Making A Rug Out Of A Climbing Rope

Buy and dye some dollar store clotheslines or recycle your old climbing ropes and get to knitting crocheting coiling or just good old fashioned gluing.

Making a rug out of a climbing rope.

When you re finished it ll look something like this. Sewn rugs are much more durable than the tape and glue variety. Glue all of the seams with caulk and put the rug backing on. The same knot you d make to start tying your shoes.

If it all lines up spread the glue on the cardboard and place it on the rug. There s probably enough detail here to get you started it s certainly more than i could find. Get some rug backing from the hardware store and a tube or two of caulk. In addition to the printed pattern you ll need a a couple 20 meter sections of climbing rope a piece of wood some nails and something to cut the rope and treat the ends so that they don t fray.

Get a piece of cardboard large enough to cover you circle of rope. Come out bigger and flatter than the weave and hold together well. Rather than throw the old lines away i. Thick polyester rope in desired color felt cut into a circle ours is 24 felt should match rope scissors heavy duty construction adhesive painter s tape paintbrush silicone paint in desired color.

Make your very own climbing rope door mat rug. Loosen the knot you initially made until it resembles something similar to a large pretzel shaped figure. While living aboard our sailboat nine of cups we were constantly replacing worn and chafed halyards and dock lines. Take the outer part of the right loop and flip it to the left so.

Rugs can also be sewn the resulting rugs are larger a circle has roughly a 35 diameter for a 60m rope and flat. By lauren seidl step 1. This tutorial requires 16 worth of clothesline rope and some hardcore crochet skills and the. Next cut out the outline and check the size.

Coil the rope flat on the floor so its like a round spiral. Make a simple overhand knot. Now slide the cardboard under the circle of rope and outline the rug on the cardboard see picture. Trissa june 01 2014 1.

It might help to tighten the tension of your thread 4. Cut your fabric strips to 1 inch. This will allow for a tighter wrap and much easier to work with 2. Instead of straight stitching down the middle just go right into coiling it and attaching it with the 3 zig zag.