Making A Felt Rug From Recycled Sweaters

A full area rug might take several thousand felt balls while a doormat will require only a few hundred.

Making a felt rug from recycled sweaters.

You can also use scrap pieces of felt or sweater felt for this diy too. I ll cover upcycled rugs from recycled wool sweaters in another tutorial. These sweater blankets are really fun and rewarding to make and. A recycled turtleneck sweater will fit a hot water bottle perfectly.

Learn how to do the almost as easy felted version at apartment therapy. The following is an excerpt from the sweater chop shop by crispina ffrench storey publishing 2009. Here s a list of materials you will need for your upcycled rug from recycled wool. Wool sweaters i used the equivalent of 4 5 sweaters for this felt rug.

Make these sweater sleeve slippers. They should be at least 70 80 wool. You may want to keep this in mind when selecting sweaters. Everyone has a favorite wool sweater or two that has been shrunken and felted in the washer.

Continue attaching felt balls until the rug is your desired size referring to your pattern as necessary. I use cotton flannel in a coordinating color on the back. Mine were mainly cashmere and some lambswool. Learn how to make recycled sweater hats for the entire family and everyone else on your list.

Upcycle sweaters into a gorgeous diy felt rug what you need to make a felt rug. No sewing required to make this colourful and unique handmade rug for your home. Sweater materials that are thin to start don t get much thicker when felted merino cashmere. This area rug is so gorgeous and you can create it with an old sweater.

So let s get started. Wool sweaters are fabulous for recycling too so soft and cushy but the technique for making upcycled wool rugs with them is slightly different. So you want to make something with all those wool sweaters. I ve used mine to make rugs mittens dog sweaters and the most versatile gift item of all hats.

The number of balls you ll need will depend upon the rug size and the size of the balls. You use a felted sweater preferably in red if you have it but you could do these in any color. Sweaters that are really bulky to start get too bulky when felted. I think a cable knit.

Jan 25 2020 have fun recycling your old wool sweaters into a gorgeous diy felt rug.