It looks like we were both inspired by the same rug on the free people blog.
How to weave grass mats.
Today i show you how to make a woven cattail mat that i am going to use for sun drying wild cherries.
I was inspired by this rug a year ago when i couldn t find one to fit in my tiny bathroom.
Start by raising the warp threads this creates a space called a shed the vertical space created between the raised and unraised warp threads.
Trim the bottom port.
Introduce a new horizontal weft weaver over and under each warp fiber.
Learn how to weave lily grass.
I searched high and low and stumbled upon a great tutorial.
Seagrass is available as a twisted grass rope or a flat surfaced reed that resembles rush from the sea islands and is used in many folk art baskets rugs mats placements and table runners.
This is the first weft row of the mat.
How to weave sweet grass baskets.
In this tutorial i mainly used a balanced plain weave pattern that looks like a checker board and is often described as a one up one down weave or over and under pattern.
Pull it through so the middle is at the far right side of the weaving and there is a 2 inch tail remaining at the left side.
This morning i came across your post on the woven circle mat diy from earlier this year on 5 5 15.
I used iris and cymbidium leaves to weave with but typha lily grass or new zealand flax is great for larger weaves.
These are the 44 warp fibers for the mat weaving.