T Shirt Rugs Hoola Hoop

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.