse cloth piecesc and threads... I have a skirt and jacket which i call "3rd appearnace" ,,,, hahahahah because every some years i add to the original more `patches and embroidery hahahhah mirjam .