How To Make A Climbing Rope Rug

I have seen several different patterns and methods but i like the woven rectangular ones best.

How to make a climbing rope rug.

Climbing rope rugs are popular pieces of decor for climbers and non climbers alike. How to turn an old rope into a cute little rug with almost no sewing. This project is similar to this instructable but this project has a different approach. Rugs can also be sewn the resulting rugs are larger a circle has roughly a 35 diameter for a 60m rope and flat.

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. Rather than throw the old lines away i. The only supplies you need to craft this outdoor inspired decoration is a climbing rope and a lighter.

By hand expect to spend several days at 2 3hr per day. This tutorial requires 16 worth of clothesline rope and some hardcore crochet skills and the. Sewn rugs are much more durable than the tape and glue variety. While living aboard our sailboat nine of cups we were constantly replacing worn and chafed halyards and dock lines.

Half of the rope is solid green and half is a patterned green. While winter brings to mind ornate wool rugs and sturdy but plain salt and snow soaked doormats summer rugs can be lighter and more playful. To finish the rug use your fabric strip to wrap your end of the rope similar to how you wrapped the rope at the beginning of the rug just make sure the end of the rope is covered and sew down the middle to secure. The project came from here originally.

Well if you re a trad or sport climber and have an old rope lying around you can learn the art of making a beautiful and useful rope rug out of it. What a great way to recycle a retired rope.