How to Make Your Own French Knitted Rug

Here is how to French knit a rug just like the one I have made.

WARNING: This rug will take hours of hard work. Do not underestimate the time!

For the knitting you will need:

Wool - You can use mismatched pieces of wool or an entire ball. Keep in mind that the more wool you use the bigger your rug will become.

French Knitter - The French Knitter can be anything with four pegs. I used the Monster Loom from Rainbow Loom.

For the sewing you will need:

Scissors

Thread

Darning needle

Next tie a slip knot on one of the pegs on your French knitter like shown above.

Then crisscross the yarn around your knitter until each peg has two loops, like shown above. Be sure to work in a counterclockwise pattern around your French knitter.

Now take the bottom loop of each peg and pull them up over the top loops and into the middle one by one. Be sure to work in a counterclockwise pattern around your French knitter.

Be sure to pull on your knitting gently as soon as possible after you complete step 4.

Keep doing steps 3 and 4 until you have enough to make the size of rug you want. Make sure you keep doing the crisscrossing and loops counterclockwise around your French knitter.

To know if you have knitted enough for the size of rug you want, take your knitting and wind it around. If this is the size you want stop knitting and go to the next step.

First take the loop to the left of your line and move it onto the peg on it's right. Then take the loop below it and pull it over the first loop. Then move your remaining loop(yes this is the loop you started with) to the peg to it's right. Pull the loop on the bottom up over the peg towards the middle. Then move the loop onto your final peg and take the bottom loop up over the top and into the middle. Once you have only one loop left, cut your yarn about 8 centimeters from the ball. Then take your last loop over the peg and push the yarn through the loop, then pull it tight.

How to start off your sewing (first 3 pictures)

To start sewing first loop your thread through the eye of your darning needle and tie the thread's 2 ends together. Next push your needle though your knitting(1) and then through the loop the tied together thread makes(2).

How to sew your rug (4th picture)

After you have done this take your needle and put it through your knitting(4). Then pull it through and repeat

the process until your thread has about 2 needles length left.

How to end off your string (5-8 pictures)

Take your needle and pull it through your knitting. Now instead of pulling your needle all the way through push the needle up through the loop with the head going first(5-7). Snip off the excess thread(8).

Now that you have done this you can start the process again and keep doing it till you have sewn the whole rug.