Make braided mats do it yourself not hard. To do this, find unnecessary clothing or other textiles, then cut the cloth with long stripes. Then connect the three strips, for this you can use the English pin. Slots from the braid strips. If one of the bands becomes short, enter the next strip to it. It is better to sew stripes in a chess order to avoid their joints. The last 20-25 cm pigtails must be dried to the rug to have smooth ends. For this, the width of the patchwork bands should gradually reduce its width, almost twice the initial size. When the pigtail is ready, fasten its ends. Using the needle and durable threads, sew the first loop of the pigtails. Spinning a strip of pigtails on a spiral, cross the pigtails with each other. So you have a round or oval rug.
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