If you are bored with your everyday surroundings or there is not enough comfort and warmth in the house, then you can knit something. An excellent option would be a rug for the hallway or a rug for a chair or stool.
This product will not only help you diversify your interior and keep your hands busy, but you will also contribute to saving the environment. After all, a knitted rug is a thing that will last forever and will not deteriorate. And if it breaks, the yarn quickly decomposes and will not cause harm to nature.
How to knit a rug with knitting needles?
Making a rug with knitting needles is quite simple if you know where to start, namely: with the choice of design, materials for production and the place where the track will be located.
The form is chosen according to the location and your preferences.
For kitchen rugs that will be washed frequently, it is best to use yarn made from acrylic or cotton.
When you're choosing colors for this interior detail, add some flair and use leftovers from other skeins.
These materials best withstand the chemical effects of washing powders. Therefore, a product made from them will not lose its shape and color even at the 30th stage of washing.
A fluffy, beautiful carpet will help quickly transform your home.
A knitted rug is a simple and creative way to decorate your home and diversify your interior.
Thicker and warmer carpet models are used in bedrooms or living rooms. They are usually more voluminous and have a complex pattern. You can get this effect if you use wool yarn. It constantly holds its shape, and the threads themselves fit so tightly to each other that they do not form empty spaces.
A wool rug looks the most cozy and warm.
The only downside to wool is that it wears out quickly. To extend its service life, you should choose wool not from purely natural fibers, but with the addition of synthetics. But this option is better suited for corridors between rooms where people most often pass.
For products near the door, you can take thick cords or clotheslines. The rug will be rougher, and it will remove dirt from shoes well.
Important! When combining several colors in one rug, you need to use threads of the same diameter and density. To make the product more elegant and neat.
Schemes with descriptions are intended for beginners who want to know how to knit a rug with their own hands. Such patterns are similar to the usual ones for making any other products on knitting needles. And they contain the same symbols.
Selecting a location
The product can be placed in any room and part of an apartment or house. For example:
- Children's room . Works in the form of animals, cartoon characters, or bright models from individual motifs are suitable. You can lay one large carpet or several medium ones for each area in the room (near the bed, desk, in the play area). Children can play on the floor while sitting; to avoid the cold, you can choose a carpet made of pompoms. It is dense, soft, and retains heat well.
Carpet in the nursery for the play area
- Hallway . Products need to be purchased durable, made from thick synthetic, composite yarn, polyester cord or plastic bags. Products made from other materials will not last long in the hallway.
- Bathroom and toilet . Products must have the same qualities as for the hallway. You just need to take into account that there will be high humidity in the room, and the material must be resistant to it. In addition, it should not slip.
- Bedroom and living room . Large openwork yarn carpets will become the main decoration of the room. Products can be laid on linoleum, parquet, laminate and even tiles. They can be placed in the middle of the room or closer to the sofa or bed.
In the living room, such products will be the main decoration
Knitting a rug for beginners
For beginners who have not yet knitted complex designs, it is better to start making rugs with knitting needles in the shape of a regular square or rectangle. This basis is the basic one, to which decor in the form of fringe or braids is equally important.
Tools:
Manufacturing:
- on the knitting needle you need to cast on 58 regular loops + 2 more edge stitches;
- then there are two rapports connected according to scheme 1. it is called “putanka”;
- the structure of the braid is shown in diagram 2, after it there are 2 more repeats;
- in this way you need to knit at least 42 cm of the product;
- The fringe completes the composition and is done every other loop.
Important! DIY rectangular rugs do not always turn out neat on the knitting needles. The appearance can be spoiled by the untreated sides of the product. You can fix them by crocheting. But this is not a required step.
It would be better to have a rectangular rug next to the bed to make it more comfortable to place your feet.
Form
Carpets can be whole or knitted from individual motifs. A solid canvas is easier to make, but a product made from motifs will look much more impressive. The edges of the carpets are treated with openwork edging.
Handmade Knitting Yarn
Rugs can be successfully integrated into the interior, thanks to the variety of shapes. The forms are as follows:
- rectangular;
- square;
- oval;
- round;
- asymmetrical;
- curly (in the shape of a star, flower, snowflake, animal, etc.).
Select the shape to match the overall style of the interior
Advice To ensure warmth on the floor, choose dense products, and more delicate ones for beauty.
To prevent square carpets from seeming too simple, they are made by connecting several squares of different colors together.
Oval yarn rugs are suitable for longer rooms. They can be placed in the living room in the relaxation area. Small rugs in the shape of an oval or semicircle can be placed near an armchair, interior doors or near the stairs to the second floor, if available.
Oval option for elongated rooms
Round rug
The easiest way to knit a round rug is in a spiral. But at the same time, it is a real test for the master’s endurance.
Tools:
Manufacturing
Before you start knitting a round rug with knitting needles, you need to make a base for it. For this you need a hook. Use it to knit a small circle with a diameter of 20 cm.
Now you need to take the knitting needles and cast on only 15 loops. And start knitting them in the usual way. On the 10th row, you need to reduce the length of the resulting fabric to 10 loops, turn the product over and thus knit another 10 loops. Next, you will again have to increase the number of loops to 15. This alternation will accompany the entire process of making the fabric for the rug.
