Attempted to make a crocheted tee shirt rug
I cut up the tees as suggested and made my yarn. I have several suggestions if you decide to make one of these rugs. Cut off any side seams and restitch on your sewing machine by laying atop the other. If you keep the original tee seams, they are very bulky, making it hard to crochet same and they are just plain ugly. Most of mine were serged in a contrasting color: i.e., green tee with white stitching.
The strips were to be 2". I think 1-1/2" would have been better. You have to tie two yarns together. Again, very bulky and ugly. The rug will have big lumps at the ties. Needless to say, I was not happy with the results and have abandoned the project. |
My girl friend crochets tee rugs. She stitches the ends then crochets. She cuts her strips 1" wide.
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I also cut my strips 1" wide and sew them together end to end over lap about 1/4" and zigzag. Not to bulky, turns out pretty nice.
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Do you cut the strips so the length goes with the stretchier way or the less stretchy way?
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Rather then tiring the strips together, you cut a slit in the end if one strip and do a loop through it. Check YouTube they show how to do it. It knots but the knots are less bulky.
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Originally Posted by Tartan
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Rather then tiring the strips together, you cut a slit in the end if one strip and do a loop through it. Check YouTube they show how to do it. It knots but the knots are less bulky.
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If I was sewing strips together, I would use a diagonal join like many people use for their binding strips.
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Originally Posted by Suz
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I cut up the tees as suggested and made my yarn. I have several suggestions if you decide to make one of these rugs. Cut off any side seams and restitch on your sewing machine by laying atop the other. If you keep the original tee seams, they are very bulky, making it hard to crochet same and they are just plain ugly. Most of mine were serged in a contrasting color: i.e., green tee with white stitching.
The strips were to be 2". I think 1-1/2" would have been better. You have to tie two yarns together. Again, very bulky and ugly. The rug will have big lumps at the ties. Needless to say, I was not happy with the results and have abandoned the project. |
What they are showing on u tube as weaving on a frame rugs made with t shirts.IS actually called twinning from the pioneer days and i use to demonstrate it on EARTH DAYS.Very old art . cmaras1234
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Originally Posted by CMARAS1234
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What they are showing on u tube as weaving on a frame rugs made with t shirts.IS actually called twinning from the pioneer days and i use to demonstrate it on EARTH DAYS.Very old art . cmaras1234
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