Chunky Crochet Rug

I had an old fleece blanket which I thought would be nice to turn into a rug. The thickness of the fleece should make for a chunky, cozy rug. I've seen a number of examples of braided rugs that looked great but I was turned off by the fact that the braided strand needed to be sown together to form the rug, this seemed like a lot of work to me. I did a bit of searching around the internet and found some rugs that were crocheted from t-shirts or sheets, this seemed easy enough. In this Instrutable I will show you my own version of a crochet rag rug made from a fleece blanket.

Step 1: Preparing yarn

Material:

• Fleece blanket
• Scissors
• Large crochet hook (if you can find one large enough)
• Thread and needle

Fleece is nice to use for this as the edges don't fray or unravel. Cut the blanket lengthwise into strips. I first tried 3 inch wide strips which gave a nice thick rug but it was much too small so I cut the strips in half so that they were roughly 1.5 inches wide. This made a larger rug and was still chunky enough. I hand stitched the strips together at the ends, you can use a sewing machine too. You can cut up the blanket and sew together the strips before hand or do it as you go.

Comments

[meggz06]

I did this same project with a queen sheet except I cut it in one long big strip. It wasn't meant to be pretty it was meant to be a rugged dog rug/mat. I ended up adding a small wall to the rug and made it a small basket. My dog LOVES it. One it smells like us and two has plenty of cushion for her. She has arthritis fairly bad and we are trying to encourage her to sleep on that instead of the furniture (it's easier for her to get onto and we are going to have a baby and want her to have her own "spot"). She has gone thru a dog bed every 6mos to a year because she paws at them to get all the padding in one spot or will lose a toy underneath and chew her way to it. This will be easy to repair IF she chews it but she can and has rolled it out of her way.

[meggz06]

Oh and I made it about 30 in across in a circle using a speed hook. It took me less than 3 hours to make the rug and wall. It took me about an hour to cut the sheet into my "yarn". I used an old jersey sheet and wasn't too concerned with it being cut exactly the same width I just did my best to make it between an 1" and 1 1/2"s.I also had to use 4 of my husbands 2XL tees for the wall as I ran out of sheet after 1 row for the wall.

[ChrysN]

Nice! I like the idea of adding a wall, I should try that for my cat.

[sstorer1]

I would love to try this using a speed hook. You can find them at Walmart. They're big, 19 mm. crochet hooks.

[ChrysN]

Cool, I was wondering where to find large hooks, thanks.

[sunshiine]

Love this idea! I see your kitty loves it also! Thanks for sharing ChrysN !

[scoochmaroo]

Oh my gosh I love this. When I first saw it, all I could think about is how expensive super chunky yarns like this are. And here you went and blew my mind! This is going on my to-do list. I know my kittens would love it too!

[Servelan]

This is cool - my grandmother made any number of these, including one I have that is about 5' across, multicolor. They are easy to take up and sweep under, they look so very homey, and they are (AFAIK) easy to make.

[ChrysN]

Yes, they are easy to make.

[Little Mom on the Prairie]

Love it! Looks cozy! Thank you for sharing