A recent issue of the magazine CountrySide had an article on making a braided rug. I don't remember the issue but it was a 2004 copy. The article had clear instructions and photos. Strips for braiding are sewed on at a 45 degree angle to reduce bulk at the seams. Lacing is done with a heavy thread but not fishing line because it tends to wear through. I am currently ripping every old, worn out pair of jeans my kids can produce into strips. This winter I hope to have enough to start. Good luck with yours.
This was in a book I was reading recently so I cannot say from exp., but they said to cut the scrap peices of fabric, sew and turn in to so that the end result is approx. 2 in wide. Continue all of this with all scraps (Overlocker would be great) then sew each peice onto another and so fourth, continue. When you have enough start plaiting with three peices and when this to is enought, hand so in the shape you would like which is usually a circle. I hope this makes sense. Seemed easy, just time consuming, but hay then end result would look great and be a wonderful gift idea. You could use all your childrens worn out favourite clothes. You can also start on small things like coasters or place mats. Good Luck Rachel from Australia
You can use just about any type of fabric to do this. Tear the fabric into long strips of a 6" thickness. Knot the ends of three to six (depending on how thick you want it) strips and start braiding. When you get near the end of the strips add/weave in your new 3 or 6 strips and restart braiding so if you had 3 strips it would be 6 till the very end of the first three, and 12 if you started with 6, etc.
When you start getting a good pile of braid, take a darning needle that has a good length to it and thread it with fishing line for your thread (It holds better over time than the carpet thread).Putting the braid, flat side to flat side, start turning it into a circle around itself. As you go, sew together the most center of the flat side of braids together. Keep doing this untill the circle you have is what you feel is large enough.
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