Learn how to make a round rag rug using sheet yarn. Lots of close ups and details. Visit my website: www.ragrugsbyerin.com Follow me on Facebook: Rag Rugs by Erin
what a fabulous tutorial. finally a teacher who does not preamble the lesson with 5 minutes of personal nonsense. this was easy to follow and i am so inspired to try this project. thank you!
You are the BEST tutor/mentor! I love how you explain everything for the amateur beginner. Keep sharing the tips & tricks that we can benefit by creating a more experienced crafter.😉😎
Thank you Erin for enabling me to make my first two rugs with your brilliant tuition. You're so human, and patient and lovely! It's taken me till I'm 44 to learn to crotchet - and I did it with sheet yarn, thanks to you. You are a gift ❤️
Aww. What a lovely sweet generous 💕 note. It just about made me cry. Thank you for taking the time to write to me. I am so pleased you are feeling successful and are creating your own treasures. With a smile, Erin
I have been saving my sheets for a few years and Im finally starting to make rag rugs! I am so excited! I started with the toothbrush Amish rag rug however I stopped because I saw a video of a few people crocheting the rag rugs and it looked so much better!! Plus I have always wanting to learn to crochet just never had time because of all the other fun creative things I have been enjoying over many years like: sewing a few clothes but I really like sewing home decor(curtains, pillows, baby blankets, etc.), interior decorating, and stripping, sanding and painting/staining furniture, etc. Soooo I am SOOO thankful that you did this video!! You went at a good speed to show the single crochet stitch, which was very helpful not just for the rag rug but so I can understand what the heck Im doing when I use the yarn as well!!! Thank you again!!
Wow. You enjoy creating. I do too just different projects. My over 130 video are organized on my website www.ragrugsbyerin.com better than RU-vid allows. No account needed. Just click on the blue link in the Playlist description and view as many times as you like for free. Hope it helps with your rag rug journey.
Thankful for this video, you're a good teacher. This has brought back memories, my auntie and grandmother would make chair pads, or pad for bench. Lasted for years and years. Peace.
Yes. Many people made things with old clothes, sheets etc. Then we moved away from it. I think it's making a comeback and I hope that am playing a small roll in that.
Erin Halvorsen yes you are, making a difference. Quilting bees( busy as a bee), sitting around tearing old sheets, shirts in strips. First all buttons collars cuffs removed. The joke : when rag man came at grandmother house not much left. Peace.
Thank a teacher! Thank you Erin. I have a granddaughter named Erin. Love the name! I stopped trying round rugs because when I first watched this, I didn’t have the vaguest Idea what you were teaching. I got the round kitten rugs finished, but not too satisfied with beginnings of them. So I changed to oval. Much better. Learning to do a stair-stepless rug. However, with 9 smaller rugs under my belt, i am back here to really see what and how you accomplish the humpless center. Lol. Okay. Again I thank you muchly for your great teaching. I have picked up your ‘checking it out’ one or two SC and where. Yay! But now, i am doing a rectangular rug for the first of my six grown children who asked me for one. Cant say No to this. 😳😇🏹👉🏻you are the rag rug master. Penny Haulman
I’m an intermediate crocheter, and I’ve been trying to learn the “why’s” of crochet instead of the “how’s”. This really explained how to look at your work and determine when to do 2 SC in a st instead of just one, or vise versa. Also love the way you handled the tail, I love working in the ends without having to go back and weave them in!
Erin, thank you! It is a pleasure to watch and learn from your videos. I'm Looking forward to mastering your techniques. All the best to you and your hubby.
I'm fairly experienced with crochet, but your direction on how to SEE when to do 2 crochet in 1 stitch or not is totally new to me! Very brilliant and useful! Who knows when I'll get around to making a rag rug (I have a million projects in queue) but if nothing else I learned something new about crochet in general. Thank you!
Your discussion of the anatomy of a stitch when working in the round is brilliant! I never noticed that there were so many other places in a stitch (up to 5?!) where a stitch can be inserted. This will be useful to know for troubleshooting any crochet project. ❤❤❤
I am glad you found it helpful. All my 130 tutorials are free on my website www.ragrugsbyerin.com . They're organized better there than RU-vid allows. No account needed. Just click on the link in the Playlist description and view as many times as you like for free. The Playlist Rag Rug Information and Help Videos has over 40 videos. You might find several in that Playlist that you would find helpful. Have a fabulous day.
I love your teaching style. This is the best video I've seen on crocheting a rag rug. Thank you so much!!! I look forward to watching more of your videos.
I really appreciate you for showing us such neat things we really want to make for ourselves, loved ones , friends! They a net little rugs you can make even bigger! Great present!
This is really beautiful i crochet every day literally so this is basically crocheting with 2in straps instead of yarn I love this! I think I've found a new passion lol thanks for sharing this
Thank you for teaching me to make rag rugs! I enjoy it and have made so many for family and friends. Tomorrow I am attempting to teach this at a community center. I will definitely refer them to you if I can't help them . Wish me luck 😅.
