I really love flokati rugs. I have two that are safely tucked away in my parents basement awaiting our reunion. When I learned that I would be having a child and building a nursery for him, I wanted a flokati. A gray one. Being a flokati snob though, I knew that I couldn’t afford the price tag (a whole months rent), and I knew that I would be too precious about the rug (and be leary of the body fluids that babies seem to leak all over the place). So I chose the only sensible alternative: I would make a rug.
I’m going to show you how it’s done, but let me warn you- while this rug was super inexpensive to make with the resource of money- it was very costly in the resource of time. I have easily 60 hours invested into this rug, and many many more hours donated by family and friends. I love that I started it while I was pregnant and worked on it while Jack was a teeny tiny newborn. I love that my Mom and I sat with it on our lap, each hooking from one side to the other, meeting each other in the middle, while my overdue belly hindered my progress.
And now, this is how to make your very own latch hook rug.
Supplies:
Latch hook canvas
latch hook tool
old t-shirts
scissors or rotary cutting tool/mat
seam binding
masking tape
dye (optional)
All of these things should be available at your local craft store, with the exception of the old t-shirts. I found thrift stores that were doing bag sales and loaded my bags up with white t-shirts. I also asked my local freecyclers if they had any white t-shirts to spare. I was able to purchase all of the supplies, including shirts, for under $25.
On to the making! The first thing that you want to do is plan. Decide how large you would like your rug to be and what colors/designs you would like. I chose to just make it one all one color, battleship gray (much to the chagrin of my submariner husband!). Estimate how many shirts you’ll need because if you’re dyeing them, as I did, you’ll want to dye them all in one batch to get consistant color. I found that I needed 70 strips to fill one square (latch hook canvas is pre-printed with a grid), and that I could get approximately 250 strips for the average men’s t-shirt. Thus, I would need 2 shirts for every 7 squares. These numbers are a good starting point, but may need to be adjusted according to your design needs.
note: I chose to make this rug very thick. The 2 shirts for every 7 squares number is based on a very tight and very high piled rug. Super results can be achieved with less. I reccomend using half of this number if you’re making a larger rug, to save on time, and to reduce the bullk of the finished rug.
Once you’ve gathered all of your shirts, use a rotary cutting tool and mat (you can certainly use scissors but the results are less precise) to cut the shirts into 1 inch strips. It was easiest for me to fold the shirt in half, shoulder to shoulder and cut strips from the trunk of the shirt, up to the collar. It is important to make sure that the shirt is smooth and flat when cutting, or you’ll end up with uneven or jagged strips. All of these strips should then be cut into 4 inch segments. This cutting phase easily took me 20 hours (I was cutting up 51 shirts!).
Once you have all of the strips cut, it’s time to dye them if you’d like. I used Rit dye and just dumped them all into the washing machine.
Once your strips are all ready to go, tape the edges of the latch hook canvas with the masking tape so that they won’t pull apart while your latching.
Now you’re ready to hook! From the front of your rug, isolate a strand of the canvas with the latch hook tool. Make a loop with the t-shirt strip and place it on the end of the tool. Pull the latch hook tool down, through the canvas, pulling the t-shirt strip with it, leaving the strip halfway through the canvas. Slide the tool up to the remaining ends of the t-shirt strip and catch them. Pull them through the loop made by the t-shirt strip below the canvas.
I chose to do this with every other available space on my latch hook canvas, and it made a very lush, very high pile rug. You may want to space it out differently for a larger rug, or for a rug with less bulk.
Continue until you run out of strips, or complete the size that you’d like!
When you’re done, bind the edges by hand using seam binding.
Here’s my completed rug, you can see that it gets Jack’s approval!
good luck and happy hooking!
29 july 2010 edit: Thanks for all of your enthusiasm about this project! Please read the comments below as well as they contain some extra tips from people who have conquered this project! Carry on.
xo
elle
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Glad you finished it! It looks GREAT! Thanks for letting us help a little. I’m still trying to decide if I want to do something like this for Camden’s room. Seeing how long it really takes I’m having a hard time pushing myself into the “do it” mode.
