Handmade carpets for thousands of years of existence have never gone out of fashion. And today, in our technocratic age, such products are equated with objects of art. Carpets not only warm our homes, but also decorate them, serving as original decor elements. Making carpets with your own hands is not as difficult as it seems to many.
There are many carpet making techniques. They are woven and weaved, they are sewn, embroidered and knitted. Materials for carpets are woolen threads, satin ribbons, yarn, fabric loosened into strips. You can create a beautiful picture by cutting parts from the carpet of different colors. Great soft rugs come from old T-shirts. Sliced knitted strips can be woven and interspersed with knots, or you can make knitted pompons and already make a masterpiece from them.
Carpets made of unusual materials
Modern needlewomen have long gone beyond the scope of patterns and use, in their work, seemingly completely inappropriate materials. But the result of creative ideas is impressive. For example, a heated mat. In addition, pebbles can be glued to a solid base. Or do-it-yourself carpets from ropes or sesal.
It’s a great idea to use a double-sided tape to “embed” an infrared film system tape between a piece of carpet and linoleum. True, you can’t do without a husband here - trust him to monitor the quality of the connection and the insulation of the cable. In advance, measure the length from the place where the mat will lie to the outlet. How to install the infrared film is described in detail in the instructions for it.
A carpet of money with your own hands can be made for a gift. The birthday boy will be delighted! Making it in a couple of hours would not be difficult even for an office clerk. On a piece of polyethylene (you can buy a hothouse in a store for summer residents) with a thin tape, glue banknotes of various denominations. Take the trouble to lay them out with a beautiful pattern. Cover with a second piece of polyethylene, and fasten the edges with tape. Money carpet for the boss is ready!
Master class "Carpets from pom-poms with your own hands"
Most often, craftsmen order such carpets for a children's bedroom. They are soft, fluffy and very beautiful. And completely safe - a baby’s fall on such a carpet can be compared to a fall on a large soft toy. Do-it-yourself pompom carpets are easy. Both the process and the result will bring you a lot of pleasure. It will take you only a couple of hours to master the simple technique. You will spend much more time creating the pompons themselves. So, prepare colored yarn, a net (a special carpet is sold in needlework stores, but can be replaced with a regular building net), scissors and a pattern (optional).
Step-by-step instruction
- Make pompons in any way convenient for you: reeling on two fingers or on a cardboard. Tie the wound yarn in the center with a long thread, and gently cut along the edges.
- Or you can use one of two templates. With them, do-it-yourself carpets will be much more neat and more beautiful. (I - two cardboard rings, II - ice cream sticks are glued between two discs).
- Decide on the picture. In order not to be mistaken, you can apply it with colored markers directly on the grid.
- Tie the long ends of the thread to the stack. Determine the gap between the pompons yourself: the larger the ball, the greater the distance between them.
- The edges of the carpet can be tied or trimmed with strips of fabric.