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T-Shirt Rag Rug


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Using old tee shirt scraps I used to make a t-shirt quilt, I made a crocheted rag rug. My rug is 40 inches in diameter. Round t-shirt rag rug.

 

Approximate Time: 10 hours.

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Supplies:

  • rotary cutter
  • scissors
  • sewing machine
  • thread
  • cutting mat
  • crochet hook size "Q"
  • tee shirts
  • plastic quilters ruler
  • you need around 12 tee shirts

Instructions:

Craft Project: T-Shirt Rag Rug - tools

 
  1. Cut 1 1/2 inches wide strips from tee shirt scraps. Sew the ends together.
  2. Roll up the strips into balls.
  3. Craft Project: T-Shirt Rag Rug - cut up tshirts
     

  4. Chain 4. Join with a slip stitch.
  5. Chain one and single crochet 12 stitches in the chain 4 circle.
  6. When you get to the beginning of the first row, join with a slip stitch and chain one.
  7. Crochet two single crochets in each stitch and join with a slip stitch when you get to the beginning of the second row. You should have 24 stitches.
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  9. Join with a slip stitch. Chain 2.
  10. Double crochet in first stitch and 2 DC in the next. Crochet in this pattern all around and join with a slip stitch as before.
  11. Craft Project: T-Shirt Rag Rug in process.
     

  12. Continue increasing at regular intervals for each row. Continue around as big as you want until you are out of strips.
  13. Slip stitch into the first stitch of the last row you did. Cut the strip. Fold it back under a loop and hand sew so you cannot see it.

By Little Suzy from Millbury, OH

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April 5, 20110 found this helpful

Great idea suzy! I bet it's soft also and what a good way to use unwanted t-shirts. Bravo!

 
April 6, 20110 found this helpful

Looks awesome, I have been saving shirts up. lol Family calls me a hoarder.

 
April 6, 20110 found this helpful

This is great, could even be used as a Christmas Tree skirt!

 
December 16, 20140 found this helpful

The using of tee shirts can also be a memory rug from a loved one that has passed. What a wonderful gift it would make for the family.

 
March 1, 20200 found this helpful

I think this would be nice and absorbant as a bath mat. Love the idea.

 

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April 14, 20230 found this helpful

That looks amazing!
Marg from England.

 
May 24, 20230 found this helpful

That is really pretty.. I'm cutting up all my cotton shirts. I while back I made a similar rug with plastic bags..I love to try different things! Thanks for the pattern!

 

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