You are a great teacher, explaining both the notes on the board and on the papers in addition to the rug while also explaining how they relate as you go along. I’ve learned a lot from you. Thank you.
I’m so excited! It’s the first time I understand what crocheting in the round (magic circle) is because you explained the steps so well here for the rug, Plus the stitches are large enough for me to discern where you put the hook each time, I finally made the connection 🎉 Thank you so much!❤
This is definitely the best tutorial on utube!! Thank you for taking the time to make it. You can tell how much organization and effort it took for you to do it!
I GET IT!!!!! I FINALLY GET IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I HAVE BEEN WATCHING TUTORIALS WHICH LOOK EASY BUT ALWAYS GET LOST. THE WAY YOU EXPLAIN AND SHOW WHILE UR EXPLAINING HAS HELPED ME UNDERSTAND IT ALL. BEGINNER HERE, THANK YOU SO SO MUCH.
Dear Lora. I’ve just stumbled upon your RU-vid channel and have been engrossed for a good couple of hours now.😁 I am always delighted to find a teacher who shows me, not only a new skill or an improved version of it, but also how to be a better craftswoman. You are one such teacher. Your clear explanations, your patterns….it all makes wonderful sense. I see exactly where I’ve been going wrong with my rug attempts and am very excited to put all my new knowledge into practice. Greatly inspired by your enthusiasm and cheerful presentation. Many, many thanks to you. Meg 💐💐💐
Oh wow!! I am truly humbled by your words!! Thank you for watching & for taking a minute to reach out. Your words have truly brightened my day!! Many thank to YOU, Meg!!
thank you for clear instructions and demonstration! was trying to find a simple to follow instruction and it wasn’t easy at all but thanks to you i’m on the right track ❤
Thank you for this. I've never crocheted before, but it looks like I will be doing it tomorrow. This looks pretty easy to follow along with after i get back from buying my supplies. Thank you.
You are VERY welcome! Here for you if you have any questions! Ohhh ... you can find all the supplies to make your rugs from our website! > ragstorugs-bylora.com/
@RagstoRugsbyLora oh thank you! I didn't know you have supplies too. I'm gonna check that out as well. I'm excited to get started. Is this similar to how they crochet the sleeping pads with the plastic bags for homeless? I saw a post on a local group where there wanting used grocery bags to make sleeping mats and I'd love to learn how to do those as well.
Thank you so much! This is my third video tutorial for a circle rug pattern. Finally found someone sharing a pattern that lays flat. 😊 Thank you for sharing and teaching it!
Thank you. This video was great. I am a leftie and everyone I have met thus far have not been able to explain the crochet technique in a way that I can take it and feel successful and turning it around and use the pattern with confidence that I am doing it correctly...I am a happy craftere right now.
Oh wow!! Glad it was helpful, Sheila! My family is majority lefties (I'm an exception). It has even trickled down now to our grandchildren. I've heard the challenges for years of being left-handed. So very happy to hear the video gave your the confidence you needed! Thanks for reaching out!
This is the best tutorial I’ve found. The increase is where I’ve always had issues and this just helped me tremendously in getting that part sorted out! Thank you!
I’ve watched many videos on making a rag rug and tried all those techniques and yours is the BEST! This is truly a no fail way to crochet a rag rug! I made my first rug following along with you and it turned out perfectly! Can’t thank you enough Lora.
Super happy to have stumbled upon this video while searching (again) about rag rugs. It is by far the best methodology, so very well explained and demonstrated, that I've come across in my many searches. I began thinking about making a round rag rug of some sort several years back. Only now, after having watched this video, do I feel as though I might actually be able to do it. Thank you, Lora! ~ Debra
WOW! I am "super happy" you found us too! Thank you for your generous compliments! I wish you a wonderful journey crocheting round rugs! Please stay in touch with any questions you might have!
Great tutorial. Love how you broke everything down for beginners. Have been crocheting for years and have been thinking of making rugs and will have to start making them.
Although I learned to crochet as a child I have been just a knitter all my adult life. Watching you use a large hook and rag yarn is a revelation to me because it is easy to see what you are doing and you give a great presentation. I have a lovely sweater pattern with the correct wool yarn ready to go but need to re-learn crochet. I think I will start with a round rag rug. You are an awesome teacher ~ thank you. : )
Oh wow! Thank you for your kind comments & review!!! I really appreciate you! I hope you thoroughly enjoy crocheting your first round rug. Reach out with any questions! I am ALWAYS here for you, Annastine!!
