Take a piece of t-shirt yarn, fold in the middle so you have a double strand. So I added 1-2 extra nails to help them stay straight. I found the tension to be quite strong that the wood trim pieces stated warping. We will need to be able to remove the from the rug at the end. Tie a string to secure ends of these bars onto the end nails / screws. Thin metals rods or 1/2″ to 1/4″ wood dowels are popular choices also. I used a piece of quarter round trim piece on each side. In addition to the frame, you will also need two side “bars” to help the rug stay rectangular as we weave, because the tension will pull the shape towards the center. The warp should not be stretched too tight. Zigzag the warp onto the nails on the upper and lower bars. You can use string or t-shirt yarn as warp. Warp: in weaving, the threads on a loom (the pink yarn threads shown here) over and under which other threads (the Weft, in this case our colorful t-shirt yarn) are passed to make textile. Step 2: Start weaving the rug with c ontinuous warp. It is also important to add two 1/2″ to 3/4″ diameter wood or metal dowels, one on each side of the loom, see photo and description in next step below. (If you don’t want holes in your wall, then build the whole frame like shown in the plan!) The nails are spaced at 1″ apart. Instead of building the whole frame, we only set up the top and bottom bars, and screwed them into the wall. You can build a stand for this loom, or just hang it on the wall. Secure the four corners with dowels so the frame is adjustable length-wise. You can build a simple loom frame with 1x2s or other scrap wood you have, you can build them any size. Or this one below which has a 20″ by 13″ weaving surface.
There are also some nice weaving looms you can buy on Amazon, like this one below which has a weaving surface of 25″ by 20″. We made a super simple loom which you will see. She also published another beautiful book called Twist and Twine: 18 Ideas for Rag Rugs and Home Decor. which inspired her life long journey to revive this traditional craft. It is the result of a chance meeting between the author and an 80 year old lady who made magnificent rag rugs. The book that I love so much is called Twined Rag Rugs, by Bobbie Irwin. Optional but very helpful: this great rotary cutter really speeds up the t-shirt yarn making process, and here’s a cutting mat to use with the cutter!įor the DIY loom, you just need a hammer, some wood, 2 wood dowels, and 2 inch flat head nails ( the flat head will keep the yarn in place.
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How to make t-shirt yarn and weave a round rug. Here’s our first tutorial on how to make t-shirt yarn and weave a round rug.
To make a T-shirt rag rug, first we need to make some t-shirt yarn or any fabric yarn. * Some resources in article are affiliate links. ( Some of the helpful resources are affiliate links. The whole process of building a simple rag rug loom and weaving a t-shirt rug was so much fun! I will share with you a couple of ways to build your own adjustable loom and some short cuts I learned on how to weave this colorful boho style T-shirt rag rug! Materials and tools to make a t-shirt rag rug and a DIY loom: The author’s passion is totally contagious, and I just have to make not only another rag rug but also a DIY rug weaving loom! I am always happy to weave another rug! 🙂 It is so much fun, and a hand-made rag rug looks beautiful in any style home from farmhouse, to bohemian, to modern.Ī little while ago, I discovered a GREAT book on weaving T-shirt rag rug, wall tapestries, and other types of cloth rugs.
After our first t-shirt rag rug tutorial, I got lots of questions on how to make a rectangle shaped DIY rug.
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