It was 7 months ago, I commented and I am still going on with my crochet! I come back here or another one you have done and hit stop and start! Thanks so much for all your work in teaching. Erin! hope your well 💖
Awesome. You might want to go to my website. All my tutorials are organized better there than RU-vid allows. They are all still free. No account needed. Just click on the link in the Playlist description and view as many times as you like for free. The Playlist Rag Rug Information and Help Videos has about 50 videos. You would probably find many of them helpful. Hope that helps. Www.ragrugsbyerin.com
My tutorials are organized on my website better than RU-vid allows. They are all still free. You click on the blue link in the playlist description and view as many times as you like. No need to create an account or place them in your cart. www.ragrugsbyerin.com Have fun creating.
Thank you Erin. You are a great teacher. I also follow you on Facebook. I bought a great hook from you. It took me over 2 years to make my first rug. I kept taking it out. I ended up with a 24 inch round rug hahaha. I Did learn a lot. Here is a pic I just finished. I decided to crochet with yarn around the edges. I like it maybe can do bigger next time.
@@RagRugsbyErin I'm studying! I'm going to be making some fabulous rugs this winter ❄️ And you're gorgeous! I'm older, too. And some of us are never comfortable with ourselves, until gravity moves in, then we're like... I was beautiful. I'm working on being healthy, mentally and physically. Oh, and my 18 year old son is interested in the rug making! He did a bit of hand sewing through his childhood and definitely has an interest. When I told him about the rug making... he thanked me for letting him try to crochet as a kid. He said a lot of moms never would have let their son do something like that. I tried to prepare my boys to cook and so forth, you don't always have a woman around. And I raised my daughter to do all kinds of stuff, she's just coming out of the Navy submarines.
Thank you for your kind words. I always encourage my sons to do anything that interested them. My husband runs an industrial sewing machine as part of his work. I wasn't raising little boys. I was raising husbands, fathers and men. Have a blessed week 😊.
😊 I have over 130 videos on rag rug making. They are organized on my website www.ragrugsbyerin.com better than RU-vid allows. No account needed. Just click on the blue link in the Playlist description and view as many times as you like for free.
Great directions.. But was wondering why you don't weave in the tail on the back side.Wish the technique to attach the strips together had been around when my mom was crocheting rugs and bread bag rugs. Would have saved her so much time in prep.. Love your colors on your rug.
I have 2 tutorials on round rugs. I will consider it for the future. 😊 You may want to view my tutorials through my website www.ragrugsbyerin.com . They are organized better there than RU-vid allows. They are all still free. You don't have to create an account or place them in your cart. Just click on the blue link in the playlist description and view as many times as you like.
Hi Erin, just discovered your channel and sheet yarn rug making, love it, keeping me safe during this times, but I am running into a problem , what can I do for the fraying in the fabric, my project is comin along gorgeous, thank you so much.
Glad you are enjoying yourself. Fraying sheet yarn is part of making rag rugs. I do best with a minimum of 50 % cotton. Percale sheets are my favorite. You may want to check out my website. My tutorials are organized there better than RU-vid allows. They are all still free. www.ragrugsbyerin.com Hope that helps some. Stay healthy and safe.
Just a question I crochet doilies and many of them are circle SC and I start with say 8 then 2 in each then 1 and 2 around then 1,1,2 around, 1,1,1,2 and continue for as large of a circle as I need. Would that work? Or do you have to evaluate?
On my floors they don't slide. You can buy the spongy mesh shelf liner buy the yard in the fabric depth at Walmart etc. And cut it a little smaller than your rug and just set it underneath. Inexpensive. Hope that helps.
If you use sheets to make your rugs they should hold their shape when you wash them. I wash mine on gentle in the washing machine and dry them outside or on low to medium heat if that isn't possible. I have 2 videos that talk about different aspects of this. They are both in my playlist Rag Rug Information and Help Videos. One is what makes a rag rug last and the other is Sheet yarn verses material. Hope that helps 😊.
@@RagRugsbyErin 🎄☃️❄🛷❤🎄☃️❄🛷❤🎄☃️❄🛷❤🎄☃️❄🛷❤ Erin, Oh Yes, this helps so much! I want to Thank You from the Bottom of My Heart for Teaching us Your Rug Techniques, it means so much to me!!! Have A Merry Christmas & A Joyous New Year!!! 🎄☃️❄🛷🦋🎄☃️❄🛷❤🎄☃️❄🛷❤🎄☃️❄🛷❤ Marley
I don't have experience with a loom. Crochet is portable and mobile. It can be quick. I have not tried my hand at a loom because looms do not have the versatile that I enjoy while creating.
Hi everytime I make a round rug it "bubbles" (what I call it) I have to smooth it out on to the floor and then it will lay flat. Otherwise , when I drop it to the floor parts of it look like it is making rings in the water, like a drop of water ....ripples maybe. How do I prevent this. This happens to me often.
I am sorry your having trouble with your round rag rugs. I can only guess without seeing the rug and you working it what is actually happening. It sounds like you are possibly not adding enough extra stitches to some of your rounds. I suggest you watch When to Add Extra Stitches to a Rag Rug. My free tutorials are organized on my website www.ragrugsbyerin.com better there than RU-vid allows. Over 120 videos. Hope that helps.
