Cut one shirt into one inch horizontal strips so that they are loops.
Removing a rug from a hulahoop.
All you ll need is a hula hoop about a dozen old t shirts and an open afternoon to make your own unique upcycled 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.
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.
Here is the perfect craft to recycle t shirts make a woven rug using a hula hoop as a loom.
For the warp cut 1 inch wide loops from the bodies of one or two tees removing the hem and stopping at the sleeves.
Make a cardboard loom or hula hoop loom.
Scissors about a dozen t shirts 33 inch hula hoop.
Hula hoop t shirt rug instructions video.
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Summer may be over but don t put those hula hoops away just yet.
Even after sanding i can not get all of the glue residue bumps.
It s a very good tutorial that you will find easy to follow along with.
Supplies needed to make a t shirt rag rug.
If you make one tell me how it goes.
We have included a video above that shows you just how easy this project is.
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How to make a rag rug.
I need to repaint my master bedroom walls post removing 30 year old grass cloth wall paper.
Repurpose them into a rug using a hula hoop as a loom.
You will start by cutting your t shirts into strips and this creates your t shirt yarn and you weave from the center out.
Via one pretty thing.
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.
How to make a beautiful rag rug by making a loom from a hula hoop.
You will need 14 strips.
Stretch these loops in pairs around the hula hoop in a pinwheel pattern.
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Bring em on inside and weave a hula hoop rug with disney family fun.
I made these rugs as a part of my silver award project for girl scouts.
This project is super fun and easy to do.
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.