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Nancy Gartenman
True Blue Farmgirl
9094 Posts
Nancy
West Seneca
New York
USA
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 Posted - Mar 19 2006 : 10:31:31 AM
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Well I cut up lots of stripes of material, rolled them into balls, and am pretty far along with using a size J crochet hook, its very pretty and my hand is about to fall off. Hope when its all done, after stomping on it, wetting it, steam ironing it, and putting it under something heavy it will lay flat. my only regret in doing this is I have to use up those pretty rag balls that look so cute in the basket. So when I'am done I will roll some just for that. Like I said in another post, my aunt is giving me two HUGE bags of material, that will be next saturday, So I should in the future have rag ball, rugs to trip over, and quilts all over the place.
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sleepless reader
True Blue Farmgirl
1022 Posts
CA
USA
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Posted - Mar 19 2006 : 11:51:15 AM
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Nancy, we have a rag rug that my husband's great-aunt made us as a wedding gift (almost19 years ago!).I wish I'd have had the chance to meet her and learn the "art" of the rag rug. It held up wonderfully, until the dog went after some small piece of something edible caught in the rug. I'm still trying to figure out how to repair it... I hope you love your rugs for many years to come!
Sharon
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True Blue Farmgirl
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Pamela
Post Falls
Idaho
USA
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Posted - Mar 19 2006 : 8:22:41 PM
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I am crocheting a rag rug right now. We learned by one of our Chapter farmgals how to do it. Mine is laying flat so far. The trick is to take some extra stitches on the corners. My colors are sage green, beige, browns, golds. I wanted it to be kinda primitive, yet match my kitchen which is mostly green. The shape is an oval and it will find it's home in front of the kitchen sink. It is really quite easy and enjoyable to do.
When I am finished I will post a picture. But I am going on a vacation for two weeks, so it will be a few days before it is finished.
Pamela
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Nancy Gartenman
True Blue Farmgirl
9094 Posts
Nancy
West Seneca
New York
USA
9094 Posts |
Posted - Mar 20 2006 : 05:50:37 AM
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Mine is round, WHERE WOULD I TAKE THE EXTRA STITCHES? I made a small oval one sometime ago, that one lays flat, I may have to run this one over with the lawn roller a few times.
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owwlady
True Blue Farmgirl
899 Posts
Jan
Tomahawk
WI
USA
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Posted - Mar 24 2006 : 07:55:05 AM
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| Nancy, when the round rug starts to "cup", increase your stitches, when it starts getting wavey, decrease...you can get it to lay flat just by watching it and increasing when you need to...depending on the size it can be every 10 stitches or every 5, whatever. You'll get the feel of it as you go. Just keep laying it on the floor and checking the shape, you'll see where you have too many or not enough stitches to make it flat. |
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Nancy Gartenman
True Blue Farmgirl
9094 Posts
Nancy
West Seneca
New York
USA
9094 Posts |
Posted - Mar 24 2006 : 10:11:07 AM
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JAN,
Well at the moment its wavy, I put it under my chair cushion and have been sitting on it.HA. guess I will have to take out a few rows. Thankyou for the advise, the cup and wavy thing really helps, at some point it would do both and I never could figure out if that meant I had to many stitches or not enough. So thankyou.
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owwlady
True Blue Farmgirl
899 Posts
Jan
Tomahawk
WI
USA
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Posted - Mar 27 2006 : 07:58:38 AM
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| Glad I could be of help to you Nancy...you'll tame it yet! |
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sunshine
True Blue Farmgirl
4877 Posts
Wendy
Utah
USA
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Posted - Mar 27 2006 : 2:56:44 PM
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if it is crochet re crochet it if it braided rebraid it and stitch it in place with heavey linen cord ( sorry for some reason my previos post did not show only your quoted text) oops
have a lovely day
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Edited by - sunshine on Apr 28 2006 09:40:46 AM |
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sunshine
True Blue Farmgirl
4877 Posts
Wendy
Utah
USA
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Posted - Mar 27 2006 : 3:02:16 PM
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If it is wavey tear out your work and put in fewer stiches if it is cupped tear out work anfd put more increases in . A wavey rug is one with to many increasess which translates in to to much fabric used your rug will be bigger with fewer increases and lay flatter. A rug that is cupped has to few increases and will never lay flat. If you spend all the time to make a rug by hand make it well my aunts made some 60 years ago that are still in use that had two holes in them which I repaire and they should last another 60 years. ( the holes where miner)
( sorry for some reason my previos post did not show only your quoted text) oops
have a lovely day
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Edited by - sunshine on Apr 28 2006 09:40:59 AM |
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Nancy Gartenman
True Blue Farmgirl
9094 Posts
Nancy
West Seneca
New York
USA
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Posted - Mar 27 2006 : 3:14:06 PM
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thanks wendy, I will be taking out a few rows and going at it again. I made an oval one once and that was no problem, the round one seems to be a little more fussy!
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sunshine
True Blue Farmgirl
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Wendy
Utah
USA
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Posted - Mar 27 2006 : 4:01:48 PM
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typically on round items there are the same number of increases between stiches as rows meaning if you are on the third row you crochet into three seperate stitches then two into the next all the way around. stagering increases from row to row so as not to get a shape always increasing in the same spot unless you like a swirling octogon shape. so and so forth 10 th row 10 stitches in between increases not an exact science as it does depend on tension and size of fabric. but a good rule of thumb. always do what the rug asks of you if more increases are needed because a fabric is thinner then do that or course latter when the fabric is thiker you will have a spot where you do not have to increase as much. hope this helps
have a lovely day
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Edited by - sunshine on Apr 28 2006 09:41:14 AM |
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sunshine
True Blue Farmgirl
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Wendy
Utah
USA
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Posted - Mar 27 2006 : 4:12:54 PM
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typically oval rugs are easier because yo only increase at the ends there main problem is looking crooked meaning you keep increaseing on the same side of the ovel at both ends making it slant to one side. Squares and regtales you only inclease in the corners same for octogons ( that dont swirl)
have a lovely day
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Edited by - sunshine on Apr 28 2006 09:41:25 AM |
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Nancy Gartenman
True Blue Farmgirl
9094 Posts
Nancy
West Seneca
New York
USA
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Posted - Mar 27 2006 : 4:58:02 PM
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| THANKS WENDY!!! |
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rabbithorns
True Blue Farmgirl
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Allison
Fort Scott
KS
USA
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Posted - Mar 28 2006 : 6:00:40 PM
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| Are you using any particular type of fabic? Can you use wool fabric, like old suiting? |
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sunshine
True Blue Farmgirl
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Wendy
Utah
USA
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Posted - Mar 28 2006 : 8:04:02 PM
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quote:
Originally posted by rabbithorns
Are you using any particular type of fabic? Can you use wool fabric, like old suiting?
I use wool for most of mine except the ones in my bathroom are made of towling and the one in my kitchen is cotton fabric like you would use for quilts
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Edited by - sunshine on Apr 28 2006 09:42:06 AM |
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