Star Carpets

On the materials side you'll need your rug or carpet and some form of backing material to protect the fibers once they're in place. When selecting your carpet bear in mind that there will be fiber optic cables running under it, so to avoid these cables being visible or noticeable underfoot you're better off with a reasonable depth of pile. When choosing your carpet, remember that the lighter colors in the color wheel - white and yellow - will show up better against a dark background. Any one of our starfield ceiling kits would work perfect for this project.

Normally, to ensure an even distribution of fibers across the carpet we'd advise marking the back of the job into equally=sized sections, but since you'll be pushing the crochet hook through from the front you'll just have to do this by eye. Alternatively, if you're using a patterned carpet you may prefer to incorporate the fibers into the pattern, rather than simply have a random sprinkling. This is where your own creativity comes into play!

The hook is pushed through from the front, the fiber looped over the hook and then drawn back through. Leave enough fiber protruding to ensure that it doesn't accidentally get pulled back through while you're working on the other fibers. You can trim the fibers to length later.

Once you have all of the fibers inserted, you'll need to use your preferred choice of backing material to protect the fibers. Non-slip matting might be one choice of material. You'll need to either tape or stitch it into place. It's also recommended that you stitch the bundled fiber cable to ensure that it can't be pulled out by accident if someone should accidentally snag the cable while walking across the floor, for instance.

Ideally, the light source should go beneath the floorboards - provided there's enough space - but wherever it goes, ensure that there is sufficient ventilation to allow the heat from the lamp to dissipate. Remember too that there will be some slight noise from the light source (from the color wheel and/or fan), so under the bed may not be a great place to hide it.