T Shirt Rugs Hoola Hoop

Here is the perfect craft project to recycle old t shirts make a woven rug using hula hoop as a loom.

T shirt rugs hoola hoop.

I ve been wanting to try it with finger knitting ever since. This project is super fun and easy to do. 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. The oversize looms and easy to use loops of t shirt fabric make these projects particularly appealing to beginning weavers.

It would be super fun to learn the basic hoop weaving technique by crafting a colorful accent rug to brighten up a room. 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. I made these rugs as a part of my silver award project for girl scouts.

Hula hoop t shirt rug instructions video. Scissors about a dozen t shirts 33 inch hula hoop. For the warp cut 1 inch wide loops from the bodies of one or two tees removing the hem and stopping at the sleeves. 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. Anne wrote a splendid d i y tutorial on how to make a hula hoop rug of your own check it out. A hula hoop ring some old yarn or old tees some finger knitting action is all you need to make a rug. See more ideas about weaving hula hoop weaving hula hoop.

Stretch these loops in pairs around the hula hoop in a pinwheel pattern. Click play above to view. Choosing fabric colors for your diy rag rug how much fabric do i need to make t shirt yarn. Supplies needed to make a t shirt rag rug.

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. We have included a video above that shows you just how easy this project is. 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. Of course you can also use t shirt yarn as i did.

Use t shirt yarn. Cut off the hemmed bottom of all shirts and discard. How to make a rag rug. 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.

Cut one shirt into one inch horizontal strips so that they are loops. 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.