Cut one shirt into one inch horizontal strips so that they are loops.
T shirt rugs hoola hoop.
It s a very good tutorial that you will find easy to follow along with.
To weave a 30 diameter rug we need about 6 7 x large women s t shirts.
A hula hoop ring some old yarn or old tees some finger knitting action is all you need to make a rug.
Hula hoop t shirt rug instructions video.
Choosing fabric colors for your diy rag rug how much fabric do i need to make t shirt yarn.
You will start by cutting your t shirts into strips and this creates your t shirt yarn and you weave from the center out.
Anne wrote a splendid d i y tutorial on how to make a hula hoop rug of your own check it out.
Supplies needed to make a t shirt rag rug.
Stretch these loops in pairs around the hula hoop in a pinwheel pattern.
Scissors about a dozen t shirts 33 inch hula hoop.
Cut off the hemmed bottom of all shirts and discard.
Here is the perfect craft project to recycle old t shirts make a woven rug using hula hoop as a loom.
Anne of crafts blog flax twine made a great hula hoop rug inspired by a recycled tee hula hoop project she spotted at the disney family fun site see pic below.
How to make a rag rug.
I based this project on an incredible t shirt hula hoop rug i saw on the disney family fun site where they used strips of t shirts for the weft.
Use t shirt yarn.
I made these rugs as a part of my silver award project for girl scouts.
Here is the perfect craft to recycle t shirts make a woven rug using a hula hoop as a loom.
The oversize looms and easy to use loops of t shirt fabric make these projects particularly appealing to beginning weavers.
This simple t shirt hula hoop rug is a great in front of the tv activity for teens and adults to upcycle those random t shirts.
The rug was made on a hula hoop loom using an old t shirt for the warp and a massively huge ball of finger knitting for the weft.
Click play above to view.
You will need 14 strips.
Of course you can also use t shirt yarn as i did.
We have included a video above that shows you just how easy this project is.
This project is super fun and easy to do.
Jun 19 2020 explore julie badgley s board hula hoop weaving followed by 267 people on pinterest.
It would be super fun to learn the basic hoop weaving technique by crafting a colorful accent rug to brighten up a room.
On my first trip to salvation army to get fabrics to make our rag rug i ended up with a pile of t shirts the size of an elephant realizing i was totally lost in all the colors i put them all back.
If you make one tell me how it goes.