OMG, I am sooo glad I did not give on learning how to make a rag rug! I am not fabric art hobbiest because I tried for so long learning how to knit several years ago and just couldn't get the hang of it--felt very frustrated, bored, and soar (lol). Then earlier this summer I saw a project on a craft site to make a rag rug and thought maybe I could learn to do that. It took me 3 weeks to finish a complete disaster and hot mess because I don't like NOT finishing things no matter how bad they may turn out, haha. So I knew I needed to find more tutorial videos to give it ago again. Your video(s) were exactly what I needed! It took me 3 hours to rehearse/practice the first part of starting it but once I got going I completed round 9 last night and then finished round 10 this morning--AND I watched your video on how to do the scallop edges and was able to add that finishing touch. I can't believe I actually made a perfect (well, to me at least) round AND FLAT rug in less than 24 hours! You were right about your pattern and the way you taught it made so much more sense to me, and I learned about ALL the mistakes I had made and how to avoid if not all but most of them. My husband, who is a math teacher, kept telling me that on the disaster rug I had too much material (it was majorly curling and so on) and needed to probably cut some off and then resew (I can barely sew a button and do not know how to use a sewing machine) somehow the pie back together so it would look better and lay flat, or just redo it, LOL!! Thank you again, and I look forward to watching some of your other videos and starting on my next "perfect" rug. This first one I made I am giving to my mom since she (and my younger sister) is the expert on knitting and knew how frustrating fabric art was to me and can now see how I finally accomplished this monumental crafting feat!
Thank you, THANK YOU!! for your kind words! You have absolutely brightened my day! Few things make me happier with Rags to Rugs than learning that others benefit from my videos! I set out years ago trying to come up with ways to teach more simply than written patterns. I'm dyslexic & written patterns are challenging for me to follow. (For that matter recipes & books too). Some think my method of teaching is odd at best! LOL So, for someone like yourself to have benefited from them AND completed her first PERFECT rug, I'm thrilled! Thank you for sharing! I hope you'll stay in touch!
Oh my gosh. I have never seen or used a pattern this is going to revolutionize my crocheting round rugs. Oh the frustration the starting over! Thank you so much.
Thank you from a total beginner! You actually show the fundamentals at a speed suitable for me, instead (of as some do) going just that little bit too fast, so I have to scramble to keep up and get discouraged and stop.
So very happy to hear my video helped you!! I teach the way I learn (slowly) & I understand completely what you're saying. Thank you for reaching out! Hoping you'll stay in touch!
Αχ τι ωραία!!τα έφτιαχνε η γιαγιά μου στη Καλαμάτα!!!πάρα πολύ ωραία κ τώρα τα φτιάχνουν!!πολύ ομορφιά κ νοικοκυροσύνη!!σας ευχαριστώ πολύ πολύ!που μου το θυμησατε θα το φτιάξω!!!σας ευχαριστώ πολύ !!καλό βράδυ!!!!
Hello, Martha! I was able to translate your comment: >> "Oh how nice!! my grandmother used to make them in Kalamata!!! very nice and now they make them!! very beautiful and homey!! thank you very much for reminding me I will make it!!! thank you very much!! good evening!!" Can I assume Martha you are writing from Greece?? WAY COOL! Thank you for your kind words!! (Boró na ypothéso Mártha óti gráfeis apó Elláda?? POLY KALO! Efcharistó gia ta kalá lógia!!) Efcharistó polý!)
I'm currently making my first rugs with strips from old sheets, (I have a lot of them and need to use them up) but I think at some point I'm going to use the pattern and techniques you've shown me to make some 'doilies' with grosgrain ribbon. I love the slightly chunkier look of this and could never bring myself to make doilies out of the tiny white yarn my great grandmother used! 😆 Fingers crossed it will turn out well!
I am going to weave my second rug with your explanation. I'm becoming a "fan" since I have my and my old clothes to make "yarn" and I can make rugs for my whole family. Perfect and useful for rainy days and boredom (my strips of reused fabric are very rustic but in the end it works out very well). Many thanks from Buenos Aires (Argentina).
