Friday Failed Project
October 24th, 2008
I had a plan to make a kitty basket from fabric. My great grandma used to use her leftover fabrics to make braided rugs. I always loved how they looked and thought it might be nice to try the technique in basket format. I braided about 8 yards of rope, but when I started to coil it realized that a) I would still need another 16 yards, and b) that the braid was not nearly tight enough and the fabric not nearly sturdy enough/thick enough. I have no idea how this is done and now wish I’d done a little research before diving in, but that’s the nature of trying things out. I’m a little hesitant to start over with this, because I probably spent two hours mindlessly braiding. But I have no clever ideas of what else to do with the length of rope I made. Any ideas?
I have great plans to go to a pumpkin patch and do some vintage hunting tomorrow. Hopefully the weather holds up and I can get Ryan on board! Hope you all have a lovely weekend.
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1. Dana | October 24th, 2008 at 5:07 pm
Oh, I hate when this happens. Could you possibly settle for a smaller bowl shape? If so you could just twist the braid as you go. Twist it tight enough to make it tough. Just a thought
2. Cocoa | October 25th, 2008 at 1:05 pm
If you crochet, you could crochet a basket instead. I would just unbraid the material, sew the strips together to make one long length of material, then crochet in the round as you would with yarn…only using a fairly large hook. I made a basket and a couple rugs this way for my cats, and they love them!
3. Lisa | October 25th, 2008 at 3:36 pm
Garland for the Christmas tree?
4. Anonymous | October 25th, 2008 at 9:25 pm
It never hurts to try! It might still work out!
Alternative idea: make a rope swing for your cat
5. *karen | October 26th, 2008 at 1:05 am
It looks like yarn. But I think I know how you feel about knitting… In any case, don’t cats like to play with yarn?
6. Jan | October 26th, 2008 at 9:30 pm
I have had a lot of luck with Susan Breier’s method: Her book is called, “It’s a Wrap, Sewing Fabric Purses, Baskets, and Bowls.” Her method involves wrapping the fabric around clothes line, then coiling and sewing the resulting cords on a sewing machine. The result is very sturdy. Good luck!
7. Jennifer | November 6th, 2008 at 2:07 am
i ran into a similar problem when i tried to make a braided rag rug…but perhaps it was more about not having much fun with it after a while!
but at least you gave it a shot…those colors are pretty together.
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