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What a wonderful video!!! So glad I found you. I have an old VHS tape to make the oval, and a paper pattern to make the rectangle. I tried making this more than 20 years ago and just never could figure it out. Your video is the best I have ever watched!!!! I'm ready to try this again and know I will succeed! I look forward to watching more After Hours videos.

My grandmother taught me how to make a rug similar to this. She used t-shirt fabric. When you cut strips they curl, no raveling. Make up balls. But it is different in a way, because you only use one strip at a time. Mine was started by my grandmother also. 50 years or so ago. I did not make it very big. I finished it about 20 years ago. It goes in washing machine, I dry it outside. So I never learned how to start it. It is very sturdy, will never fall apart.

Really enjoyed watching this video! Nothing better than a grandma passing along her knowledge. I am such a visual learner - well done on making sure we understood what you were doing!!

Great video. It explained the stitch much better than Aunt Philly's instructions.

This is so cool. And I love the suggestion of using batik fabric. Brilliant

This is the cutest idea I would love to make one of these and purple is my color thank you for showing me this video. 👍

Just found you. Love 3 generations

Thank you for posting this video and for all that you do!

Love this

I just love you two. And Thank you now I can get mine out and finish it...FINALLY. lol!

@LindasElectricQuilters

3 жыл бұрын

When you have it finished, we want to see a picture :)

i crochet mats that look very similar to these , I also sew the strips together to make balls of yarn, time consuming when Id rather be hooking. Old t shirts make for great raw materiel.

Love that idea plus love those pillows n would love to know how to make them. You should show them up close they are beautiful

Excelente!! Mil gracias.

Does the instructions tell you how to change colors and it be less visible if you are using solid colors? Some call it avoiding the stair steps?

I have been making them for years

I call the part being covered up The Runner. The runner can be a solid colored less expensive fabric because you barely see it. But it DOES show, so use a color that matches. Batik is the best to use, but other fabrics can be used too, just try and use ones that don't have a white back. It takes more time to twist the fabrics so only the front shows and it also makes the rug not so pretty if you want it to be reversible. I like my rugs to look the same on the front and the back so I don't have to wash as often. I rip my 2" strips up to 72" long, especially as the rug gets bigger. I get tired of always having to add pieces. It doesn't matter which grain you use, cross or straight grain both work. After I rip, I roll the fabric pieces around my fingers and remove all the loose threads and then put them in a basket. I also do all the snipping of the ends so all the pieces are ready to go. It takes time in the beginning but it's worth it in the long run because you can get a rhythm going when you don't have to always stop and slit the ends so you can join. Hope this helps, I have made about 10 rugs. One in my entryway is 12' round. I have to take it to the laundromat to wash it!

@kevinorr6880

2 жыл бұрын

Is it reasonable to use any scrap? Saw some out of T-shirt, but can’t imagine that would be durable. The runner, is that to provide strength or thickness? Asking because long ago while on TDY I braided towel for a bathroom rug I still use today. Was much more labor intensive than this…but, I wasn’t drinking with the boys…

@kevinorr6880

2 жыл бұрын

Goodwill sheets perhaps over muslin runner piece?

@cindyhartman4258

2 жыл бұрын

@@kevinorr6880 you can use any fabric, if you look up the history of this rug you will see people used old clothing. Tee shirts would be very long lasting. Sheets will make an excellent rug. The runner is the piece you braid around, it provides strength and stability. Muslin will work too. I’ve never made this rug using thick fabric such as a towel.

@kevinorr6880

2 жыл бұрын

@@cindyhartman4258 thank you so much. I wonder now that I’ve seen people with massive crochet hooks which method would be more durable? What advantage of one style over the other? Thoughts? Christmas is coming…

@kevinorr6880

2 жыл бұрын

@@cindyhartman4258 thank you

Amei a aula. Mesmo sendo em inglês eu entendi tudo,🥰🥰🥰

@LindasElectricQuilters

7 ай бұрын

Obrigado por assistir! Nós apreciamos você! ❤️❤️

I've been watch different videos on making rugs. You're video is cool because the the family is together ❤️. I have some jelly rolls I bought at the Dollar Tree for $3 each. I think that is a good way to practice without spending too much. Once I'm good, I can get better fabric.

