Making A Rug Out Of A Climbing Rope

Buy and dye some dollar store clotheslines or recycle your old climbing ropes and get to knitting crocheting coiling or just good old fashioned gluing.

Making a rug out of a climbing rope.

If you like my video please hit like and subscribe if you d li. Come out bigger and flatter than the weave and hold together well. Instead of straight stitching down the middle just go right into coiling it and attaching it with the 3 zig zag. This tutorial requires 16 worth of clothesline rope and some hardcore crochet skills and the.

Rather than throw the old lines away i. In addition to the printed pattern you ll need a a couple 20 meter sections of climbing rope a piece of wood some nails and something to cut the rope and treat the ends so that they don t fray. Rugs can also be sewn the resulting rugs are larger a circle has roughly a 35 diameter for a 60m rope and flat. Get a piece of cardboard large enough to cover you circle of rope.

It might help to tighten the tension of your thread 4. Coil the rope flat on the floor so its like a round spiral. By hand expect to spend several days at 2 3hr per day. The same knot you d make to start tying your shoes.

Glue all of the seams with caulk and put the rug backing on. Cut your fabric strips to 1 inch. When you re finished it ll look something like this. Sewn rugs are much more durable than the tape and glue variety.

There s probably enough detail here to get you started it s certainly more than i could find. Now slide the cardboard under the circle of rope and outline the rug on the cardboard see picture. Trissa june 01 2014 1. Loosen the knot you initially made until it resembles something similar to a large pretzel shaped figure.

Get some rug backing from the hardware store and a tube or two of caulk. Take the outer part of the right loop and flip it to the left so. Next cut out the outline and check the size. While living aboard our sailboat nine of cups we were constantly replacing worn and chafed halyards and dock lines.

By lauren seidl step 1. This will allow for a tighter wrap and much easier to work with 2. If it all lines up spread the glue on the cardboard and place it on the rug. Make your very own climbing rope door mat rug.