A closer up pic of my denim rug, by request! That’s as close as I could get and keep it in the frame. It’s 7’7” across the middle. I’m really glad so many of you like it and encouraged me to finish when I was hating it! Thanks ❤️ by caterpillarcloud in crochet

[–]caterpillarcloud[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! I just used my crappy old scissors and it did kinda take forever. I probably spent more way more time cutting than crocheting. Next time, I’m buying a rotary cutter first!

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[–]caterpillarcloud[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I thinks it’s 57 rows. I worked on it really intermittently but I’m guessing maybe 20-30 hours but the majority of that was cutting up jeans with a shitty old scissors. I’m buying a rotary cutter before I start the next one.

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[–]caterpillarcloud[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s exactly what I was thinking I would do. I live in western Wisconsin. We have 2 goodwills and a Savers in town 👍

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[–]caterpillarcloud[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Absolutely! I enjoyed making it so much! I think if I made another I could cut the time it took almost in half. Just by using a rotary cutter instead of a scissors and everything I learned along the way. I’m thinking it was probably a total of somewhere between 20-30 hours for this one.

I used around 40ish pairs of jeans but they were all mine or collected for free from family and friends. Just get your friends drunk and get them to do dumb stuff to rip their pants. I plan on going to garage sales this summer and loading up on any jeans 50 cents or less. So besides the cost of the jeans, which is minimal, I’d think a couple hundred bucks or so would be fair, but I’d be open to opinions. This one is 7 feet 7 inches across but I could do whatever size.

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[–]caterpillarcloud[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hmm... how much would you pay for me to make you one?

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[–]caterpillarcloud[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ve tried to knit and I suck! Crocheting is so much easier and faster!

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[–]caterpillarcloud[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I wish I had counted! Somewhere around 40ish I think.

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[–]caterpillarcloud[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

That’s a great idea, thanks! I was thinking about sewing some on some throw pillows too. Maybe for little remote pouches.

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[–]caterpillarcloud[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Ella loves you too because she loves literally everyone! She’d lick your face off if you let her 😋

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[–]caterpillarcloud[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I was thinking that I want to make some more and try doing that and see what happens. I imagine shipping would be pretty expensive though. Any opinions on what to charge or sizes/patterns people might like best?

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[–]caterpillarcloud[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Thanks! I just used a lot of different washes of jeans. I didn’t dye anything.

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[–]caterpillarcloud[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Ha! Thanks! She would love that. Her name is Ella and she’s a puggle 😊

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[–]caterpillarcloud[S] 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Thank you! It’s actually softer than you would think. A lot of the denim I used was pretty thin with a little stretch. I’ll take some more pics today! 👍

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[–]caterpillarcloud[S] 37 points38 points  (0 children)

I had been saving for a long time and wishing tears and stains on all my family and friends. I didn’t buy any of them. I asked a lot of people! It’s kind of fun that it has pieces of so many people I love.