It's been a few years since I've thought to make a scrap fabric rug but I've been moving to a new apartment recently and I was more than a little surprised at just how much fabric I own. Rather than throw away any useful material, I decided to try my hand at crochet rug making again.
The method I used for my previous rugs, cutting strips of fabric and tying them together, looked somewhat sloppy and the knots were uncomfortable to step or sit on. For this rug I used this tutorial to make the yarn since it had no knots and seemed fairly strong:
http://mypoppet.com.au/2014/04/scrapbusting-handmade-scrap-fabric-twine.html
I didn't use a set pattern for the rug, I started with a chain of six and crochetted in the round, increasing as necessary.
I think in the future ill be more careful about choosing fabrics of roughly the same weight. Thick fabrics didn't twist well with thin fabrics and were bulky to crochet with.
This rug took one garbage bag full of scrap fabric and about 12 hours of work/watching tv to create. Its about 1 1/2 ft in diameter.
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