Toothbrush rugs are one of the easiest and quickest rag rugs to make.
How to make a rectangular toothbrush rug.
Folks used to cut the head off an old toothbrush and file it down to a point while using the pre drilled hole for hanging your tooth brush as a place to attach the fabric to.
The easiest way to do this is to fold over the end and make a inch snip on the fold.
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As your rug gets wider there will be more stitches across the short end.
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Let s call the 1st strip strip a the second strip b and so on.
To start your rug you re going to have to join an anchor strip to another one.
Rag rugs are often called toothbrush rugs because of the type of tool used to make them.
Most other instructions that i ve come across on the internet assume some previous knowledge of crochet or knitting.
Making a rug tool.
They are easy to learn inexpensive to make and the result is gorgeous.
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Continue to make a single stitch in each one with two stitches for each corner.
But believe me you don t need any experience to learn how to make these rugs.
Plus i explain the more traditional way of making a rectangle rug using the toothbrush rug method.
Place a single stitch in the stitches across the short end from the double stitching on the first round and then make two stitches in the first stitch on the other straight side.
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