So, the first thing you should probably know about me: I am
AWESOME at starting projects. I
get so psyched up to start a new craft project or learn a new skill! I throw myself headfirst into things,
and I love learning new techniques, and making new items.
I am not always equally as awesome at finishing all of those
projects. I’ll just let that be
known right off the start – I can’t promise to always finish what I start
here. But I work best with a
deadline and accountability, so maybe you, the Internet, can hold me accountable
to myself. But probably
not.
I recognize my weakness though. Walking through my house is a daily tour of unfinished
projects: the box of incomplete homemade Christmas ornaments in my closet, the
pinned-but-not-yet-sewn bottom half of a skirt hanging in the laundry room, the
giant bag of polymer clays from my sudden inspiration to make my own gauged
earrings. (In my defense, I did
make one totally awesome pair of earrings. I’ll just wear those until they break, and then make some
new ones!)
Maybe your houses are the same – standing monuments to
sudden inspiration, temporary passions!
But I’d much rather my house be littered with dozens of finished
projects. So I’m trying to be
better about finishing what I start.
Case in point: The Knot Rug. (Also referred to as a latch rug or rag rug)
Oh, the knot rug!
This bitch is my Everest. I
WILL conquer and finish it, and then I will cheerfully stomp on it every single
day for the rest of my life.
I saw the idea on Pinterest. (You’re on Pinterest, right? Get on fricking Pinterest right now. Pinterest makes us all capable of being
Martha Stewart. It’s amazeballs.)
I read a tutorial, and though to myself, damn, that looks EASY! Let’s make one of
those!
See, it’s a rug made out of old t-shirts. You can use any fabric you want technically, but I had JUST cleaned out my closet, and had a bag of gnarly old
shirts I would never wear again. So when I stumbled on this wicked easy and almost free awesomesauce
project, it felt meant to be.
To be fair, this is a really easy project to do. You just tie or loop little strips of fabric. That's it! If you have old shirts and know how to tie a knot, you can do this! It just takes FOREVER to finish. I don’t mean all day, or a
weekend. I mean I’ve been working
on this thing for weeks and it will never, ever be done. Ever. But I am determined to try and finish it. Eventually. There are always things to get in my
way and distract me: new recipes to bake, new books to read, new costumes to
sew… but I will continue to keep coming back to the knot rug, and someday I
will finish it!
I’ll keep you posted on my progress of my rug, but in-between I'll be posting updates on
all of the new projects and exciting things I do instead!!
The start of my knot rug - each strip of fabric is tied INDIVIDUALLY!
Getting into my stride - beginning to realize just how long this will take.
Current progress - about 1/3 done
So FLUFFY!
The bottom of the rug
Detail of the bottom, showing each individual freaking loop
Here is the link to a fantastic tutorial on how to make your own knot rug, in
case you feel like being defeated by a pile of fabric for a long while!
http://xoelle.com/2009/05/t-shirt-latch-hook-rug-tutorial/
