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How to make a rectangular toothbrush rug.
Folks used to cut the head off an old toothbrush and file it down to a point while using the pre drilled hole for hanging your tooth brush as a place to attach the fabric to.
Let s call the 1st strip strip a the second strip b and so on.
As your rug gets wider there will be more stitches across the short end.
Rag rugs are often called toothbrush rugs because of the type of tool used to make them.
Place a single stitch in the stitches across the short end from the double stitching on the first round and then make two stitches in the first stitch on the other straight side.
They are easy to learn inexpensive to make and the result is gorgeous.
To start your rug you re going to have to join an anchor strip to another one.
But believe me you don t need any experience to learn how to make these rugs.
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Using sharp scissors cut about a inch slit in the end starting at about inch in from the end.
Plus i explain the more traditional way of making a rectangle rug using the toothbrush rug method.
Toothbrush rugs are one of the easiest and quickest rag rugs to make.
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Making a rug tool.
The easiest way to do this is to fold over the end and make a inch snip on the fold.
Most other instructions that i ve come across on the internet assume some previous knowledge of crochet or knitting.
I hope it helps answer questions and get you started should you decide to give it a try.
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