Really cool that you made this by hand. I love these rugs but damn that’s a lot of time. I’m not a knitting or shuttle-r or whatever else some of my friends who give me stuff that they invested this much time into, but I respect it. RESPECT!
That is so awesome! Thanks for the tutorial, I think this will make a really fun project for my girls and I. Yours turned out so cute, and baby Jack makes it looks so cozy.
I really liked this post. Can I copy it to my site? Thank you in advance.
This turned out lovely! I just got a hold of some rug canvas and am thinking I want to do something like this with it!
wow, that’s cool! I bet it’s soft too. I can envision it in other colors and patterns too. You should write a book on it, I bet it would get published!
Hello, I came across your blog and found your impressive rug. Love the colour and texture of it.
Hi, love what you did. Do you know where I could find a large lot of shirts? I am sitting most of the time due to an injury, and I want to do something beautiful like you did. Thanks, Patricia
I am so excited to have found your great tutorial! I’ve been wanting to make one of these rugs ever since I saw one in a baby store, but figured I’d have to just guess. There was no way I was going to pay for one at the store! Now to start my t-shirt collecting! I’d never have thought you would need so many! Did you use new t-shirts? Your cut strips look awfully white! Do you think it would work with old shirts? I love the pics of your baby on the rug, by the way. So cute!
This rug looks great! So glad I found this tutorial because I’ve been planning to make a rug like this for a while now. I had a hard time finding a rug canvas large enough. The biggest I could find is 36″ x 60″ so that’s as big as my rug will be. A great way to save a whole step is to use jersey knit sheets! I purchased a set of full sized sheets in the color I want my rug to be at my local Ross (Marshalls, TJMaxx, etc) for only $11. I’m hoping the flat sheet, fitted sheet, and two pillow cases will provide me with enough fabric for my rug, and it saves having to find all the tshirts then dying them. Otherwise a great place to find tshirts is a goodwill. I make scarves out of old tshirts and always get them there.
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My question is- do you remove the taped edges at some point to finish it off?
Thanks for the help. I spent a ton of money on a pink rug similar to this for my first baby’s room!
Great instructions and pictures. Very inspirational
hi, I just inherited a bunch of old sheets and I’ve been considering making a rug like this out of them. My question is how do you wash it? Will the backing hold up in a washer? Thanks for posting this tutorial, now I finally know how to make one!
wow! Sheets sound great! I’ve never tried to wash mine- but I have washed a latch hook rug that my Grandma made me and the canvas held up just fine- it’s very sturdy. I’d love to see how your rug turns out- good luck!
Hi, I was wondering if you could tell me how big you made your rug. I want to do this in our baby nursery, but the largest piece of latch canvas I can find is 36″ X 60″. Is that how big your rug is? Thanks!
Hi Tracy!
My finished rug is 36″ x 36″. I found the same size latch canvas that you did- I had wanted it bigger and just assumed that I would join a few peices of canvas together since that would be cheaper than buying it larger online (I found the 36″ x 60″ at my local JoAnn). I left it at it’s current size because it fit into the room perfectly. Several peices of canvas can be joined together simply by laying them together a few rows from the edge and latching through both layers at the same time. I hope your rug turns out great!
brilliant, just the pattern I have been looking for, trust I can use the pattern
I work at a charity store, and we have to throw away hundreds of t shirts a week, the t shirts can be re used for a very useful household item
thank you
from Qld Australia
reading some of the other ladies comments
are these washable, do we just put them in the wash machine?
ladies could go to the local charity stores, and see if they could purchase very very cheaply a bag of t shirts that would other wise go to refuse land fill
yes you could make a book out of your items,
Hi there!
