For those of you who are interested
I cut up the cotton fabric into inch wide strips - and wound then into balls of yarn for easier handling.
Most of my tee shirts are not tubular round the middle section, so I could not use the "continuous spiral method" described in this link ( kindly given to me by Blue Witch ). They have seams up each side, so I had to cut them into long continuous strips, with a thicker section where I turn around and cut back down again.
As I also used the arms of some long sleeved tee shirts this gave me shorter lengths which have more knots in the ball of yarn.
So, having cut and joined the strips of tee shirt, I then made a foundation chain of about 75 stitches using a 15 mm hook - I just made the chain as large as I wanted the width of the rug to be (about three feet) and then I used (UK, not called the same in US!) double crochet in rows, back and forth, - the rug is about 4 feet long now and VERY colourful :-)
The knots merge in with the holes in the crochet loops and it feels fine under foot, and I am very pleased with it :-)
Hope this helps you to get started.
Flannel shirts would work for this I think, as would fleece (spun polyester type) blankets - they can be found very cheaply in charity shops here so I am going to make one of these as a cat bed, next.
I cut up the cotton fabric into inch wide strips - and wound then into balls of yarn for easier handling.
Most of my tee shirts are not tubular round the middle section, so I could not use the "continuous spiral method" described in this link ( kindly given to me by Blue Witch ). They have seams up each side, so I had to cut them into long continuous strips, with a thicker section where I turn around and cut back down again.
As I also used the arms of some long sleeved tee shirts this gave me shorter lengths which have more knots in the ball of yarn.
So, having cut and joined the strips of tee shirt, I then made a foundation chain of about 75 stitches using a 15 mm hook - I just made the chain as large as I wanted the width of the rug to be (about three feet) and then I used (UK, not called the same in US!) double crochet in rows, back and forth, - the rug is about 4 feet long now and VERY colourful :-)
The knots merge in with the holes in the crochet loops and it feels fine under foot, and I am very pleased with it :-)
Hope this helps you to get started.
Flannel shirts would work for this I think, as would fleece (spun polyester type) blankets - they can be found very cheaply in charity shops here so I am going to make one of these as a cat bed, next.
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