How To Make Felted Wool Rug

So for every 10 inches of fabric i wanted to have in the end i needed to add on 3 inches.

How to make felted wool rug.

How to make a felted wool rug. Photo by faye moulton use old wool blankets skirts and suits as the material for a braided rag rug and keep old wool out of. Learn how to make a fleece rug with these step by step instructions. I tried to make the balls even in size but i found that the different types of wool pet hair felted differently.

I kept them in a paper bag until i had enough. To get a rug 34 x20 roughly the rug before felting should be 45 x26. Most of the felt balls ranged from 1 5 2cm in diameter. If you want you can just make one giant felt spiral and have a large round rug i wanted to make a rug that was made up of several of these mini felt spirals.

The finished rug is felted tight on the backside so that it holds its shape and doesn t fall apart. This is a part of my yule goat costume project to see the finished costume or if you want to support my art go to this post. You can felt these pieces of wool yourself with hot water and you can shape the wet felt into stone. Felted fleece rugs use sheep wool from shearing not the sheepskin that is felted using a technique involving hot water soap and rolling.

Once the tuft of hair is felted into a ball dip it in the cold water to rinse the longer you roll the smaller and denser it gets. It s now an area rug and i like it better that way. A felted stone rug is a floor covering made with felted wool rovings. Wool roving is dyed wool that has not been woven into yarn.

You don t have to kill an animal for this attractive faux sheepskin rug. Make a rug such as this one from recycled wool blankets and clothing. How to make a round felt ball rug the supplies fishing line available from almost every hardware store and many supermarkets scissors a reasonably sharp needle with an eye large enough to thread the fishing line through i used an upholstery needle from spotlight 2cm felt balls of your chosen colour i always order mine through felt yarn straight from nepal to make a rug. Next these felt spiral mats form the bases of the diy felt rug.

The more of them you make the larger the final rug will be.