Make A Hula Hoop Rug

Make a cardboard loom or hula hoop loom.

Make a hula hoop rug.

Cut one shirt into one inch horizontal strips so that they are loops. R is for a diy rug. Hula hoop t shirt rug instructions video. 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.

You will need about a dozen t shirts and a hula hoop to make a t shirt rag rug. The larger the hula hoop the larger your finished rug will be. A hula hoop ring some old yarn or old tees some finger knitting action is all you need to make a rug. Click through the link to see complete step by step instructions.

Bring em on inside and weave a hula hoop rug with disney family fun. 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. You will need 14 strips. We have included a video above that shows you just how easy this project is.

Watch as suzellediy and her best friend marianne make a hula hoop rug of your dreams. You will start by cutting your t shirts into strips and this creates your t shirt yarn and you weave from the center out. Repurpose them into a rug using a hula hoop as a loom. Click play above to view.

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. It s a very good tutorial that you will find easy to follow along with. Such a fun hands on diy project. Via one pretty thing.

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. Cut off the hemmed bottom of all shirts and discard. 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. 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.

Stretch these loops in pairs around the hula hoop in a pinwheel pattern. You should have seven pairs of loops equal distance apart. How to make a rag rug. 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.