Thank you for reaching out! So happy to have another rug enthusiast out there and all the way from Buenos Aires!! WoW! Hope you'll stay in touch, Maria!
Hi Lora, have been watching your videos multiple times (great tips & info!), completed one small round rug with scallops & am excited to start another. Have also bought an Amish knot needle & your "round card" from you. But your video instructions are so clear that I tried crochet for the first time and that's how I made my first rug under your tutelage! You mention you are using broadcloth and my experience with it is that it's generally a polyester & cotton fabric and pretty sturdy--sort of stiff compared to a very soft cotton. In my next rug I'm going to use scraps including cotton sheets which tend to be very soft. I have been thinking of stiffening the softest fabrics by lightly starching them so that they handle more like your broadcloth. Have you or anyone you've known ever starched soft fabric to make it less "floppy" in the construction/crocheting process?
Hello!! Thank you for reaching out & for your kind remarks!! I'm excited for you!! There IS a product you can buy that helps to stiffen fabrics, but honestly I don't think you need it. (It's more for small fabric projects like ornaments & dolls etc). You might consider our fabric rolls!? They are 100% cotton & bias cut which makes them a dream to work with. Soft yet sturdy and no threads since they are bias cut. They are 2" wide rolls - 6 yards on each. I think as a beginner you should work with the bed sheets as you've mentioned. They are so awesome to work with & a benefit is you can pick up used sheets at your local Goodwill or Salvation Army stores for a couple dollars & help to keep undo waste out of our landfills. A set of queen sheets is nearly 12 yards of usable goods. And if you want a thicker rug, consider cutting the sheets a bit wider - 2 1/2" would be good! You'll get a thicker & "less floppy" rug & great "therapy on your feet!"!! Here's a link back to our website if you want to check out our fabric rolls!! >> ragstorugs-bylora.com/SHOP.php?category=72
Love this mom use to crochet these but getting older. I had forgot the last amount of stitches with the increases. Guess what I will be doing to surprise her with
Thanks this is great! I have sheets I cut into strips 24 years ago when I was 36 and I just found them they were from sheets that were on my kids beds in the 80s. I am now following your pattern and making my 36 year old daughter a round rug from sheets that were on her bed when she was little. At the time all of my sheets were in blue shades and patterns and it is really turning out pretty! See my picture in the link below:
Ohhhhh thank you for sharing such a wonderful story, Joy! That will be a VERY special rug for sure!! If you ever need help calculating fabric needs for future rugs, I can help! ANY size & shape of rug by weight of fabric & by yardage! (Just pull out that bathroom scale & weigh it!) Here's a link to the website. Left column is a fabric calculation chart! >> ragstorugs-bylora.com/ Hope you'll stay in touch!
Thank you! You are such a lovely teacher!! Can't wait to watch your other videos. I love love love rugs!!! I've tried so many times but they always buckle. I'm excited to try your pattern!!
Thank you so much for this video. I am definitely going to make this rug, it’s gorgeous. I’m hoping it works just as well using strips of fabric from old duvet covers and sheets.
Hello, Marian! Thank you sooooo much! I appreciate you! The cushion is actually just upholstery fabric that I covered the chairs with. Each of the dining room chairs has a different print of remnants I found at Hobby Lobby. (Those big 6' rolls) The pillow was one of 3 I found at a thrift store. I remember leaving the store, getting all the way home & having the gut feeling I "needed" the pillows. Headed straight-away back to buy them. $1.99 each - GOOD FIND!
I simply LOVE your visuals! I sometimes give art lessons so I'm trying to figure how to make your system work for me. Meanwhile, I'm gonna crochet a rug. Thanks!
Hello & Happy Tuesday! So happy the video helped you & hope you're able to incorporate my "system" into your classroom! Thank you for watching & reaching out!
@@RagstoRugsbyLora I usually make necktie rugs. They might be cheaper than fabric. I make a long snake then sew all the rows together. This looks quicker. Thanks!!!
I'm a new subscriber. Great video, clear and concise. Terrific technique too! Is there a rule of thumb for when you should go past your marker to finish the round? For example, if you're on a round that calls for several sc prior to 2sc, and you end up with only 1 or 2 sc at the marker? Should you end the round early or go ahead and pass the marker? What effect would either solution have on the shape? I noticed in the video at the end of round 7 your 2sc landed in the space before the marker and you started the new round at the marker. I've been crocheting 50 years and I've never really come across this before. Sorry so long winded, but hope you can make sense of my gibberish. Thanks so much.