Is there a way to use a drab fabric as the one to knot over rather than the fancy one you are using, just to save fabric? I have loads of muslin and fabrics I don't like that would be great to hide on the inside of this rug!

How about a round rug😊

I made quite a few of these for rugs and also hot pads back in the mid '70s and I cannot remember how I started them. your method brings back some memories of possibilities but I don't recall having a continual working runner once I got to the end of the first row it seemed to me like I just worked through the braid that it created round after round after round. Do you know of a pattern like that so that I can refresh my memory that way all I have to have is one strand that I'm working with rather than two strands?

@LindasElectricQuilters

6 ай бұрын

www.longarmsupplies.net/search?type=product&q=aunt+philly

Made one several years ago Cambridge Ohio

I’m looking for the semi circle rug

@hnelson4282

8 ай бұрын

Aunt Philly had a pattern years ago, (when I purchased the oval rug pattern booklet) for half circle & I believe the booklet showed it as a 'wedge' of watermelon.

Thank you for doing this video with such great production, very easy to see what you’re doing. I discovered toothbrush/Amish knot rugs over the lockdown since I needed something to do that didn’t require lots of equipment to start. But you are right there is not a ton of info out there about this technique. It has become my favorite obsession now because it is so simple to do. Do you have a tip for creating a solid row/ band that doesn’t show a transition between two fabrics?

@LindasElectricQuilters

2 жыл бұрын

We will reach out to Alice and see if she has any tips.

I bought the toothbrush many years ago and have never used it.

@hnelson4282

8 ай бұрын

I've carried my "Aunt Philly's Toothbrush Rugs" booklet for many years (at least 20) before I was motivated to just do it. Always inspired to make one from various handmade rug purchases, I finally did it about 4 years ago. And DO LOVE WORKING W/Batik's. Thank you for this tutorial! It's definitely a skill worth learning! These are very durable & the only limitation is one's own imagination.

How many yards it it take to do your big green rug? It’s super pretty.

@LindasElectricQuilters

5 ай бұрын

Hi! For an 18" x 36" rug , It will take 4 1/2 yards of 2 colors. Grandma's was larger than that. She doubled the size and used roughly 9 yards of each color:)

How nice of your Mom to share her talents. Approximately how much fabric does an oval rug require?

@LindasElectricQuilters

3 жыл бұрын

The Oval rug like the green one she did and showed was 8 yards of 45".

@sunflowerbaby1853

3 жыл бұрын

@@LindasElectricQuilters Thank you so my much. I need to find an affordable source of fabric first. Them I'm going to get the pattern. I appreciate your time.☺

@LindasElectricQuilters

3 жыл бұрын

@@sunflowerbaby1853 We do have great pricing on widebacks, which would be less yardage, but we don't have batiks.

Can you use this to make bowl cozies to use in a microwave? Cause my bowls are hot when removing.

@LindasElectricQuilters

Жыл бұрын

Yes, just make sure to only use 100% cotton fabric.

Do you attach an additional runner the same way you do the top fabric?

@LindasElectricQuilters

7 ай бұрын

Yes:)

Can they be done with 2.1/2” jelly roll strips?

@LindasElectricQuilters

3 жыл бұрын

Yes you can, it will make the rug a little thicker.

what is the best way to wash these rugs?

@LindasElectricQuilters

5 ай бұрын

Grandma always just tosses hers in the washer and dryer. Both on delicate.

Can we use 2 1/2 inch strips? I have an abundance of jelly rolls....

@LindasElectricQuilters

2 жыл бұрын

Yes you can. It might be a little thicker, but you can use them.

@SunnyLalone

2 жыл бұрын

@@LindasElectricQuilters Thank you!!

Why is it called "toothbrush rug?" It looks like a rag rug I made years ago. from Mattoon,IL

@LindasElectricQuilters

3 жыл бұрын

The used to use the end of a toothbrush as the needle. They would cut off the brush part, file it down and use it to thread the fabric.

I’ve seen this elsewhere done with a roll of one plain co ordinating colour, and you knot over it with your batik, because I think batik is likely more expensive so why cover it up? It was a special roll of plain broadcloth, without join. Rags to rugs by Lora

@LindasElectricQuilters

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the idea! Whats great about this, is you can use whatever fabric you want to get the look you are going for!

This kind of looks like nalbinding