Craft a Rainbow Yarn Rug for A Dollhouse

A spiral patterned rug made with rainbow colored variegated yarn, close-ups of color and finished edge.

The clean side of the finished rug that was protected by the
sticky side of the masking tape.

        Here is a simple way to make a rug for a doll house. It requires no weaving or braiding. The design made from this process reminds me of natural patterns found in agate stones.

Supply List:

• masking tape
• cardboard
• variegated yarn
• white school glue
• embroidery floss and needle
• felt for backing

Step-by-Step Instructions:

1. First you will need to decide how big you want your doll's rug to be. Then make a cardboard template in the shape of the rug to use as a guide. I traced around a large circular plate on top of my cardboard to make my own template.
2. Next, you will need to cover the top surface of the cardboard with masking tape, sticky side up. This can be a little tricky at first. Lay the tacky part of the masking tape face up and wrap it around the edges of the cardboard using a small bit of tape to secure it on the backside of the cardboard template.
3. Now start laying your yarn down on top of the surface template at it's center point, butting the yarn up next to it's sides as you create a swirl pattern. The masking tape will hold the yarn strands in place while you press the yarn into a simple rug design. It is very important that you leave no gaps between the application of the yarn rows. Every yarn strand needs to have it's sides touching a yarn strand. (see photo)
4. When you have reached the edges of your cardboard template, the rug design is finished! 
5. Smooth a generous amount of white glue on top of your rug design with your finger tips and let the yarn rug dry overnight.
6. Carefully pull the dried yarn rug from the sticky cardboard. Hopefully it can be removed in one piece. However, you may need to apply a bit more glue to the back side of the rug again, in order to get the entire rug to stick together.
7. I backed my rug with additional glue and a piece of felt cut to the same size as my rug. But this step is optional.
8. Then you can finish the edge of your rug with a blanket stitch using a variegated embroidery floss.
9. I also reinforced my finished rug with additional stitching across the design.

Left, cover the top surface of the cardboard with masking tape, sticky side up.
Center, lay your yarn down on top of the surface template at it's center point.
Right,  Smooth a generous amount of white glue on top of your rug design with
your finger tips and let the yarn rug dry overnight.

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• A Yarn Wrapped Vase
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