No apologies, Nancy!! I totally understand your "gibberish" :) ! The answer is simple! ALWAYS finish the pattern on each round even if you end up going past the marker! Thanks for reaching out & asking! There may be others wondering the same thing!
Hi there! This seems like it could be an apporpriate method for creating chair pads as well as the rug that you are demonstrating. I hope you don't mind, but I have a few questions about creating chair pads with ties for the back of chairs. I've noticed that buying them can get pretty pricey, so I'm eager to try a DIY project, especially one that I can customize. Here are my questions: -What type of fabric or textile would you recommend for this specific project (chair pads)? -Do you think it's necessary to adjust the width of the fabric strips, or is there a textile that would work well without modification? Perhaps using a combination of different textiles would add charm? -What size crochet hook would be best for this project? Thank you so much for your informative videos and for taking the time to answer our questions. I'm a new subscriber, and even though I've only watched a few of your videos so far, I've already learned a lot. I'm excited to continue learning from you in the future!
Hello, Again! I'm still humbly smiling from your previous post. Thanks again!! This is a VERY "appropriate method" for making chair pads! Yesssss! I recommend using the same 2" wide fabric strips but downsize to a "P" crochet hook. I recommend the same for placemats! Fabric works great for chair pads, but you could also consider Bonnie Craft Cord! It wears like iron, so pretty & so easy to work with! And washing would be a breeze too! I can calculate your fabric AND cord needs for you anytime. There is a free rug calculator on every page of our website! If you're on your phone, just click on the "menu" drop down & click on Rug Calculator! Here's a link! www.ragstorugs-bylora.com/
Thanks so much for doing this video this way ! So easy to follow! Love it! I'm saving it to watch again ! Have a great day! Marlene W. On the farm in SC
Thank you, Barbara! You can make ANY size round rug using this pattern ... as big as you'd like! Just continue to add 1 stitch to every round and most important ALWAYS finish the pattern on each round even if you end up going past the marker! So happy you reached out! Hope you'll stay in touch!
I loved 😍 ♥ the way that you explain what you are doing, the only problem is l'm Left handed ✋. How would l make this rug using my Left hand as l would love to know being a beginner in crochet.
Hello, Sharon! So happy you've reached out! "Left-handers" run rich in my family! My mother & her (3) siblings, my children, grandchildren - all left-handed! (Not me however!) I've taught so many classes and the first questions I always ask is "Who has never crocheted?" and ... "Who is left-handed?" I then team up experienced crocheters with in-experienced. And I keep my eye on the left-handers. It's HARD for left-handers!! Sharon, what has always worked in the past is me standing with my back to those who are left-handers. Given that this is filmed in the same way, I think it might work for you?? Give it a try and let me know! Stay in touch okay?
Hi I’m an avid crocheter and I must say your class is one of the best classes I’ve found in YT. Thanks for sharing. Where can I buy the fabric ribbon roll? I’m inspired to do the rug. Thanks again.
Hello, Carol! I appreciate your kind words! Thank you!! We are in the process as we speak of replenishing our inventory on the fabric rolls. Hope within the month we will have them back in stock. Since Covid fabric prices have shot through the roof. We're hoping to negotiate pricing with our fabric supplier/fabric roll manufacturer. Stay in touch, okay?
I appreciate you getting back to me and understand zabout cutting long strips rather then one continuous strip. My question now is how do I join the strips correctly? Do you have a video showing this? Thank you Judy
You're very welcome Judy! We have an old (very grainy) video that I share share a link to. A new one is next in line to produce! We hope to have it on the channel within a week! In the meantime, hopefully this one will help you! Please stay in touch okay?! Here's that link: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-d5pN6Za3k34.html
I was watching your video on my tv and my husband asked me if I would make him coffee. Meanwhile he took over the remote and now we are watching horse tv. Anyway where do I buy fabric in a roll to make the round rug?
