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STEP BY STEP: PATTERNED JUTE RUG

what you’ll need:

Rug tailor’s or regular chalk yarn

(I used a cotton-polyester blend)

scissors darning needle thin twine

Total cost: $85

DIFFICULTY LEVEL

1

DRAW BORDER

Begin by marking

the border of your

pattern on the rug

using tailor’s chalk.

Don’t worry about making

perfectly straight totally

symmetrical lines — you want

your rug to look handmade

not mass-produced!

3

POKE HOLE FOR

WOOL Using

scissors create

a small space

between the jute

fibres in the corner of your

rug where your chalk marks

meet. Pull a few inches of

yarn from the top side of

your rug through the space

to the underside.

5

LAY OUT YARN

Run your yarn from

one end of your

border to the other.

Repeat Steps 3 and

4 to anchor your yarn

underneath the rug in the

second corner. Repeat this

process until all yarn edge lines

of your pattern have been

anchored to the underside

of your rug in all four corners.

Thread a darning needle with

twine (I used butcher’s twine).

6

ADD TWINE

Anchor the twine to

the rug’s corner by

passing it through

to the underside

and knotting. Whipstitch twine

around your yarn and through

the rug. Work from one end of

yarn to the other then knot the

twine underneath the rug’s

corner. Tie a new piece of twine

to the last piece and continue

until all yarn lines are stitched.

Lay your rug and enjoy!

4

ANCHOR WOOL

Tie a knot in the

section of yarn

you’ve threaded

through. Ensure the

knot is large enough that the

wool won’t slip back through

the hole.

2

FILL IN PATTERN

This pattern was

inspired by a

Persian rug with

a diamond

medallion in the centre. After

marking the border draw a

medallion in the centre of the

rug and work your way out

leaving a few inches in

between lines.