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This article was co-authored by Lois Wade. Lois Wade has 45 years of experience in crafts including sewing, crochet, needlepoint, cross-stitch, drawing, and paper crafts. She has been contributing to craft articles on wikiHow since 2007.
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Crocheting a round rag rug is as simple as can be! This is a great way to use up old fabric from worn clothing, vintage cloths or other sources of fabric items which are looking a bit tatty. If you're handy with a crochet hook already, you'll find this project both straightforward and very rewarding.
Steps
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1Find suitable cotton fabric for making the rug. Old t-shirts, tops, bed linen, tablecloths, etc. can all be suitable sources of fabric, as well as your fabric stash.
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2Launder all fabrics to be used.Advertisement
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3Cut the fabric into strips according to the size of your crochet hook. Generally, 1.5 - 2 inches (3.8cm to 5cm) wide is a good width.
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4Sew the strips end to end. Iron the seams if desired––it looks neater in the end result.
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5Roll the "yarn" into a ball.
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6Begin to crochet "in the round" as usual, by chaining 6 and slip stitching them together in a loop. Double Crochet 6 and slip stitch the ends together. Increases start on the second round. An increase is made by making 2 dc in a same stitch.
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7Work 2 dc in every dc around the circle, in the second round.
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8Make an increase on every other stitch in the third round. (dc in one, two dc in the next, etc.). As the rounds become wider, there are more stitches in between each increase.
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9Crochet two DC stitches between each increase in round 4.
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10Crochet three DC stitches between each increase in round 5.
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11Follow the pattern for each remaining round until your rug reaches the desired size.
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Community Q&A
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QuestionHow do I know when I need to add or increase a stitch?Community AnswerGenerally, if your work starts to go too bowl-shaped, you need to do increases. If the work begins to ruffle a little when you try to lay it flat, you need to do decreases.
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QuestionWhat size crochet hook works best with the 2-inch strips of fabric?Community AnswerTwo-inch-wide strips of plain, medium-weight cotton (such as quilt fabric) will crochet well with an N or P hook.
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QuestionWhat is meant by increasing?NonCommunity AnswerTo increase, just add one more stitch in the last stitch you made. This is called increasing.
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Things You'll Need
- Cotton cloth
- Scissors
- Oversize crochet hook
- Sewing machine (Note: while this "can" be done by hand, it is very time consuming)
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