Crochet Rag Rug Tips - How to make them WORK


	Crochet Rag Rug Tips - How to make them WORK

franstuff

12-12-2008 12:36 PM

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franstuff says:

This is an article that goes in depth about why some patterns work and some do not. The difference between cutting your fabric on the bias or straight, how to make a successful rag rug.

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/02f20128-5128-4395-b01e-d4da491809f5/FDFF0C6D-3FAD-4B06-9FC3-FA84FE58783A/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.netw.com/~rafter4/crochpttns.htm" href="http://www.netw.com/~rafter4/crochpttns.htm" style="font-size: 11px;">www.netw.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.netw.com/~rafter4/crochpttns.htm"><DIV><SPAN><IMG align="left" title="" alt="logo72" src="http://www.netw.com/~rafter4/logo72.jpg" /><FONT size="+1">      <BIG><BIG><BIG>
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<B><FONT size="+1">How they work…and why some don't </FONT></B>
by master rugmaker, Diana Blake Gray</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.netw.com/~rafter4/crochpttns.htm"><FONT size="+1">Back-and-Forth Crocheted Rug Patterns </FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.netw.com/~rafter4/crochpttns.htm"><P>In back-and-forth crochet patterns, the only trick is to size
the hook
to the weight of the strip, and not work really tight stitches. Heavy
fabrics
and wide cotton strips don't work well for these types of rugs, since a
prominent ribbed effect is created.  </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.netw.com/~rafter4/crochpttns.htm"><FONT size="+1">Radial Crocheted Rug Patterns </FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.netw.com/~rafter4/crochpttns.htm"><P>So two schools of thought developed-one which called for bias
cut strips
of cottons, and the other which used straight cut (or torn) strips. Of
course in moving away from the traditional straight strips, the rugs
were
supposed to be easier to make, but unfortunately the resulting bias
rugs
continued to stretch, even after they were made, and didn't hold their
shape well.  </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.netw.com/~rafter4/crochpttns.htm">Straight-cut fabric strip has no 'give' like yarn does,
and
bias-cut fabric strip will stretch out, but does not have the
resilience
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