I have been working on a little something here and there for a few weeks now. You may be able to tell from the picture that it's a rug. And a ball. The ball is eventually going to be the rest of the rug. It's not done yet. I love having a project that I can just whittle away at whenever I have even a minute or two.
I love, and I mean love, braided rugs, but I didn't think I'd ever make one myself because if handsewing is involved, it's just not going to happen. That all changed over Christmas when I saw the braided rug my Sister-In-Law had in her basement. It was braided, but instead of hand sewing the rows together, it had been machine stitched with a wide zig zag. Ha! I thought to myself (slightly fiendishly) I know I just finished a rug for our house and our house is carpeted, but we totally need another one right now.
So, I pulled out the pretty substantial amount of Tshirt yarn I already had made from a previous failed experiment and got to braiding. It was lovely, I had the braid safety-pinned to the top of our couch and whenever I had a few minutes I'd just braid a yard or two. It was so fun peeking over the edge and seeing the growing pile of beautiful braid behind the couch.
I finally ran out of yarn yesterday and took it all to the machine. 5 even let me get a fair amount done while he carried the basketball-sized ball of braid around the house leaving a little braid trail behind him.
As you can see, it's still quite small, but it is definitely already well-loved.
I finally ran out of yarn yesterday and took it all to the machine. 5 even let me get a fair amount done while he carried the basketball-sized ball of braid around the house leaving a little braid trail behind him.
As you can see, it's still quite small, but it is definitely already well-loved.
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