This Rug Is LACE

[@coreygilles847]

The new rage…doily rugs…our grandparents made tiny doilies…we make gargantuan doilies! I adore it ❤

[@caylarivera2804]

Hi knitting and crochet person here, you should look into blocking your original needle lace piece to get it to be flag. Pretty much just soaking it and laying it flat to dry kinda stretched out, it will help get the stitches to relax and make it not so warped. You can also pin open the lace holes in a foam mat to help define your design.

[@TheKjoy85]

First, Link is adorable. Second, I probably wouldn't be able to focus long enough to finish it.

[@NouriaDiallo]

Now you are fully equipped to try nalbinding!

[@Spajari]

Soo cool! I’ve seen people take the same concept to make gigantic amigurumi (stuffed animals) try blocking both projects when you finish and they might lay flatter 😁

[@gettheetothestitchery]

That's a great tip!

[@laurapaglia8229]

You say you don't know how to crochet but that's basically what you are doing 😊 It's easier and faster with a "needle" that catches the thread though, without the need to manipulate it so much 🤭

[@MissMeganBeckett]

There’s a particularly big eye type of tapestry needle that I have in my craft box for weaving in yarn ends on knitting projects that might be ideal for using with yarn that’s particularly bulky like this one, it looks like a knitting needle point that’s cut short and clamped down over the ends of a little loop of the circular knitting needle type clear cord to form the needle eye. Looking at the pretty projects you do makes me think I really should go back to that big sofa blanket project I was in the middle of making a few years ago before I found out my yarn wasn’t dyed using lightfast dyes and I got so discouraged that I put it in a box and didn’t work on it again, but I still want a sofa blanket so I should probably just start over with new yarn and make it, maybe get something similar to this fluffy yarn this time, it’s a good project for the fall/winter season I should probably do that project this year and I hope I remember to do that this time instead of forgetting.

[@rachelfoley3777]

So glad I found this! I’ve had an interest in Armenian needle lace for a while now and was wondering if I could do a blown up yarn version for a shawl or something! Glad to know it works with yarn!

[@gettheetothestitchery]

Oo it would make a gorgeous shawl! And it was definitely very warm and cuddly.

[@oddbirdMusic]

A giant picot gauge might help you get the loops the same size - try using a pringles can maybe

[@MsHedgehog]

That looks a very nice rug! I am doing sized up crocheted lace rigth now, edging as shawl with it. In my, very basic, knowledge of lace; you work it and then you block it wet and let it dry in that shape. Knitted and crocheted lace definitly is done so and always looks a bit wonky and bubbly before that. Perhaps other lace types not made in a frame uses the same? The rug does not seem to need it, but the smaller pieces migth be helped by blocking.

[@suzettehenderson9278]

I wonder if you could make a skirt or poncho...

[@leslieatcheson6154]

Oooooooohhhhh a skirt!! I’ve seen ponchos/vests but a circle skirt would be Devine!

[@gwynbly97]

That is beautiful! I thought it would be crochet. Oh well. It was still fun to watch. Thankyou for sharing :)

[@mult1coloured]

I want this rug!!!!!

[@gettheetothestitchery]

Aw you're too kind!

[@ColorJoyLynnH]

I am skilled and write about eastern European/Turkish colorwork knitted socks. I never heard of this type of lace. I have a whole bunch of antique lace pieces some of which I have inherited. I can identify tatting and crochet and knitting and macramé and bobbin lace quite often. I have sewn lace such as eyelet and pulled thread. But I wonder if I have some of this and I just didn’t know what it was called. Sometimes I think I have bobbin lace but I can’t be sure. Maybe this is it. That’s really cool. It looks really satisfying to produce. Must check this out again.

[@werelemur1138]

It's so pretty and looks like fun but I so do not need another yarn hobby.

[@asilverfoxintasmania9940]

The colour sets Link of nicely :) I did think this could be an awesome project for me, but with 4 cats it would get a lot of hair stuck to it!

[@flynn2351]

It looks so soft! I’ve got to try needle lace sometime.

[@gettheetothestitchery]

You definitely should - it's such a fun hobby!

