Tshirt Rug - Use Tshirts to Weave a Rug | Recycle T Shirts
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One of the number one questions we receive about rug weaving: Can you use T-Shirts to Weave a Rug? Here is an EASY Tshirt Project for you!
In this video, you will learn how to weave a rug with tshirts, as well as the challenges using knit. This is a great weaving project for all skill levels! Hope you enjoy!!
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Pull out your t-shirts for this great weaving project! DIY on the House gives you a great tshirt project and shows you how to weave a rug with tshirts! We hope you enjoyed the video! If you have any questions, or comments, we would love to hear from you, leave a comment below.
Tshirt Rug - Use Tshirts to Weave a Rug | Recycle T Shirts
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You can also use plush blankets to weave a rug: ruclips.net/video/GvqnKL-XJ-U/видео.html Enjoy!!
i'd like to try this with tshirts and plastic bags. to upcycle plastic and other fibers?
What material shirts are the most absorbent for making bath rugs? Thank you.
I love the simplicity of your loom. I also like your high quality videos and clear instructions. Thank you.
Thank you so much!
I just finished my first one. Wow!! Can’t believe it looks so beautiful, thank you for your amazing tutorial 🤗🌸
I can’t wait to make more 😁
Great job! It's addictive!
@@DIYOnTheHouse hahaha very
I’m going to make all the sizes and colours 😁
I love this one so much! We all have extra t-shirts around ;-) shhhh don't tell hubby!
THANK YOU!! I could make a rug big enough to cover our living room with all of the t-shirts in my closet!! This rug really turned out great!!
You are really smart, this. Looks like fallen leaves, I knitted some small oblong blocks from left over yarn, and made some swifter pads, and they are handy to wipe my kitchen linoleum floor with on my swifter mop. You are a good teacher. God Bless
Thank you for your sweet words! The swifter pads are a great idea! Thanks.
Excellent!! Love that rug!! Thanks! "Nail gap."
Thanks!!
Love how you don’t waste time and craft on road trips I’m planning to move from the top of Australia (Cairns) to Tasmania at the bottom. This will be great to do as it will take several months, living in a van. As I’m the driver not quite as time efficient as you though.
Holy cow - that sounds like a fantastic adventure!! Have fun - I love crafting on the road!
You always give superb tutorials. Thank you!
Glad you like them! I am having a ball making them!
I love going to the Goodwill Outlet stores. I call them Goodwill pound stores as you buy by the pound instead of by the piece. I can get a huge cart full of t-shirts for about $30. This would make at least 20 rugs. I make them to use while camping inside the tent. I have also made plarn (yarn made from plastic shopping bags) mats to go under the rugs to use outside the tent under our 10x10. It really helps when it rains. And the rugs are washable so I dont care how dirty they get.
I LOVE that!! Wow - 10x10 - is your loom that big, or do you put two mats together?
@@DIYOnTheHouse I put mats together.
Yay! I have a bunch of old T-shirts and have been wondering if I could make a rug...now I know..Thanks!
Wonderful! Have fun!!
I love this rug. So gorgeous.
I appreciate that -- it turned out really nice!!
Hola me encanta tu trabajos.no entiendo tu idioma más o menos me doy cuenta lo que haces .hermoso te felicito
Gracias😀
A hint is to pull\stretch the fabric after you cut this makes the yarn narrower
That is a great tip - thank you!
Thank you- big inspiration
You are so welcome!
I wonder if you would have made T-shirt yarn first (stretch the fabric to make it thin pieces) if it would have worked out a little easier?
Actually the tshirts were great -- it was the knit fabric that was a little too bulky. I am anxious to try one with only tshirts!
I love making tshirt yarn by just cutting a tshirt with no side seams in a continuous spiral. That would make this even faster!
I am just finishing one on my loom warped with sheets but twined with tee-shirts!
Oh!!! I would love to see pictures! diyonthehouse@gmail.com
@@DIYOnTheHouse I sent you a picture.
We're you happy with the end result using the mixed fabrics?