Since you’re dealing with cotton and/or cotton/poly blends- they should be able to be thrown into the wash- that being said, my rug is 4 ft square and it’s so heavy and bulky that there’s no way my washing machine can handle it- so we wash it as if it was a shag rug- we air it out and shake it/ beat it outside- I’d love to hear if someone had a successful machine washing!
And yes! Recycle and reuse! This project is awesome for using shirts that would otherwise be thrown away!
And yes! use the pattern! I posted it here without restriction so anyone can use it for any purpose. =)
Me ha parecido una idea genial y muy práctica especialmente para reutilizar todas las camisetas que siempre hay por la casa..
Enhorabuena le quedo preciosa
oh my gosh. I just found this through a Spanish blog and WOW. Totally cool. Totally rad. You just inspired me to try this (uh, in my spare 70 hours of time….).
thank you for sharing! it’s is amazing.
Just wondering….have you ever machine washed it since? Or is it too big for a machine. Maybe I missed in your post what size the rug is.
Thank you!
- dana
um, just read your response in the comments. sorry, should have looked there first
es una pasada!!! me encanta,y parece facil y todo….
It’s fantastic.I’d love it!!!
Nice rug! What canvas mesh size did you use? I can’t quite figure it out based on your note about 70 strips/square.
Thanks!
Thanks kevin!
Sorry it’s taken me awhile to respond. This is the canvas that I used: http://www.joann.com/joann/catalog/productdetail.jsp?pageName=search&flag=true&PRODID=prd34290
The printed grid has squares that are 2.5 inches square, and the holes are about 4 to an inch, or 1/4 inch each.
Are you going to make one? Best of luck!
elle
Hi there!
I just wanted to say a big thank you for your post and tutorial! I literally have been looking all over the web to find a set of instructions regarding making latch hook rugs for my new eco friendly bedroom and everything that I’ve found just hasn’t cut the mustard! The pictures here made a HUGE difference!
I have bought a few pieces to start my own rug (starting of small for the first project!), just in need of lots of tshirts/material now!
Thanks again,
Jessica
Hi there Elle!
We are excited to start on our rug (Kevin, who posted recently) is my husband. Word to the wise though — if you have a front loader (though this may be relevant to a top loader as well) — you might want to wash the pieces in a lingerie bag. We think a couple of the strips “got away” and into our pump or drain hose or something and now our washer isn’t too happy.
I am sure it is fixable, but just wanted to make future makers aware of the possibility and just warn them of this hazard and suggest the lingerie bag method!
Thanks again for the awesome tutorial, though, Elle!
Do you think this would work with a simple shape in the center? Also, how did you finish the rug? Did you sew the edges back and leave the masking tape on or did you do something else? Thanks!
Hello there! I think that this could work with a simple shape, although I’ve never tried it. I did help a friend make one with a very simple airplane in the center and she said that it turned out great (I never got to see it complete). One of these days I will use the hem tape that I purchased to match to finish the rug- stitching it on by hand. For now, the masking tape is still on, but the rug is so full that it’s safely hidden. I recommend hem tape- and when I finally get around to doing mine (gosh, it’s been like two years!) I’ll add some photos here. =)
from start to finish, about how long would you say it took? I’m expecting a baby in 2 months & I would like to know if 2 months a couple hours a day is enough to have the rug completed by?
You were featured on Re-Nest.com !!!!
Oh man, this is awesome. I’m SO inspired! If I make one I’ll send you a picture. Beautiful work!
I see you staggered and hooked every other opening. The rug seems tight and thick…maybe that’s a good thing. What do you think about going every third one instead (in all directions)? Do you think it would be too sparse? I’m trying to not only cut down on the time but the density of it, which seems overly so, maybe in person it would feel differently. Would you respond to my email? vesla2 at aol dot com Thanks!
great idea, perfect instructions! thx!
If I was doing this, I think I might put the binding on by machine before I started to hook. It would make the edges softer while I work on it, and save time. I’d also use inch wide twill tape folded in half. You could dye to match if you find cotton tape.
