Making A Rug Out Of A Climbing Rope

The same knot you d make to start tying your shoes.

Making a rug out of a climbing rope.

Get some rug backing from the hardware store and a tube or two of caulk. Make your very own climbing rope door mat rug. If it all lines up spread the glue on the cardboard and place it on the rug. Take the outer part of the right loop and flip it to the left so.

Next cut out the outline and check the size. Thick polyester rope in desired color felt cut into a circle ours is 24 felt should match rope scissors heavy duty construction adhesive painter s tape paintbrush silicone paint in desired color. This will allow for a tighter wrap and much easier to work with 2. If you like my video please hit like and subscribe if you d li.

Now slide the cardboard under the circle of rope and outline the rug on the cardboard see picture. Glue all of the seams with caulk and put the rug backing on. There s probably enough detail here to get you started it s certainly more than i could find. Buy and dye some dollar store clotheslines or recycle your old climbing ropes and get to knitting crocheting coiling or just good old fashioned gluing.

In addition to the printed pattern you ll need a a couple 20 meter sections of climbing rope a piece of wood some nails and something to cut the rope and treat the ends so that they don t fray. By lauren seidl step 1. Rather than throw the old lines away i. Rugs can also be sewn the resulting rugs are larger a circle has roughly a 35 diameter for a 60m rope and flat.

By hand expect to spend several days at 2 3hr per day. Sewn rugs are much more durable than the tape and glue variety. Cut your fabric strips to 1 inch. Come out bigger and flatter than the weave and hold together well.

Trissa june 01 2014 1. It might help to tighten the tension of your thread 4. Get a piece of cardboard large enough to cover you circle of rope. Make a simple overhand knot.

Coil the rope flat on the floor so its like a round spiral. Loosen the knot you initially made until it resembles something similar to a large pretzel shaped figure. Instead of straight stitching down the middle just go right into coiling it and attaching it with the 3 zig zag. When you re finished it ll look something like this.