These rugs are usually made with leftover or worn-out scraps of fabric, which are crocheted, braided or woven together. The crocheting and braiding methods require some technical knowledge (like ...

Fabric scraps are unavoidable ... unlike many mass-produced rugs. There are many ways to do it, including weaving with a loom ...

or rug warp. The loops are pulled through the fabric with a squat-handled hook whose business end is shaped similarly to a crochet hook. via Colossal ...

Looking at the stack of fabric leftovers and thinking of my mother and our Italian grandmother, I thought I would try crocheting rags, but because I didn't feel quite ready to try an entire rug ...

Using yarn and two pointy needles (knitting) or one narrow hook (crochet), pretty much anyone can stitch up a piece of fabric. Or, you can take the whole yarncraft thing light-years further to ...