How to Make a Fleece Rug

By Lexi Boeger
Published on May 9, 2013
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Lexi Boeger’s newest book
Lexi Boeger’s newest book "Hand Spun" offers a unique collection of innovative spinning techniques and inventive yarn projects.
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You may need to stitch together the weak parts of the dried fleece, and you will want to use a long darning needle to do so.
You may need to stitch together the weak parts of the dried fleece, and you will want to use a long darning needle to do so.
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The finished fleece rug looks great alone or can be used as a throw for a chair or couch.
The finished fleece rug looks great alone or can be used as a throw for a chair or couch.

Lexi Boeger’s newest book Hand Spun (Quarry Books, 2012) offers a unique collection of innovative spinning techniques and inventive yarn projects. Get inspired to make art-yarn with Boeger’s step-by-step instructions on several DIY projects including tips on how to felt and how to wash fleece. In this excerpt from “Projects: Keeping it Simple,” learn how to make a fleece rug that rivals a real sheepskin rug, but you don’t have to kill the animal to do it.

You can purchase this book from the MOTHER EARTH NEWS store: Hand Spun.

Easy Felted Fleece Rug

Do you love the look of sheepskin rugs? Here is a simple method for turning a beautiful shorn fleece into a rug or throw without having to kill the animal to do it. The final material you get from this looks great as is, but consider using it to cover throw pillows, line baskets, or trim a coat collar—you name it!

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