How To Make A Climbing Rope Rug

Using the zigzag stitch tuck the end of the rope under your rug so it disappears from sight and sew over it to secure.

How to make a climbing rope rug.

You ll also find there a list of the materials and tools you ll need to make the rug mat. This tutorial requires 16 worth of clothesline rope and some hardcore crochet skills and the. To finish the rug use your fabric strip to wrap your end of the rope similar to how you wrapped the rope at the beginning of the rug just make sure the end of the rope is covered and sew down the middle to secure. Sewn rugs are much more durable than the tape and glue variety.

Rugs can also be sewn the resulting rugs are larger a circle has roughly a 35 diameter for a 60m rope and flat. 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. I have seen several different patterns and methods but i like the woven rectangular ones best. By hand expect to spend several days at 2 3hr per day.

While winter brings to mind ornate wool rugs and sturdy but plain salt and snow soaked doormats summer rugs can be lighter and more playful. The project came from here originally. The only supplies you need to craft this outdoor inspired decoration is a climbing rope and a lighter. Half of the rope is solid green and half is a patterned green.

What a great way to recycle a retired rope. Well if you re a trad or sport climber and have an old rope lying around you can learn the art of making a beautiful and useful rope rug out of it. This project is similar to this instructable but this project has a different approach. While living aboard our sailboat nine of cups we were constantly replacing worn and chafed halyards and dock lines.

Rather than throw the old lines away i. Climbing rope rugs are popular pieces of decor for climbers and non climbers alike.