This project is super fun and easy to do.
T shirt rug using hula hoop.
Use t shirt yarn.
Supplies needed to make a t shirt rag rug.
Below are all the directions you will need to create this colorful rug for your home or classroom too.
I made this super easy t shirt rug this afternoon.
Of course you can also use t shirt yarn as i did.
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.
How to make a rag rug.
For the warp cut 1 inch wide loops from the bodies of one or two tees removing the hem and stopping at the sleeves.
You will start by cutting your t shirts into strips and this creates your t shirt yarn and you weave from the center out.
It took me about 2 hours from start to finish.
It would be super fun to learn the basic hoop weaving technique by crafting a colorful accent rug to brighten up a room.
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.
Here is the perfect craft to recycle t shirts make a woven rug using a hula hoop as a loom.
We have included a video above that shows you just how easy this project is.
Easy hula hoop t shirt rug this year i am moving to a new school and i don t have any rugs in my classroom.
You will need 14 strips.
Cut one shirt into one inch horizontal strips so that they are loops.
The oversize looms and easy to use loops of t shirt fabric make these projects particularly appealing to beginning weavers.
Stretch these loops in pairs around the hula hoop in a pinwheel pattern.
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.
Scissors about a dozen t shirts 33 inch hula hoop.
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.
Make a cardboard loom or hula hoop loom.
Hula hoop t shirt rug instructions video.