How To Make A Hula Hoop T Shirt Rug

Hula hoop t shirt rug instructions video.

How to make a hula hoop t shirt rug.

Of course you can also use t shirt yarn as i did. You will need 14 strips. We have included a video above that shows you just how easy this project is. Cut off the hemmed bottom of all shirts and discard.

If you don t have a hula hoop you can make a rug on a cardboard loom of any size by joining several pieces of cardboard together with glue and tape. The oversize looms and easy to use loops of t shirt fabric make these projects particularly appealing to beginning weavers. Cut one shirt into one inch horizontal strips so that they are loops. Stretch one warp loop over the hula hoop.

Click play above to view. Push together two warp loops at the top of the hula hoop. Add and secure a second loop perpendicular to the first. I started small as a test so i ended up using both types of looms you can skip the cardboard and just use the hula hoop for bigger rugs.

In this episode of craftster qucikies kittykill teaches you how to turn those old worn out t shirts into a fantastic woven rug using a hula hoop. Use t shirt yarn. I made these rugs as a part of my silver award project for girl scouts. Supplies needed to make a t shirt rag rug.

How to make a rag rug. It s a very good tutorial that you will find easy to follow along with. Repeat filling in the spaces until all 11 loops are in place. You will start by cutting your t shirts into strips and this creates your t shirt yarn and you weave from the center out.

Here is the perfect craft project to recycle old t shirts make a woven rug using hula hoop as a loom. 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. It would be super fun to learn the basic hoop weaving technique by crafting a colorful accent rug to brighten up a room. Save the unused sleeves for the basket project.