Learn how to crochet a beautiful farmhouse style jute rug with inexpensive twine from the dollar store and a crochet hook!
The floor of our porch looks pretty darn bad right now. I had painted it a few years ago as a quick fix while we decided how we were going to finish it, and that "quick fix" turned into 3 years later... We're finally going to tile the porch this summer, but until it gets warm enough I had to come up with some sort of more pleasing covering for our Spring porch.
I wanted something rustic and durable, and my first thought was an outdoor jute rug. I love jute rugs for their durability and their farmhouse look, and I thought it would be fun to try to DIY one! A lot of you love dollar store DIY ideas for their afforadability, so I decided to challenge myself to create a rug out of dollar store twine... and I love how this one turned out!
This DIY rug covers our beat-up porch floor, and it looks great with our new patio set (which I'll share with you soon)! Plus, it was a ton of fun to make and it's a great beginner's crochet project.
All you need to make this DIY jute rug is about 5 rolls of thick dollar store jute rope and a large Q16 crochet hook.
Ready to get started? Follow along with my DIY jute rug video tutorial, below!
The DIY farmhouse jute rug crochet pattern:
Supplies: 5 rolls jute twin from Dollarama & Q16 Crochet Hook
Ch 60 (or as many chains as needed to create the rug length you want; mine is about 4' long)
Row 1: Ch 2. Skip 1. *DC into the back of the next chain.* Repeat from * to * until end of row.
Row 2: Ch 2. Skip 1. *DC into the front of the next chain.* Repeat from * to * until end of row.
Rows 3 - (However many rows needed to create your rug width): Repeat Row 1 and 2.
Finish by trimming rope & pulling end through final loop.
Cut 24+ pieces of jute twine, fold them in half, and pull them through the ends of the rug at even intervals to create a fringe on either end.
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Check out this video & playlist with some crochet tips and basics from Melanie Ham.
What a great idea! I need a new outdoor rug, but I didn't want to pay so much for it. This is perfect!
I’m going to try this tonight
Love you website!! Will try the outdoor rug! Instructions easy and it looks great!!!!
You are one creative lady!!!!
I got a bags full of craft and taped yarns to make rug with.but never made rugs with yarn rug. I love to crochet.but never use yarns.can you help me?thank you
Wow! I love this!!! I really want to try this!!!!
How many dollar tree just did you use to make your size rug
She used 5 spools and we think that each one had 4 meters 🙂
This is a gorgeous rug and using dollar store twine is brilliant. Isn't It really hard on the hands though, I find even macrame with jute is so rough. Did you wear gloves, or wasn't it too bad?
What size is your rope?
We're not sure... it was purchased at the Dollar Store and it was labelled as a standard size.
Just ran across this and its going well! Thank you so much for posting!
Im going to make this and try dyeing it with some tye-dye paints for POP!
I really love this project, but it would be great to know the gauge of the twine and the amount of meters, approximately, that it took to make this. There is no Dollar Store anywhere near me, unfortunately.
Unfortunately, there wasn't a gauge listed on the packaging. The number of meters required depends on the how long you'd like your rug to be.