@@debbiewood7718 yes
Can you please go over the end of the row going over the rods. It started great then when I went to just one warp, I'm sure something went wrong! Do you ever just weave around just the rod? What did I do wrong? After I do this I get confused, you said to always have weave between 2 pieces of fabric and this throws everything off. Can you give greater detail please. And sorry about the name my grandson's did it and I don't know how to change it lol.. love your videos thanks so much
You don't want to weave around just the rod, but you can have just one strip of fabric along with the rod - that is perfectly fine!! Here is another video that may help ruclips.net/video/GuiqDen2ZRA/видео.html - if you need to send pictures, email them to diyonthehouse@gmail.com and maybe I can see what is going wrong.
Awesome
Thank You!
Watching this video, the thicker knit was probably a double knit. As I watched, your 1.5 inch wide t-shirt shrank to less than half an inch as your pulling on the t-shirt material, it stretched. Perhaps, if you cut the t-shirt material at 2 inches, perhaps it would be more in line in each stitch as far as size with the navy fabric?
Very true!! This rug is one of my favorite - I really like how the knit feels!
@@DIYOnTheHouse By the way! I decided to try twining a cotton fabric rug .... the single stranding is KILLING me! (Not really), but it is waaayyyy too slow. I am contemplating changing to a two strand like normal, but life keeps getting in the way! LOL. I will get back to the green rug at some point ... I just wanted to let you know that I have tried twining - - not a fun date.
And, I am gathering t-shirts for a knit fabric rug - - I will be using my selvedges from cotton fabric for the warp (or is it weft?) ... whatever it is that goes up and down LOL
and when I run out of selvedge, you can bet your bottom dollar that I will be stranding the foundations from the overabundance of crochet thread that I have accrued.
Is the warp a thicker Polyester fabric then the t-shirts? My husband made this loom from your husbands easy to follow loom video, thank you... I have made several twined rag rugs from cotton, all turned out great. I also weaved smaller rugs recycling from 2 larger 20 year old blue jean rugs with broken warp threads. Since I did not have boughten warp thread at the time (live in AK & orders for warp thread are delayed due to the virus) I used the string from a used house water filter (soaked and rinsed out) for the warp, doubled,leaving enough string at both ends to tie into knots with fringe. I am trying to figure out a way to dye enough filter string without it ending up in a tangled mess. Maybe wrapping around PVC pipe to soak in dye... Your rag rug videos are so easy to follow. Up next, thanks to your easy to follow videos, I plan to try the weaving yarn/strings rug and this one twining stretch material. Thank you very much for this addictive new hobby which helps to keep me sane during this stressful time.
And the rug using up fussy blankets.
Oh my, just reading that gave me goosebumps -- I love when others get as excited as I do over projects!! The one I am working on now uses Parachord, I should have it ready to post next week! Thanks for watching, truly appreciate it!
I'm wondering how the backing holds up when you wash the rug. Thanks
We leave it on here is a video how. ruclips.net/video/zCDsES-AVmo/видео.html
I'm confused. At what point when you first start the rug do you switch from going in between the warp threads to around the warp threads? I always see at the end of the rug you are going under the two warps around the nails and then you switch to going under the nails for the end row, but I never see the transition in the beginning. Thanks 😊
GREAT question! After you go under the nails, that will create a gap. There will be two strands, then a gap. You just follow that gap -- so you are always weaving over and under two strands of warp. This video may show it with a better camera angle.
@@DIYOnTheHouse thanks! I've just discovered your channel I've been watching your videos nonstop. I want to do all the projects. 😊 You're giving me way too many ideas. But thank you!! I love your design style and your videos are very straightforward and uncomplicated.
@@dcs1414 Thank you!!! We totally totally appreciate that! Have fun!
So beautifull❤️
Thank you! 😊
Great job!
Thank you!
Do you think it's possible to use t-shirts that have a design on them? (Like kid t-shirts with fun stuff on it)
Yes! You will just get bits of the logo and color in the pattern - it will look great!
I have tried a loose warp a tight warp a medium tight warp and my rug still bunches up on the loom. Someone please tell me what I am doing wrong.
Is it still bunched when you pull it off the loom. Some of my tshirt ones just need a chance to relax.