Anyone have any cheap ideas on where to get white tees? Ive checked thrift stores without much luck. Thanks!
Just think of all the wonderful memories you created when you (and all of your helpers) were working on this porject. A great story for Jack, too.
You did a great job! Thanks so much for the tutorial. If I ever find myself with a surplus of time and t-shirts, I have just the solution! I LOVE it!
Could you dye the tshirts prior to cutting into strips?
We are connected on Twitter ~ thanks for posting this. My husband brought a flokati back from Iceland years ago & it was ruined in a move. I too love these rugs and can’t wait to try this. Happy to have connected with you!
Best,
Lana J.
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This is about the best thing I’ve ever seen. I’m kicking my self for clearing out old knit fabric from my stash… Let the hoarding begin again!
Very well done.
Love this!!!!!!!
I loved this so much, I’m featuring you today @ the Five Moms’ Blog. Hope you stop by.
Thanks for the direction Laura. I believe I’ll make one of these rugs for my grandson, Kanelo. Even though he’s 1 the boy is always on the floor more than standing. The rug will sure help with some bruising. Again great job and thank you.
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I think it’s important to note that the strips should be cut on the lengthwise (vertical) grain of the fabric. Otherwise, small pieces could be pulled off the ends of the strips- definitely not something you’d want to happen with a baby!!
Thanks for the great tutorial. I found it on re-nest. The rug looks great. I’ve been thinking about doing the same thing for my son’s room.
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May I ask what brand/color dye you used? I really like the color!
Oh my I’m planning on doing this . I love it !!!!!
I plan on making this, I love it so much. Did you ever think of submitting it to Ready Made magazine?
Gracias por compartir tan maravilloso trabajo, siento no poder responder en tu idioma, pero te prometo que si alguien te lo puede traducir entre tanto yo aprenderé lo suficiente para darte las gracias de nuevo, muchos besos y hasta pronto, espero poder regalarte algo similar, por ahora me deleitaré con tus maravillosas fotos.
Great tutorial. Thank you for this detailed tutorial
Awesome! I have just found one of my first home deco projects for my new place! I love the comfy look and texture these rugs possess. I can already feel myself in my newly painted kitchen standing in my bare feet washing dishes and wiggling toes on top of this tshirt rug!
Thank you for your tutorial
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Hi, I am about to start…I found t-shirts at my local Goodwill Outlet for about $1.60 a pound. I bought a ton for about 20 bucks. (I just looked for anything white-or multicolored if that is your style) Great place to go for cheap!!! Thx for the info-these rugs are sooo expensive to buy, can’t wait to start!
Thanks so much for sharing this. I hope to finish my rug this weekend. My 2 year old son loves it already. I can’t wait to finish it and put it in his room
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Great directions. This is going to be the Christmas vacation project with the girls. 12 and 13 yo
Thanks
Im excited to try this. Im gathering my tshirts now
I am dying to do this, but of course I’m trying to see if there’s a less time consuming way to do it, since of course I’m into instant gratification. I also want to make a fairly large one, though we’ll have to see about that. I was at Lowe’s today and I saw in the paint department they have these white jersey knit rags 18×18″, pack of 10 for $5. Of course I would’ve preferred to recycle t-shirt, but those rags would save a few steps. I also saw somewhere where the maker lined up the scraps and sewed them together then sewed them onto the backing, as opposed to latching each individual scrap. This sounds good, but I’m wondering if it would really be faster than doing it your way. Great tutorial!
Your rug is beautiful! I made rugs like these years ago but with yarn and smaller canvas. The T-Shirt idea is great and looks so much more comfortable. I think it would be so much better to dye your shirts first, while whole shirts, instead of having all those small pieces in your washer!!! I’ve dyed many items before with Rit dye and it works just fine and is made for whole garments, so don’t worry about the entire t-shirt being the same color….and even it it’s not, A: Wlho could tell and B: Who cares? You just made a beautiful rug!!! I think if you saved many different solid colored t-shirts and made a milti-colored rug, that would be pretty too and no dying needed. As for washing, it is washable outside of a machine. Just handwash in your bathtub, roll several times between towels to dry then lay flay to dry outside, if weather is nice! : )
This is fantastic! I’m definitely going to do this. I have so many t-shirts from my kids, my husband and myself…perfect! Thanks for the idea and the tutorial!
