How To Make A Cotton Rope Rug

Sew with a wide zig zag stitch.

How to make a cotton rope rug.

Then pull the pieces upward and tie them together with a rubber band again as shown in the photo. Keep turning the coil and joining new rope to the coil until you reach the end of your sewn and wrapped rope. Firstly i bent the cotton sash cord around in a circular pattern glued in between and held the cord together for a few seconds. Any kind of rope will work but i chose cotton clothesline because it s soft but durable.

Take one end of the rope and twist it in a circle as tight as you can as seen in the picture below. Take the beginning end of your wrapped and sewn rope and make a small clockwise coil. I then decided to challenge myself by making a row out of loops. Once secured with a rubber band fluff out the piping pieces so they have more of a fuzzy pom pom shape.

I continued gluing until i had approximately twelve rows. Continue to twist the rope around until you get a large circle of rope. Plus it s super cheap so you can make a whole rug for less than 20. Watch the quick video hereto visualize it.

The cost of materials for a 5x8 rug totaled about 300. To start out the rug make sure your on a flat slightly slippery surface such as a wood or tile floor. The tails eventually become sewn as well and give more pop to the rug on this side. I just simply bent the rope into loops and glued.

Next weave the cut cotton pieces in between the netting grid as shown in the photo. Coil the rope until the rug is approximately 24 inches across or your desired width. There are lots of ways to actually make your rug glue being a. The hardest part about making a rope rug is gathering the supplies and finding the time to actually make the darn thing.