Hello, Robin!! (Tooooo funny!!) We have the rolls you are looking for! Unfortunately, we are sold out at the moment but they will be back in inventory mid-June. Our manufacturer of them had a valuable employee get hospitalized & set us back a few weeks or we would have them back in stock now. Once they ARE back in stock you'll find beautiful 6 yard rolls of 16 colors (darks, lights & pastels) - 100% cotton broadcloth, bias cut and 2" wide. I'll add a link to the website, okay? www.ragstorugs-bylora.com/ Thanks for staying in touch!!
Finally! A video that explains how to keep a rug from getting wavy or curling up! However, on my first attempt, my rug isn't exactly round. It has these slight "corners"...sort of looks like an octagon. Any idea why this happens? Thank you!
Hello & Happy Tuesday to you! I think I DO know what you are talking about! :) I'm not sure I made it clear in the video that you ALWAYS finish the pattern, even if it continues beyond the stitch marker. Simply remove the stitch marker & continue to the end of that round's pattern. Once completed, reinsert the stitch marker & continue on! Following the pattern by adding 1 for each round. I've made every size of round rug imaginable it seems using this simple pattern. But the most important part is completing the pattern for each round. The stitch marker is simply a reminder that you are ready to move on to the next round - not a stopping point. If that were the case, yes, your rug might become "less" round. You might try a single crochet around 1 round without any increases to soften the points before continuing on. That might do the trick! Hope you'll stay in touch & THANK YOU for reaching out!
The is the best teaching lesson I have seen on youtube so far , appreciate what you have done to do this video and your time you have put into it! Thank you thank you so much! Liz x PS Subscribed to your Channel...
Thank you, Gale! I appreciate that! There are many different methods - most are a bit tedious in my opinion. Some press the fabric in half print side out, some serge their strips. I prefer to "fold as I go". I fold both sides in like bias tape as I'm crocheting. At first it may feel a bit awkward but with practice it goes very quickly! Promise! It sure makes you appreciate fabrics that are the same on both sides! Like solid broadcloths, yarn dyed flannels, homespun fabrics or batiks. They are my absolute favorites to crochet with! Thanks for reaching out! Merry Christmas to you!
A very clear tutorial…thank-you. just wondering…… Have you a measurement as well as a weight for the fabric? Do you have any special protocol to prevent repetitive stress in your hand/wrist/arm etc.?
You're WELCOME! Thank you! On the home page of my website - in the far left side - is form to fill out! I will calculate for you both by YARDAGE and by WEIGHT the approximate fabric requirements for ANY size or shape of rug! We calculate for many people every day! >>> Here's the link! www.ragstorugs-bylora.com/ As to carpal tunnel or stress in your hands, I'm so sorry but I don't. I have been having issues in my shoulder that I feel is related to 40 years of making these rugs, and I've considered applying a cream that I see advertised to relieve the pain from arthritis. But so far I haven't explored for carpal tunnel symptoms. Let me know if you find anything that works! Hope you'll stay in touch!!
@@RagstoRugsbyLora thanks for your response. I will definitely seek out that link when the snow flies. I have so much fabric that I could use up. I get a lot of issues from gardening…wrist, elbow, shoulder, ribs, scapula, spine, legs, sciatica…you name it, I’ve got it. I go weekly to a Moms trained osteopath who treats me with osteopathic manipulation, involving stretching, massaging, and moving the musculoskeletal system back into place. It’s amazing how he keeps me in check by treating all of me…not just the part that aches. Everything in the body has an impact on something else and all needle work is a strain to the system. I could see how you strive to hold up your work so we viewers can see and you did a great job of it. But it takes its toll. Your demonstration set off my crafting enthusiasm….but I could see the repetitive movement in the wrist. Icing could also help prevent inflammation. The only thing about an osteo is NO STRAINING of any kind for 24 hours after treatment as the body has to have time to keep the muscles where they’re suppose to be. I can also recommend lying on the rounded side of a halved pool noodle with one end aligned to your top vertebrae and down the length of your spine, a rolled towel under your neck, knees bent, feet flat on floor and arms open in a cross. Start with 5 mins first week..10 the next and so on up to 20 minutes. Each duration can be done twice daily. This really helps to unfurl the upper body from repetitive hunching. This repetitive act negatively impacts ribs, digestion and in turn this moves to other places. A cream is great for inflammation but can’t address the structural abuse that we impose on ourselves. Hope this helps….but regardless, I’ll be diving into your other videos once my garden is tucked in for winter!!!👍🏻Gotta keep myself and my osteopath busy!!!😉