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I would LOVE to make this! I am just not sure I would have the patience to do so! It’s beautiful and looks so comfy!
Holy gorgeous, Batman!
Well done, absolutely gorgeous.
I just came across this after falling in love with some I seen on etsy… so I went to the local good will on blue tag day and got some jersey knit sheets for 99 cents each! I’m not looking forward to the cutting up process, but I will tackle this job soon
WOW, you’re a star!
Omigosh, this is so super cool! I think I might need to make one of these for the boys’ bathroom.
Brilliant – I’ve been thinking about making one of these.
Thanks so much for the tutorial.
I might try something small like a bathmat first…
Hi! I’m from Spain, I saw your blog a year ago, If you enter here http://www.flickr.com/photos/58830566@N05/
You can see what I have done with your tutorial…I hope ypu like it.
Thank you It’s a great idea.
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Plz email me. Can you wash this entire thing? I love the color btw, so pretty!
I was wondering, if you are willing to spend a little bit more on the shirts, is it okay to buy precolored shirts rather than dying white ones? a store near me has colored shirts for rather cheap, i figured this might save some time..
I’m making a “creativity page” and wanted to put a link to this project using one of your photos. I see that all your pictures are copy righted. I would like permission to use one of your pictures and to link to your website.
Wonderful idea! Love it.
Thanks, Melody
Really nice! I want to try this as well, thank you!
Thanks for posting such a great tutorial! I’ve just purchased my materials to make this amazing rug and I realize i have one question that I couldn’t find the answer to on the tutorial or in the replies below: what size are the cotton strips that you cut out? I know you mentioned that you made a very high piled rug so I was curious what size you used. Thanks!
This is amazing! I love it! Great tutorial!
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@ 87 Mel Colwell:
the strips were approximately 1″ x 4″ – but that’s a flexible number: longer or shorter, changes the ‘shagginess’ … much wider, though, and they won’t fit through the canvas.
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I absolutely love the tutorial and definitely want to try something like this! I had a few questions though! Do you remove the masking tape toward the end or leave it on?And what exactly do you mean by binding the edges by hand with seam binding? Sorry, I’m a little ignorant when it comes to anything sewing related!
Please e-mail me with an answer =)
I would love to start on this right away!
It looks so comfortable. I wonder how it would look with multiple colors? I’ll have to give it a shot.
this is SOOO cool – I LOVE it & want to give it a try….I like the idea of using it at my kitchen sink…so soft & cushy! As a quilter, I’m constantly cutting up scraps to save for later. As a recycle freak I cut up old tees into soft hankies for the grandkids. No more hankies now – gonna set up a container to fill with 1×4 strips that will go into a scrappy rug! You did a GREAT job with your tutorial & a wonderful service to all of us who will follow your lead. Thanks so much! (hmmm, wonder if ya could do the same with old sweatshirts/pants???)
Hi
I live in NZ and would love to make this rug
Do all the tshirts need to be same size and also plain white without pattern?
This is amazing! I’ve been wanting to replace my hideous bedroom rug for ages but didn’t want to spend all that money a new rug, so this is right up my alley. Can you tell me, did you use all the strips from the t-shirts you cut up? I’m thinking of doing a mix of two or three different colors and if I can’t find enough white t-shirts at my thrift shops I might just buy the remaining fabric at Joann’s. I’m trying to estimate the amount I need, but I don’t want to go too far over.
this is awesome! I am gonna try this with strips and burlap, will see how it goes
I love this! to the point that i went out and bought a huge rug canvas and am in the process of collecting/cutting/dying the strips.
with all the talk about how long it took, im dreading doing this 5′ x 4′ rug though haha
but in the end it will be worth it!
oh and ive decided to do it in a bright red!
cant wait to see how it turns out!
