T Shirt Rugs Hoola Hoop

Anne wrote a splendid d i y tutorial on how to make a hula hoop rug of your own check it out.

T shirt rugs hoola hoop.

Scissors about a dozen t shirts 33 inch hula hoop. Use 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. Of course you can also use t shirt yarn as i did.

See more ideas about weaving hula hoop weaving hula hoop. I ve been wanting to try it with finger knitting ever since. Cut off the hemmed bottom of all shirts and discard. 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.

Choosing fabric colors for your diy rag rug how much fabric do i need to make t shirt yarn. You will need 14 strips. 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. This project is super fun and easy to do.

To weave a 30 diameter rug we need about 6 7 x large women s t shirts. How to make a rag rug. The oversize looms and easy to use loops of t shirt fabric make these projects particularly appealing to beginning weavers. 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.

A hula hoop ring some old yarn or old tees some finger knitting action is all you need to make a rug. We have included a video above that shows you just how easy this project is. It would be super fun to learn the basic hoop weaving technique by crafting a colorful accent rug to brighten up a room. 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.

Here is the perfect craft to recycle t shirts make a woven rug using a hula hoop as a loom. If you make one tell me how it goes. Stretch these loops in pairs around the hula hoop in a pinwheel pattern. For the warp cut 1 inch wide loops from the bodies of one or two tees removing the hem and stopping at the sleeves.

Jun 19 2020 explore julie badgley s board hula hoop weaving followed by 267 people on pinterest. It s a very good tutorial that you will find easy to follow along with. 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. Cut one shirt into one inch horizontal strips so that they are loops.

Click play above to view. I made these rugs as a part of my silver award project for girl scouts.