Rope Rug Making

Outdoor enthusiast mike harcarik takes you through a step by step process of using old climbing rope to create beautiful woven rugs and mats.

Rope rug making.

Handcrafted on the coast of maine maine coast rope rugs continues the tradition of using recycled lobster float rope to make our doormats rugs runners and home decor. The easiest way to make a square or rectangle diy rope rug is to use a backing or old rug to glue the rope to. The project came from here originally. While living aboard our sailboat nine of cups we were constantly replacing worn and chafed halyards and dock lines.

I then decided to challenge myself by making a row out of loops. Rather than throw the old lines away i. Firstly i bent the cotton sash cord around in a circular pattern glued in between and held the cord together for a few seconds. Learn how to make a rope rug using a rope making machine and recycled rags.

Once you coil a complete circle use a medium to long stitch length and the widest zigzag setting to sew between the ropes and join them together. By the mother earth news editors january february 1977 easily create a beautiful rope rug using old rags from around. I wasn t worried about ruining something that i had just purchased. When you buy a maine coast rope rug you not only are.

Keep turning the coil and joining new rope to the coil until you reach the end of your sewn and wrapped rope. This project is similar to this instructable but this project has a different approach. Continue to twist the rope around until you get a large circle of rope. Take one end of the rope and twist it in a circle as tight as you can as seen in the picture below.

I continued gluing until i had approximately twelve rows. I just simply bent the rope into loops and glued. How to make a rope rug use thick rope and silicone paint to create a chic doormat that will add a splash of color to any entryway. Take the beginning end of your wrapped and sewn rope and make a small clockwise coil.

The polyester rope and smooth paint are durable enough for snow covered boots or wet spring shoes.