Here a nice little rug that would look cute in your miniature kitchen, laundry, or green house.
What you will need: Corsage Pins (Any longs pins will do), Scissors, Dollar Store Twine, Quick Clear Drying Glue, Wax Paper, Pencil, Scrap Paper & Styrofoam.
Start by making a simple drawing of the rug you have in mind on scrap paper. Or you can print out my pattern. Just right click and save the above picture. Place the wax paper over the drawing and pin to styrofoam.
With your jute twine begin at the center and work your way out pinning and lightly gluing as you go, to hold in place. Let the first ring dry before adding additional rings.
Once all the rings have been finished, trim the jute and glue end in place.
Begin second row with a new piece of jute. Place Glue around the last ring of the first row and place a dot of glue where the loops cross. Let this dry to anchor the second row in place.
Then continue to make your loops. Making sure all the loops are going the same direction and roughly the same size. Tip* Twisting the jute snug will make a loop for you
Trim ends and tuck under and glue in place. Let dry.
Start third row by gluing jute onto two loops to anchor. Place a dot of glue one the ends of the loops. Pin to secure. Let dry. Leave a tail on the starting end to trim off later
For the next step, glue the first ring of the third row. Gluing and pinning as you go. Before gluing the last few loops trim the staring end off and glue in place. Let dry before finishing rings
Place glue on edge of inner ring. Pin to hold as you go.
Trim end of row three and glue in place.
Next take three pieces of jute that measure two and half times the circumferance of the finished rug. Tie a knot in the end and pin to styrofoam. Neatly braid. Place Glue the braid right below the knot so it wont fray Let dry. Trim off knot.
Glue jute braid to row three and let dry. Enjoy your new rug! Copyright Tammy Renee, 2008, all rights reserved
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