Making A Hula Hoop Rug

Stretch these loops in pairs around the hula hoop in a pinwheel pattern.

Making a hula hoop rug.

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. 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 need about a dozen t shirts and a hula hoop to make a t shirt rag rug. 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.

You will start by cutting your t shirts into strips and this creates your t shirt yarn and you weave from the center out. We have included a video above that shows you just how easy this project is. 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.

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. When i read through these directions i was surprised how easy it was to create. 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. 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.

It s a very good tutorial that you will find easy to follow along with. Such a fun hands on diy project. Scissors about a dozen t shirts 33 inch hula hoop. Anne wrote a splendid d i y tutorial on how to make a hula hoop rug of your own check it out.

Via one pretty thing. Make a cardboard loom or hula hoop loom. Hula hoop t shirt rug instructions video. Click play above to view.

Repurpose them into a rug using a hula hoop as a loom. Cut one shirt into one inch horizontal strips so that they are loops. Summer may be over but don t put those hula hoops away just yet. The larger the hula hoop the larger your finished rug will be.

You will need 14 strips. 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. This project is super fun and easy to do. 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.

A hula hoop ring some old yarn or old tees some finger knitting action is all you need to make a rug. Supplies needed to make a t shirt rag rug.