@@DIYOnTheHouse yeah it still stays bunched a bit
pretty much can use most any kind of bendable material.. I am saving up my dead t shirts. thanks
YEP!! I haven't tried denim yet -- but it is on my radar to try that!
Wondering what method you use to cut the T-shirt material. Some of the videos I've seen result in the fabric strips not being even on each side. Your strips look uniform.
I used a rotary cutter - makes it really easy!
Hi love the rug, tfs
Thank you! 😊
So this would not work if you took individual loops for the warping (say by cutting the tshirt straight across to make a closed loop) for each warp? It has to be all connected in a continuous material?
You could do closed a loop - similar to the loops of the hotpad holders we made when we were kids. I think it just would be a challenge to get the same width loops. Let me know how it goes!
@@DIYOnTheHouse thank you so much. I have to get enough tshirts and I will be sure to let you know how it goes. Thank you so much for the videos. I really enjoy watching them.
HI. In the finish product, those the warp fabric shows? Do you need to have a colour that matches the rest of the fabrics?
It will show on the ends of your rug, and peak through occasionally on the rug. Picking a hugely drastic color isn't a good idea - but I have used up tons of scraps on the warp!!
How tight do you pull the warp with the stretchy fabric? Do you stretch it out super tight or just keep tension on it without stretching it?
No need to go super tight - but at the same time you don't want it loose and floppy - somewhere in the middle!
Have you given any thought to making a longer/wider loom that could stand up(lean) against something?
We haven't tried a larger loom, but I did a video on joining them to make a larger rug, that works really well!! ruclips.net/video/skwqTcOQPgg/видео.html
I'm watching your t-shirt rug weaving, but am confused. When you start, you are weaving under the nail. But at the end the weaving is not under the nail, it is between the nails and the last row goes under the nail to secure it. Help!
So sorry I confused you!! The first row all need to go under a nail. Here is a video that I just finished that may have a better camera angle and explain it better ruclips.net/video/XCbkyTvYpo8/видео.html
@@DIYOnTheHouse So, do you continue going in and out of the space under the nails through the whole thing, or does it change at some point? Thanks!
@@rickcollins6512 Once you go under the nails, that creates a gap that you continue to weave in the rest of the rug. The last row on the other end, you will go back under the nails to secure that end.
Hi, When you lock the rows do you do it at both ends?
Yes. Weave under the nail on both ends to keep it from sliding off.
what do you think of fabric strips for the warp and then weave T-shirt strips as weft? Or the other way around?
I think that would by my preferred combo. The fabric would allow the knit to slide. I do want to try one with the t-shirts as the warp, instead of the knit that I used, I think it would be super soft and easy! I really liked how the t-shirts didn't fray. Let me know what you try!
Have you tried using cotton heavy thread for the warp while using fabric for the warp?
I am 1/2 way through a tee-shirt rug at this time. Lololol.
The way that you do it with 2 pieces of the material is confusing to me. I have been using one piece, under and over then add another piece when needed. Hope it comes out ok.
Whatever works best!! Have fun, I love making these!
@@sherierodriguez7708 Sherie, how did your rug turn out using just the one piece? Thanks!
Loved this Tshirt rug.Thanks
You’re welcome 😊 Super fun to make!
Im curious, do you sell these? If so, what do you charge? I would like to do some myself for extra income. Thanks.
I don't sell them - but they are super cool. And with the supplies being so available, that would make the cost to make fantastic. Of all of the types of fabric I have done, t-shirts are the faster medium to weave! If you start selling them, let me know how it goes!
Slightly distracted by that sweet cat in the background...
Hi. Good tutorial thank you. Do you think that you could warp it with string and weave it with the T-shirt material?
Yes, absolutely!!
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Na verdade, s videos dela são tão claros que a gente nem precisa entender o que ela fala. Mas se você precisar de ajuda, conte comigo. Estou amando aprender a fazer tapetes. Tenho buscado nas lojas mas não gostei das cores. Agora tenho planos de fazer meus tapetes :))
Does your husband make looms to sell?
No - I apologize - he doesn't. Did you see the video on how to make them? ruclips.net/video/v2c_Agdw068/видео.html