Wow this looks great! And so much softer than typical latchhook yarn! I got all the stuff together today, and my strips are in the dryer, hopefully I’ll have enough to finish the whole thing, but it’s a mix of precolored shirts anyway so it’ll just be another trip to Goodwill.
I’ll try to get pics up when I’m done! It’ll be blues and greens
Looks super easy if your a little crafty. I have always wanted to make a small rug for my room. I had no clue what I would need, thanks for the detailed how to article. Off to pick some supplies…..
This is incredible! I can’t wait to try and do it! Can you explain to me how to “bind the edges by hand using seam binding”…I’m new to DIY
thanks a million!
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Hello and thank you so much for this info on how to make this beautiful rug!!! You are very fortunite to have only paid 25$! Im having trouble finding white t-shirts. Do you have any advice on where to buy cheap shirts? I cannot find any freecyclers in my area!
This is awesome! I have leftover jersey fabric and a ton of old shirt. All dif colors that I’m just going to mix up. Honestly the strip don’t have to be perfect bc it rolls after washing anyway. I also started by folding the edge and just latching thru it instead of binding or seaming the end. It works great! Now it won’t unravel. I got a huge project to finish. Lol.. thanks again!
I love this tutorial, its so detailed and its making me want to make a rug…just need lots of tshirts now!!!
I saw a YouTube video where a lady took a stool and turned it upside down, then stretched a T-shirt over it and began to cut in 1/2 inch rounds all the way up to the armpit on the T-shirt. To finish cutting the shirt, she next began at the neck in 1/2 inch rounds. This ended up giving her a very long piece of what she called ‘Tarn”, which she used to crochet with. Do you think that would work with this if the Tarn would then be cut into 4 inch lengths? It seems it would save a tremendous amount of time in the cutting phase if you think it would work.
Also, how many 4 inch pieces did you put together to pull through the latch holes?
Thanks for the great tutorial.
OK. Got my shirts. Wish me luck. Thank you. You are so freaking funny. I’ll send you a pic. I don’t have time to blog right now and I appreciate you crafting people. My dye is baby blue. Must start blogging. Again, thanks.
I’ve been trying to find a tutorial for a rug with old t-shirts – this one is great – thanks you – I can’t wait to try this!
Since I want all one uniform color and the t-shirts at the thrift store will have me cutting out all the logos on them, I chose a set of queen sized jersey sheets instead! Saves cutting around logos, cutting off cuffs and sleeves and the dying job. Glad I found something because I was about to break down and get the fabric from the craft store.
Wow. I love this. We have been shopping around for a large area rug, preferable something high pile like this I think I’m gonna make a trip to the thrift store and have a go. Thank you so much for sharing!
This looks really great. I have often thrown away t-shirts with holes so I will be collecting them in future. I have a small piece of canvas I can use to make a cushion as it isn’t large enough for a rug. One suggestion I have for finishing the raw edges of the canvas is to fold it over about five or six squares from the edge and just to hook the material through the double canvas. I do this when I have made ones with the cut wool. It saves having to sew in ends and cannot come undone.
Great tutorial.
Suzy.
Hi i read through the posts and didn’t see an answer to this question so here goes .. what size “latch” did you use for this project? would you be able to post a link possibly?? and the 36 x 60 link you posted is the EXACT same one you used, Correct? thanks so much .. sorry new to crafting >.<
So if I were to use a 24” X 30” rug, how many t-shirts will be used in this square? How large was your “70 strips per square” rug size?
i think i will use two grids that are 16×16 and stuff and sew them into a very cool pillow! It would probobly work with just one side fluffy and the back side done with felt alos. thanks for the great idea…
I came across this randomly and loved it! i actually started making mine yesterday! i’ve been collecting throw away t-shirts from my family and friends – so my cost has only been 12 bucks so far for the canvas and the hook! thank you so much for the great idea!
