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You are very welcome! Thanks for reaching out!!

You are VERY welcome, Ann! I hope you thoroughly enjoy making it!

Oh WOW! Thank you so much Ann! I really appreciate your kind words & that you took a minute to reach out! Hope you'll stay in touch!

Thank you for asking!! Our fabric bundles & fabric rolls can be found on our website! Here's a link! ragstorugs-bylora.com/SHOP.php?category=57 Let me know if you have any questions! Here for you! Lora

Hello!! That's a really good question! In Rags to Rugs we cut a LOT of fabric for our custom rug orders as well as to fill orders! So we use a commercial cutter. On smaller rug projects we use a rotary cutter & mat. Here's a link to a video that will help you explore ALL your options for cutting fabric as well as my favorite commercial cutter. Once you watch it, please reach out with any questions, okay? Always here for you!!! Cutting your Fabric: ruclips.net/video/a_fpKUOWi0c/видео.html

WOW! Thank you SO MUCH for your kind post! I appreciate your taking time to share such a wonderful review. Please stay in touch, okay? Would love to see a picture of your rug if you'd care to share! Lora@rags-to-rugs.com

I have one mor question. When you are done with your 12 rounds as long as you put them on the side, it will be ok? Exactly how far from the middle should i go? Thank you so much!❤​@RagstoRugsbyLora

And it is just two sc only in each side? 😂

Hello! Cut in the direction that preserves as much of the fabric as is possible. In the case of recycled jeans, I would cut the length of each leg. I would also remove the back pockets to make those cuts even longer. Thanks for watching & reaching out!

Sure can!! Widen your strips .. both your running & your working strips! Some cut their strips 3 or 3 1/2" wide. Same pattern; just wider fabric strips! Thanks for asking!

Wonderful to hear! Thank you for your kind praise!!

Hello & THANK YOU!! You message was a day brightener here in Kansas!! Yesssss! Our wonderful fabric rolls can be found at our webstore: www.ragstorugs-bylora.com/ There's a monthly coupon code posted on the page for 10% any order AND keep in mind any time any 4 rolls (broadcloth or batik) your order ships free! We also post a coupon code on our Facebook page every Friday for free shipping! Here's a link to the facebook page: facebook.com/RagstoRugsbyLora Hoping you'll stay in touch! I'll look forward to hearing from you, perhaps processing an order & seeing some rug pictures!

Hello! You absolutely can! If you are considering denim bolt fabrics, they normally come in 3 different weights: lightweight, medium & heavy. I prefer using the lightweight or medium. They will also normally come in light, medium & dark on the bolt!! And of course, recyling jeans is another option. It takes a LOT of jeans though!! I once made a multiple colored denim rug for a customer. He wanted it for his "man cave". I created small 12x12" square sections and then used leather cord (like shoe laces) to connect the squares. Looked like a really cool masculine patchwork rug in the end. And very durable!! He loved it!!

Thank you!

Thank you SO much for the special post! And thank you for your generous orders! We appreciate you!!

Thank you so much! Appreciated! I used a "Q" (16mm) crochet hook for this demonstration. :)

Good Morning! What size of rug are you interested in making? Once you decide the size, you simply subtract the finished width dimension from the finished length dimension. That # is the number of foundational chains you will begin with. Yes! You can use this pattern for both fabric (we use a 2" wide strip) & 6 mm jute. If you are using the same "Q" sized hook we used & yield an approximate 1" gauge, your width divided by 2 is the number of rounds to complete your rug! Here's a video you might enjoy watching! Making Larger Rugs! ruclips.net/video/z4TqNyWJzVM/видео.html Hope you'll stay in touch!

Thank you SO much! I sincerely appreciate your words! Hope you'll stay in touch!

Hello!! Thank you for watching & for reaching out! Wow! That's an old video .. I had forgotten about it! We don't have a video specifically for the trivets. However, we DO have a video for round rugs using the same "Q" sized hook and 2" wide fabric strips as I used for the trivets. Once I reached the desired size, I used an "L" sized hook & 3 ply jute twine for the border. Simply single crochet around! I'll add a link to the round video for you! ruclips.net/video/HHx2mVfevLA/видео.html

Hello! As much as I would like to be able to calculate this for you, it's over my head unfortunately. So sorry!

@@RagstoRugsbyLora Thank you so much for the reply. I'll be honest, with 25 university credits in math, this is something I should be able to calculate for myself. Unfortunately, all that advanced calculus was taught to me some 30 years ago and I remember very little of it. 😂 I was just hoping there might be a way to do it that you were familiar with as a rug maker.

@@RagstoRugsbyLora By the way, I just posted a new update photo in the community post section of my channel... it's my very first braided rug, and I'd love your opinion.

Hello! Thank you for your order!! I hope you enjoy making them!

Hello, Leone! Sorry for slow response! (Mothers Day weekend!) Here's a video that might help you. Hope so!! ruclips.net/video/6U62a8SAyK4/видео.html

Hello! I am so sorry! We continue to work to improve our video skills. Thank you for calling to my attention the need to focus more on lighting! I appreciate that. Hope you'll stay in touch & will applaud our efforts on future videos!

You're welcome! So happy it helped you! THANK YOU for watching & hope you'll stay in touch!

You're very welcome!

Thank you so much! I suppose it could but honestly I don't find the jute hard on my hands. It's far more pliable than most figure it to be. You should try it!