When the spiral is ready, you need to attach it to the middle and sew it with regular threads using a needle.
Flat products from braids
To make a woven fabric, you must first weave a large braid from cut ribbons or strips. To make one product, you need to use fabrics of approximately the same thickness and softness. Many types of old items and clothing are suitable for this.
To begin with, you can practice by making something from soft knitted T-shirts of different colors. Other household textiles are also suitable, which include:
- old sweaters and other knitted items;
- terry robes, sheets and towels are leaky in places;
- thin blankets and blankets made of fleece or fleece;
- old colorful dresses and robes that have lost their relevance;
- ready-made cords, jute or thick threads, both natural and synthetic;
- denim;
- old tights, stockings and knee socks of various quality.
At first, it is more pleasant to work with soft and pliable materials, but over time, skills come and it is easier to select strips of different colors to create patterns on the rug.
To weave a regular braid from three strips, you need to prepare scraps of such length as the original item allows, with a width of 5-6 cm. The beginning of the braid can be secured by tying the first three strips together with a thread.
Then the resulting braid is laid in a spiral, the rows of which are sewn together with strong threads. This way you can get a simple rug on the floor or a stool.
Rug-star
To make this rug you will need several shades of thread. To make the drawing more voluminous.
Tools:
- yarn 4 colors;
- knitting needles;
- needle;
- sewing threads.
Manufacturing
First, parts are made from yellow threads. To do this, 5 loops are cast on the knitting needles. They are knitted in garter stitch. In each subsequent row, after the first and before the final loop, there is an increase. Exactly one more loop. Thus, each row adds 2 loops to the width of the product.
The next detail (dark yellow), on the contrary, decreases 2 loops on one side, and adds 2 loops on the other.
The blue shade will be located next to the light yellow. Therefore, it must follow its bend. Thus, on one side the loops decrease, and on the other they form cloves. You need to repeat these steps at least 4 more times. The same thing needs to be done with the blue parts. With a corresponding twist towards the dark yellow hue.
A very beautiful and unusual rug, easy to knit.
Fluffy rug “Sheep”
You can knit a rug with knitting needles creatively and not difficult if you resort to a trick. The “Sheep” product consists of 80% pompoms and only 20% knitted part.
Tools:
- knitting needles;
- brown yarn;
- white or beige threads of yarn;
- sewing thread and needle.
Manufacturing
Pompoms are made from threads of a lighter shade. To make it, you need to wind a certain amount of thread on your folded palm. The ends left at the beginning of winding and at the end must be tied together. The resulting skein is cut and a pompom is obtained.
The body and head are made flat, so no great knitting skills are needed. To make it you will need:
- 4 straight strips for limbs;
- 2 small triangles;
- 1 large triangle for the head.
Important! One of the tips on how you can creatively improve the product is to make pom-poms that imitate the body of a sheep in different sizes. This will make the rug more voluminous.
Rug “Sheep” – knitted, plus pom-poms.
Chair back mat
It is better that the style of the chair seat is repeated in the cape on its back. Therefore, to make a cape from a small rug from the previous paragraph, you can sew additional elastic bands on the back side of the product. So that it stays on the back. Or you can make a full-fledged cape that will cover both the seats and backs of chairs or armchairs.
Tools:
- knitting needles, hook;
- yarn.
Manufacturing
- 60 stitches are cast on the knitting needles.
- Divide the set of 15 loops. These will be the sections for placing the picture.
- At the end you need to close all the loops.
- The rug itself is tied with threads in two single crochets three times.
If desired, the product can be decorated with fringe. There are also options when 3 to 5 shades of the same color are woven into the snake, creating a smooth, beautiful gradient in the design.
Thick yarn is voluminous threads made from wool with the addition of synthetic threads.
Flower
Attractive and airy, the knitted flower is quite complex to make. Only experienced needlewomen can cope with it, since each loop must be made strictly according to the pattern. Skipping at least one of them will ruin the entire drawing.
However, there is an option to make a “flower” in a simple way. We knit five identical circles with double crochets. Then we connect them as follows: we bend each circle on both sides so that a flower with five petals is formed. We sew the “petals” into a “flower”. We decorate the middle with a button or a knitted small circle.
How to knit a thick yarn rug using knitting needles?
To make rugs from such material, special equipment is required. In this case we are talking about knitting needles. Their diameter must be at least 25 mm so that threads of such volume do not fall off or get tangled.
Tools:
- yarn;
- large knitting needles.
Manufacturing:
- according to the standard method, 41 loops are cast on the knitting needles;
- then the front side is knitted using facial loops;
- the last loop is not knitted;
- repeat this way for two more rows.
Since the threads are quite voluminous, knitting a carpet 104 cm long will not take much time and effort.
This handmade item will add coziness to your home, decorate your home and will not leave your guests indifferent.
Using knitting yarn
Yarn is a universal material for creativity . Knitted yarn will stretch well during knitting, but at the same time ideally holds the shape of the finished product. It does not fade and is reasonably priced. A creation made from such yarn will look rich.
Products made from tape yarn will not turn out flat, unlike ordinary threads. It will look voluminous, airy and even lush.
Knitted yarn has good stretch
The product will be durable, the color will remain the same and will not fade, it will serve until the owners get tired of it.