I just made one of my own! Thanks for the tutorial! I used 10 yards of jersey fabric from my local JoAnn store and ended up having to cut my strips to 4 inches long and one half inch wide because its a little different from tshirt material. I used tons of color and its so incredibly soft!
I love this idea! My only question is: do you thing dying colored t-shirts would be problematic. I’m not too familiar with the dying process and would love your feedback!
Thanks!
I just finished one of my very own! I used flat sheets and ended up cutting mine 1/2 inch by 4 inches. I love how soft it has turned out and am dying to use it as a bath mat. Perhaps another rug, large like yours, is in my future!
Check out pictures on my blog:
http://craftingismytherapy.blogspot.com/2011/05/hooray.html
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Don’t know if I’ll ever get around to doing this but it’s such a cool idea!
Had a little thought. It should be possible to make smaller squares of rug and bind them with velcro tape to connect them together into a big rug that would be easy to reconfigure and wash as needed, kind of like Flor tiles?
Haven’t done it myself (yet) but it seems like it would work. Just thought I’d put it out there for those that wanted to make bigger and washable rugs.
NICE! Thank you for sharing!! Looks like a great project that my daughter and I can work on together. She is a very crafty kid
I just started my rug in a chocolatey brown for a new apartment. I was really excited until I realized how long it takes to do just one square!!! This might take longer than the 5 weeks until I move.
I’ve been wanting to make a rug for under my desk, to keep my toes warm. I have 4 yards of pink poly with a flower print, so now to the cutting of strips, this should be fun. Thanks for the tutorial.
This is quite amazing, now I can make these instead of buying them! How fun! :]
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I love your instructions I have always wanted to know how to do this .Your pictures helped me in knowing to skip a hole. The adorable little man helped too.lol Thanks a bunch you have safed me from boredom
I was wondering if you could use 4″quilt squares cut into once inch strips for this rug maybe flannel or would that not feel very nice.. I am also pregnant and would love to make something like this for my new apartment…and the little boy on the way to play on. Any input would help I have never made anything before !
So glad I found this! My husband wears white shirts all the time under everything and they start to get yellow and dingy and he gets new ones – but I’ve always felt bad just throwing out a bag of shirts – so I’ve been saving white shirts forever thinking “I’m sure I’ll find something to do with these some day!” I have a ton of them. And now I have a project – yeah! I had previously thought to cut them into really long strips and crochet a rug with a large needle but I like this rug much better!
If you need a latch hook canvas larger than you can find, overlap pieces and “hook” them together with your tshirt strips. I recommend an overlap of 2 to 3 in.
I’ve finally started on my rug!! After reading most of the comments, I noticed that the questions aren’t being answered… at least on here.
My rug is 30×36. I am using t-shirt material from hobby lobby. I have figured that I will need 12 yards and it will take me about 35 hours to complete.
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First, I wanted to say thanks for the directions. Saw these types of rugs on Etsy and wanted one. Now, I’m on my way to having one for my new bathroom.
I did want to pass something on to everyone. I started with standard knit fabric. When it was washed, it curled up, just like the one’s in Elle’s rug. When I decided to do a striped rug, I went and got some rib knit fabric (the knitters in the crowd will understand). When I went to wash those strips, they stayed flat. So, not only is my rugged going to be stripped with color, the strips are also going to have different textures as well.
I love your rug! I’m going to start one this week! What if I just used all colors of T-shirts? It would just look like a big rag rug. Right? I work part-time at a laundromat and people leave laundry in the machines all the time so I have access to a lot of tees but not white tees. Thanks for a great idea!
Very interesting idea!! But it’s a great work. It’s even scary to ask how long does it took to make it. Though it’s made for the most loved person so it’s the real pleasure to make it
I used to make latch hook rugs in highschool. This gives me a reason to start again. thank you and yes I agree with Chris…. totally respect this!