Translation: "Hello Lora, the rug is beautiful, I am writing to you from Argentina, new subscriber, what diameter or caliber would the needle be in cm or millimeters, there are many numbers here in my country, could you tell me? I love your job Thank you!" Hello, Marcela! Thank you so much! I am using a 16mm crochet hook for this rug. The Cord is 6mm and each skein is 90 meters. Please stay in touch, okay? ¡Hola Marcela! ¡Muchas gracias! Estoy usando un ganchillo de 16 mm para esta alfombra. El Cordón es de 6mm y cada ovillo mide 90 metros. Por favor mantente en contacto, ¿vale?

Hello, Brenda! Thank you for the tip! I'll try harder in future videos to get more up close! I'm like you, I really need to SEE the work to understand!

Hello!! Happy you've reached out! I love teaching this rug pattern - with Bonnie Craft Cord, Jute & with Fabric because it's a great way to practice the single crochet stitch! The most important advise is to always remind yourself to add a chain before turning your work & crocheting in each of your stitches the opposite direction. Beyond that, YES!, it's a single crochet stitch throughout the entire rug! A wonderful introduction to crochet & an opportunity to practice your stitches! Please watch the video again! Hoping you'll try it a 3rd time!! Stay in touch okay!?

Hello Kaylee! Thank you for reaching out! The cool thing about rug-making is that we are artists & "painting with fabric"! I like to think that anyway?! I design as I go; there isn't a pattern. So it's difficult for me to share how to "do a pattern". I change colors when the overall beauty of my rug "asks" me to. Does that make sense? I hope so because your question is important to me!!

Hello, Shirley! So happy you've reached out! Single stitches on the outer row isn't a necessary but I prefer that nice clean finished look. Just a preference of mine I guess. I normally do the same if adding a scalloped border, too. One row of single stitches & then add my scallop. The scallop adds 5" to your rug overall. On your example, I WOULD crochet single stitches around on either round 11 or 12 & then add my scallop. As to your question for rounds 12, 13 & 14. Personally, I would increase on rounds 12 & 13 as needed and finish your rug off with one row of single stitches only with no increases on round 14. You made perfect sense! I hope my answer does too! Many thanks to YOU! Lora

Thanks for getting back to me lora, and for your clear explanation. I completely agree with how finishing with single stitches leaves a nice tidy finish, and that’s how I will do it! Thanks again Shirley.

Hello, Shirley! So happy you've reached out! Single stitches on the outer row isn't a necessary but I prefer that nice clean finished look. Just a preference of mine I guess. I normally do the same if adding a scalloped border, too. One row of single stitches & then add my scallop. The scallop adds 5" to your rug overall. On your example, I WOULD crochet single stitches around on either round 11 or 12 & then add my scallop. As to your question for rounds 12, 13 & 14. Personally, I would increase on rounds 12 & 13 as needed and finish your rug off with one row of single stitches only with no increases on round 14. You made perfect sense! I hope my answer does too! Many thanks to YOU! Lora

That's wonderful to hear! Thank you so much for sharing your experience!

Yay! Thank you so much!!

You are VERY welcome! Here for you if you have any questions! Ohhh ... you can find all the supplies to make your rugs from our website! > ragstorugs-bylora.com/

@RagstoRugsbyLora oh thank you! I didn't know you have supplies too. I'm gonna check that out as well. I'm excited to get started. Is this similar to how they crochet the sleeping pads with the plastic bags for homeless? I saw a post on a local group where there wanting used grocery bags to make sleeping mats and I'd love to learn how to do those as well.

I'm so happy to hear that! You're welcome! It should?? I've only used the pattern with a Q hook so can't say absolutely. Let me know when you try it! Would love to hear!!

Well thank you!! Appreciated! Here's a link to a video you might enjoy! In it, I'm using "Bonnie Craft Cord" but you can use fabric if you choose. And simply adjust the width for your table runner! ruclips.net/video/KAMt10NQgyc/видео.html

Many thanks! I appreciate the kind praise!

You're welcome! You can do it! & I'll be here for you every step of the way!

Glad it was helpful! Thank you SO much!!

Thank you so much!!

You're very welcome! LOVE <3 that you are considering starting a business making rugs! AWESOME! You need to decide 2 things: how much is your time worth creating the rugs. (We sometimes forget that our time creating the rug has worth!) And second, your cost of goods. Put little stickers on the fabric you will be using toward making the rugs. Are they bed sheets you picked up at a thrift store? (There is nearly 11 yards of usable goods in a queen size set of sheets) Or perhaps fabric that was on sale/full price? Or possibly fabric/sheets that was donated to you. (Don't hesitate to ask if friends/neighbors/relatives have any sheets they would like to donate!) Regardless, your cost of goods is important in determining the finished sell price for your rug. Cost of goods + your labor = sell price. Keep a journal of every rug sold. Your Cost of Goods, its size/shape, the hours it took to make it, your sell price, date sold & who you sold it to. This way, if you get a call from someone else asking for a rug similar, you can quote them a price fairly easily! And if that same customer asks for another one identical (this happens often), you'll remember what you sold the first one for. Does this help? Hope so!!! Please stay in touch, okay?

You're VERY welcome! I'm happy it helped you! Thank you!!

Oh WOW! Thank you SO much!! Thank YOU for watching & reaching out!

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We do! Thanks for asking!

We do! Thanks for asking!

Thank youuuu! Yes! The technique I teach is for both crocheted & toothbrush rugs. Works like a charm everytime! Absolutely! Denim would work really well for your running strip!

Oh wow! That's such a wonderful compliment! Thank you so much! And THANK YOU for watching! Please stay in touch, Marsha!

Thank you so much! I appreciate that!

Hello! May I ask which shape & type of rug you are having challenges with? Are you following our pattern?

You are so welcome! Thank YOU for watching & reaching out! Hope you'll stay in touch!

Glad you enjoyed it! You're very welcome!