Make A Climbing Rope Rug

How to turn an old rope into a cute little rug with almost no sewing.

Make a climbing rope rug.

Add tip ask question comment download. This is why my kits come with 2 skeins. Continue to twist the rope around until you get a large circle of rope. We recently retired a climbing rope and decided to make a rug out of it.

1 tube of caulk 1 caulk gun needle and thread duct tape scissors optional rope wash. By hand expect to spend several days at 2 3hr per day. Do what makes you happy smaller rugs would make excellent trivets or place mats. The polyester rope and smooth paint are durable enough for snow covered boots or wet spring shoes.

A classic use for old rope. Old climbing rope rug from imgur. You ll also find there a list of the materials and tools you ll need to make the rug mat. Finally you can step on it all you want.

There are tons of articles and videos detailing how to create your very own rope rug. Work day 1 get clean. Here we re going to show you how to turn your old climbing rope into a rug. Take one end of the rope and twist it in a circle as tight as you can as seen in the picture below.

1 used rope 60m is pretty common for climbing ropes. After googling for the beta doing our own analysis and getting a workout pulling rope through weave we now have an 2 1 3 x 1 3 4 quadruple weave rug from a retired 10 2mm x 60m climbing rope. To finish the rug use your fabric strip to wrap your end of the rope similar to how you wrapped the rope at the beginning of the rug just make sure the end of the rope is covered and sew down the middle to secure. You spent years avoiding stepping on your rope and yelling at your friends when they did.

How to make a rope rug use thick rope and silicone paint to create a chic doormat that will add a splash of color to any entryway. Climbing rope rugs are popular pieces of decor for climbers and non climbers alike. To start out the rug make sure your on a flat slightly slippery surface such as a wood or tile floor. 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.

Sewn rugs are much more durable than the tape and glue variety. Using the zigzag stitch tuck the end of the rope under your rug so it disappears from sight and sew over it to secure. Climbing ropes can be re purposed into a number of cool items.