The cord is then coiled around to form a circle rug.
Diy recycled tshirt rug.
Place a strip of hot glue 1 inch from the previous row.
This is what your rug should look like now.
Simply hot glue the strips in place directly on the top of the rug pad bunching the strips together on top of the glue.
Refashion your old unwanted t shirts into new shag rugs for your floor by cutting them into pieces and using them as rug yarn.
Rugs from recycled t shirts.
Stick the knots into the glue strip leaving 1 2 inch between each knot image 2.
Keep gluing t shirt sections in one straight line along an edge of the mat image 1.
Rugs from recycled t shirts.
One method is to cut the t shirt into strips and tie them to a longer strip that has been made into a base cord.
I have a fun book called rags.
I ended up with 25 rows of t shirt strips.
Making a little something out of almost.
The total time it took me to cut the t shirt strips was probably about 1 hour.
Once the glue dries run your hand over the top of the rug to remove any loose pieces.
Move onto the next row.
If you re making your own t shirt yarn cut off the top of the t shirt directly underneath the arms and cut off the hem.
Making a little something out of almost nothing written by sisters linda and stella allison and published in 1979.
Place a piece of cardboard under the rug because the hot glue will seep through the holes and make a mess.