Crocheting can create many useful things: clothes, toys, pillows, bedspreads, shawls and capes. They will be not only of high quality, but also one of a kind. But few know that you can make a rug crocheted - colored or plain, with or without pile. It is about him that will be discussed in our article.
The first step is to pick up yarn. Threads of both synthetic and natural origin are suitable. Some even crochet a rug from plastic bags.
So, you have decided on the thickness of the threads. It's time to choose the right color scheme. Special shade tables can help you with this. If you want to make a rug quickly, it is better to buy a thick hook (starting from the sixth number) and thick threads. And if you want to connect the rug with many small patterns, then you can buy threads and thinner, but such a solution will not always be justified.
Once you have chosen the threads, it's time to knit! The simplest crochet rug can be created using only air loops and single crochet posts. First you need to make a grid on the principle of fillet knitting. Moreover, the grid can be not only rectangular or square, but also round or oval. In this case, you will have to knit it in a circle. Once you have tied the net (it is better to make it from thick strong threads), you can begin to knit the rug itself. First, with a needle and thread of a different color, you must outline the pattern. Then start tying the net. In each cell, knit three columns with one crochet (you can with two, but not more). At the same time, one should start with the main color, and then ruffle the colored part of the pattern in an arbitrary direction. Such a rug will be beautiful and soft. It is better to knit from natural threads - cotton or linen. At the same time, its wrong side will also be pretty.
You can crochet the rug from individual motifs. They can be square, round, hexagonal or triangular. You can also use different threads. First you need to make motifs, and then connect them using a thread with a needle, hook or sirloin net, which will be tied between them.
You can try to make a rug crocheted in the Irish technique. You will also have to impose a lot of motives - flowers, patterns, animals. Then they all combine and turn into a single canvas. Motives can be either one or different colors.
But there is also continuous knitting (that is, without breaking the thread). In this case, you use one thread and knit a motive one by one.
At the cottage or in a country house, you can knit a rug from unnecessary plastic bags. First you need to collect a lot of colored bags, then tear them into strips and tie together into one long rope. From it the crochet mat is knitted. The scheme is simple - you knit either in a circle with single crochet, or in rows - single crochet or with one. Such a mat has a number of valuable advantages. Firstly, it’s not a pity to lay it somewhere in the barn or on the porch, and secondly, the creation of such a rug requires virtually no investment. And thirdly, it is quite durable and waterproof.