Making A Hula Hoop 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.

Making a hula hoop rug.

You will need 14 strips. Make a cardboard loom or hula hoop loom. You will need about a dozen t shirts and a hula hoop to make a t shirt rag rug. It s a very good tutorial that you will find easy to follow along with.

Such a fun hands on diy project. For the warp cut 1 inch wide loops from the bodies of one or two tees removing the hem and stopping at the sleeves. Click through the link to see complete step by step instructions. 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.

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. When i read through these directions i was surprised how easy it was to create. A hula hoop ring some old yarn or old tees some finger knitting action is all you need to make a rug.

Hula hoop t shirt rug instructions video. Summer may be over but don t put those hula hoops away just yet. Anne wrote a splendid d i y tutorial on how to make a hula hoop rug of your own check it out. Click play above to view.

Supplies needed to make a t shirt rag rug. You will start by cutting your t shirts into strips and this creates your t shirt yarn and you weave from the center out. 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. 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. Bring em on inside and weave a hula hoop rug with disney family fun. We have included a video above that shows you just how easy this project is. Stretch these loops in pairs around the hula hoop in a pinwheel pattern.

Here is the perfect craft to recycle t shirts make a woven rug using a hula hoop as a loom. 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. This project is super fun and easy to do. The larger the hula hoop the larger your finished rug will be.

Cut off the hemmed bottom of all shirts and discard. Scissors about a dozen t shirts 33 inch hula hoop.