How To Make A Rug Out Of Old Climbing Rope

Come out bigger and flatter than the weave and hold together well.

How to make a rug out of old climbing rope.

Old climbing rope chalk bags. Seven hours of art on a saturday well i ve made my fifth rope rug out of an old climbing rope this one out of a length of 100 feet of half inch static line. I attempted this for about 5 minutes before i gave up and went the quick and easy approach. In addition to the printed pattern you ll need a a couple 20 meter sections of climbing rope a piece of wood some nails and something to cut the rope and treat the ends so that they don t fray.

If anyone wants to do this the easy way. Takes a bit of sewing ability but you can follow this easy guide it shows how to create a chalk bag with fabric but you can easily substitute strips of climbing rope like these ones from chalkups however before building the chalk bag we recommend pulling out the inner woven core and just using the. Take the long end of your rope and pull it through your base weave. Flip the spiral onto whatever you want to be the bottom cover the entire thing with caulk about one tube for a 50m rope.

Glue all of the seams with caulk and put the rug backing on. Bind each rope end with metal wire and tie them off. Before you add the glue caulk silicone get a big diametre strong darning needle and fishing line from the centre work through the sheath of each rope and stitch each strand together out and back repeat until you have sewn all around the rug. The rope should go around the outside of the bottom right corner loop and follow the outside of this loop.

Take off the tape and let dry. Get some rug backing from the hardware store and a tube or two of caulk. Cover the caulk with duct tape. Make a giant spiral out of the rope ensuring that each spiral is really tight.

Making a rope rug somehow seems to be an envious skill but i don t think it demands all that much talent just patience and not. It takes ages but trust me its worth the extra effort as the rug will last for years. Use a few coats to completely cover the rope. Continue tracing the base weave until you get back to where you started.

How to make your old climbing rope into furniture. Starting at the top left corner loop weave the long end of your rope in an under over fashion. Coil the rope flat on the floor so its like a round spiral.