Making Hands

Hi

Hope you are having a wonderful weekend.

This weekend has seen me continue to be busy making.

The joy of making - usually is down to our hands for execution. Pondering on the "makings" of the past few weeks, my hands feature prominently.

There's the bath rug, made with worn towels. The first and last rug that I'll crochet from towels; it's just too hard on your hands and arms. Hubby now is enjoying the super thickness of this rug every morning!

Bath mat

Close up of "rustic" technique

There's the basket made from half of a very colourful skirt from the 80's! Yes it has been lurking in my cupboards for quite a while for just this occasion. Quick and easy and very handy for crochet hooks, scissors, fabric strips etc. Edging is from a very purple sheet. Love my colours!

From this ...

to this ....

to this!!

Another basket, this time made from worn tea towels!. 

Tea towels recycled

Is there nothing safe?! I must admit to slipping in between the sheets thinking, these would go towards making a new rag rug! Hubby is a little anxious that one day there'll not be a sheet left in the house. 

Have fun - recycling, upcycling, making. 

Love Cara

Rag rugging

Hi kindred crafters

This past week I've been enjoying the art of rug making using crochet. I went along to a class which got me started. Kylee was the instructor. Check out her Facebook site to see the great rugs she makes.

https://www.facebook.com/FabricScissorsHook

And here's my first rug. 
 

It's 90cm wide and weighs 2.5kg. I was aiming for a metre wide rug but ran out of matching fabric. It took quite a bit of fabric - 3 pillowcases, 2 single sheets, 1.5 queen size sheets, 1 doona cover. This is a great way to recycle your old worn linen. My linen cupboard is very thankful for the extra room.

I learnt a bit along the way, experimenting with different techniques - for joining the strips, cutting vs tearing, width of strip. Quite enthralling.

I'd like to try crochet baskets next and of course do another rug. Still plenty of worn linen to use.

There's always something new to learn in the craft world. Have fun!

Love Cara.