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\"ScannedImage\"<\/a>Sometimes I just like to crochet with what is available to me at home, and fill some simple need I might have, whether it be artistic or particle. I have no pattern, just an idea and maybe some inspiration, Re-Invented Wednesdays seems like a good time to share these ideas.<\/p>\n

My household is one where denim pants, or blue jeans, are in everyone\u2019s wardrobe, almost to the exclusion of any other fabric. The jeans are even recognized as the \u201cgood\u201d jeans, and the \u201cwork\u201d jeans, so the ones to be worn out for dinner and the ones that you wear to mow the grass. They become such a part of our fashion that even when they begin falling apart, you do not put them in the trash, you find a way to repurpose them. This was even part of my household growing up. You would find a stack of denim with holes and broken seams in a stack in a pile of fabric, just waiting for a new creation.<\/p>\n

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My latest denim rug is worked in the round, I’ll add a motif to the center when I finish. The circle so far, is created with one leg.<\/p><\/div>\n

One easy way to let these jeans have a new life is creating rugs. I cut off the seams, pockets, zipper and waist band, and then cut the remaining fabric in long strips about an inch wide. These strips become the \u201cyarn\u201d that I then crochet to create my rug. Using a large crochet hook, and crocheting loosely, I chain to create the size I want and then simply single crochet until I have a finished size of desire.<\/p>\n

Be warned that this can really give your hands and arms a work out, so don\u2019t plan on completing this kind of project in an afternoon, it is best to take it in small bites.<\/p>\n

I did create a pattern using this technique for the October 2012 issue of Crochet World<\/a>, as the Welcome Home Denim Mat,<\/a> if you want to check out some structured instructions. Hope it give you a new idea.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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