[@msullivan3531]

Crochet doily would be similar too

[@Miyori999]

Me, a crocheter: *stares in confusion* It looks so much like crochet but not. However, I now want to make a chonky-yarn rug, but in crochet, every round increases by 6 stitches, this number is...I think something to do with circumfrence/diameter/pi????? though I don't know the actual reason. It's really a lovely rug! Great Job!

[@gettheetothestitchery]

I'd love to see a crochet rug!!

[@halem6580]

This is an old comment, but I think I have an answer! The formula for circumference is 2(pi)r. The radius in this scenario is however many rounds you've done, and you could think of stitches as the unit (so in a circle with three rounds the radius would be 3). 2pi is about 6.28 (2pi is also known as tau), then 6 stitches is as close as we can get to that, the rest of which can be accommodated with natural stretch and blocking, especially in something fairly small. If you were making a really big circle with just single crochets (in American terms) and you wanted it to sit flat, you should probably throw in another stitch every few rounds. Just for funzizes, let's say I were making a circular rug with bulky yarn and I wanted to do 100 rounds, I would want to end up with a circumference close to 628 stitches. This would mean that just adding 6 every time wouldn't quite work, because that would only get me to 600 stitches on the circumference and that wouldn't quite lie flat. In this hypothetical situation, I would probably add 7 stitches instead of 6 every fourth round in order to get to 625.

[@lindabrotherton1225]

Love your rug, i would love 💓 to learn for real

[@alexaamarok2680]

Lovely work! Do you think this is an easier way to practice the different stitches than using tinier threads, or is this more difficult to work with?

[@gettheetothestitchery]

Thanks! It's definitely not an easier way to practice Armenian needle lace unfortunately, mostly due to how hard it is to adjust the stitches as you go. I would recommend practicing with something a little bigger than crochet thread though - the size is a lot more satisfying!

[@AuntNutmeg]

In crocheting, adjusting the thread/yarn size (and of course adjusting your hook size to match) is one way to upsize/downsize a project.

[@lynnelarde5735]

Have you tried any needle tatting the styles you have been looking into are similar, and I felt it was pretty easy. Also was easy to find books in English. Enjoy your videos.

[@livc1981]

I love this rug! It's perfect 💖💖💖💖💖💖

[@marnsimpson8718]

Great. ty

[@AF-ke9by]

I really appreciate your willingness to experiment. Thank you for sharing!

[@leslieatcheson6154]

How has that yarn held up as a rug?

[@gianepimenta2517]

Espero que eu também consiga fazer um trabalho lindo como o seu !😍

[@bethanyvernon6627]

well done! yarn somehow magnetically attracts dog hair, i keep a pair of tweezers with me as i crochet to pick out any i notice. (and shhh🤫; but sometimes, i'm just blaming the dog for hair 😊)

[@gettheetothestitchery]

Oo tweezers are a great idea! There was definitely fur a-plenty in this project!

[@schoo9256]

Spin yarn out of dog hair and crochet with that, problem solved. Yes, I have a galaxy brain, thank you for noticing.

[@karengoldie6801]

Love it!

[@kerrough]

Just like knitting and crochet, blocking helps to correct many a crafting sin! I've honestly never worked needle lace with separate lengths of thread, I just work directly from the spool. Why is that a recommendation?

[@robinmarks5638]

I love this!

[@chelseanebe4012]

I love it!

[@TheGothicSunrise]

So, I'm curious how this has held up after *looks at date of posting* a year(ish)?

[@gettheetothestitchery]

I actually ended up putting it in storage after only a couple months because I realized there's no good way to clean it! With a very sheddy doggy around, it just wasn't practical... but I still loved making it!

[@gianepimenta2517]

Belíssimo trabalho!

[@Snowy167]

👍

[@Brandi62]

I have that rug too. I love it! Hubby thinks it is too big. Mine is from the pioneer woman at Walmart. I didn’t realize you made this rug at first! Amazing. I have never seen needle lace before.

[@edieboudreau9637]

Giant Armenian needle lace rug...hmmm

[@haticemertturkguven9422]

👋👏👏👍🏻👍🏻👌👌😍😍😍🤗