Tee Shirts Rugs

Continue to glue knotted t shirt sections all the way up the edge of the mat.

Tee shirts rugs. Diy t shirt rug always look very beautiful and you can make them in any size according to your choice. Choose t shirts that are mostly or 100 cotton and have no or very little print on them preferably only above the arm line. Stick the knots into the glue strip leaving 1 2 inch between each knot image 2. Repeat for all of your t shirts until you have enough yarn.

I chose mostly cotton but other fabrics will work too. You can also stitch this spot or tie a knot the goal is to prevent the t shirt rag rug from unraveling at this beginning spot. Approximately five to six skeins will give you a 2 x 3 rug and 10 to 12 skeins a 4 x 6 etc. Go through the first loop we tied on the warp like shown above.

I only go up to 6 strands in the video but you can definitely go up to 8 on larger rugs. Build a makeshift loom out of scrap wood and a piece of plywood hammer nails at the edges maintaining a gap of about an inch and then follow the instructions to make a t shirt rug in your own loom. To weave a 30 diameter rug we need about 6 7 x large women s t shirts. Double weft rug weaving.

Materials and tools to make a rag rug from t shirt yarn. You ll also want the fabric weight to be fairly consistent so don t. For reference this mini rug took me 1 hour start to finish took 2 t shirts and measures 23cm in diameter. I would absolutely love to hear about your rag rug experiences and see your creations so if you have a go or already have please comment below.

T shirts scissors a sewing machine this is the machine that i have a medium knit sewing machine needle size 90 14 plus spares thread a clothespin a measuring tape or ruler. Here s how i made my own crochet rug from repurposed t shirts. Making the diy t shirt rug is very easy and it can be. Keep gluing t shirt sections in one straight line along an edge of the mat image 1.

Take a piece of t shirt yarn fold in the middle so you have a double strand. How to make a braided t shirt rug what you need. In this case i used xxl men s t shirts from goodwill. You can give them any shape as it s up to your requirement of the rug.

Field trip to salvation army woohoo. You can make it in one color or if you have different colors old t shirt then you can make it in a colorful design. Place a strip of hot glue 1 inch from the previous row. Some of the helpful resources are affiliate links.

T shirt knot rug woven on a loom. They can even have stuff printed on them.