Rectangle Amish Knot Rug
Although these charming oval rugs look complicated they are really simple once you master the basic pattern.
Rectangle amish knot rug. How to make an oval amish toothbrush rag rug and washing handmade amish rag rugs. In this short video i hope to dhow you how to make a square rectangle toothbrush rag rug. Making a rectangle toothbrush amish knot rag rug i can t believe i tried it again. There seems to be a great deal of uncertainty about the origin of the name since the technique does not belong to the considerable collection of handicrafts that the amish bring to the world.
The rug can be a small circular doormat or a full room carpet depending on. Some have asked me to make one for them. Many of you have asked me how to make a rectangle rug. Please like and subscribe to my channel and if you would wish to pu.
An amish knot rug is basically a rag rug made by working buttonhole stitches or amish knots over a core strip of fabric or heavy cord. 1 of these strips will be the core the other will be used to tie the knots. Start your rug at the connecting slipknot where your 2 fabric strips meet. To finish the rug off you ll tie the two strips together in a square knot and tuck the ends through several loops on the underside of the rug just to keep them out of the way and not visible.
But this week i made a rug with a rectangle shape using the amish knot toothbrush rug method. Feb 7 2020 explore jean peavey s board toothbrush rug followed by 612 people on pinterest. An over and under weaving technique known as the amish knot is used to fashion the strips into a colorful durable piece. I was recently asked if i knew how to make square rugs using the amish knot method also known as the toothbrush method.
I had made one quite by accident several months ago and never attempted one again. Below are two more videos from barri jayne makes. These directions are for a rectangular rug. This is definitely a work in progress and far from.
So i decided to recreate one and show you the steps i took. Toothbrush rugs get their name from the tool used to make them. I will cover oval rugs and circle rugs on another post.