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I love and want to try this as soon as I find enough old T-shirts. I will post a link to your tutorial on my DIY blog – Thanks!
Brilliant! Rugs are so expensive. Thanks for sharing!
This was AMAZING! Glad you were able to finish it! I’m thinking about starting this myself and was wondering what you meant by finishing the rug by binding the seam? Thanks a lot!
When do you remove the masking tape? do you attached tshirt parts to wear the masking tape is/was?
I make T-shirt quilts and this is a great idea for all the scrap t-shirt material I have left over.
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Holy gorgeousness! I had no idea that this beautiful rug could be handcrafted so easily. I also had no concept that it would take so much time! Thanks for the beautiful explanation. WOW! I think this may be a great thing to do with my hands while watching a movie (instead of munching on popcorn!)
Bravo!!!
this is such a great project-thanks so much for the helpful tutorial!
I just started this last night & am already SO frustrated.
here’s some tips I’ve already discovered:
-spend a decent amount of money on a rotary tool if you don’t have one. I got the cheapest one and it won’t cut through the fabric AT ALL!
-you don’t have to be precise in measuring/cutting. no one will notice!
-find and cut all materials before you begin, as elle said, dye them all in one lot if you can. WARNING: rit dye black will definitely come out purple if you don’t use enough. I suggest two or three bottles. but, it’s a really pretty deep purple if you’re into that!
I found really cheap king sized egyptian cotton sheets at goodwill and sliced them all up, and when I pulled them out of the washer they were a big tangled, frayed mess, I had to throw them out! use tshirts or a fabric that WON’T fray! big mistake on my part!
also goodwill has 50% off clothing from 12 to closing every monday, that’s where I got my shirts!
check out my blog for my help & info!
This project would be fantastic to turn over to a pre-teen looking to redecorate their room as a summer project!
I have been admiring your flokati rug for a few weeks online and am now collecting and cutting out one inch by four inch strips of fabric. I am cutting up all colours of t-shirts for now (mostly reds, pinks and oranges) but I am sure I will end up with lots of white t-shirts too. I think it will take a long time to make the rug but it’s fun to cut up the t-shirts at the end of a work day!! Thanks for the ideas and I will let you know how it goes and hopefully post a photo eventually. Thanks for the great instructions and inspiration!!
I did it! It took me a month working on it for a couple hours in the evening, but it it AWESOME! I did all browns and it is soo cozy. It won’t let me post a pic but I’ll post some my blog. Thank you thank you for your post!
I am almost done with my rug. I used jersey knit fabric which is very stretchy but like a t-shirt. I was too impatient to start this project and didn’t wait for the fabric to go on sale so it ended up costing me a pretty penny since I’ve already used 7 yards of fabric and still have about 1 more yard remaining to latch away with. My biggest thing now is binding it. I’ve never done this and not sure if I should just use the iron on options the craft stores have? Any guidence on this part would be appreciated!
its gorgeous well worth the time you spent on it xxx
What a great idea! I grew up making latch hook rugs from kits with my mom and I still have our hooks. And t-shirts are something we have in abundance in our household of 3 teen boys. It might take a while but I see one of these gracing the rooms of all 3 of our boys plus my niece and nephew! Thank you for sharing your wonderful idea!!
This is one good-looking rug! I cannot believe how patient you must have been, making it!
Wow, what a beautiful rug you have made, I would love to have a go at making one of these. I have put a link in my Great Tutorial Links page on my blog, Bee & Buzz. I hope this is ok with you. Many thanks. Mellissa x
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It looks awesome!
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it was really fine and excellent work done by you i also want to try it
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Hey would you mind divulging which latch hook tool you used/where you ordered it from?? Thanks!!
I found this when a fellow crafter posted the link on my Facebook…I’m familiar with latch hook and am even working on a pre-set pattern (Good Luck Bear for my lil sister) and while I have a love hate relationship with the medium…the sheer labor intensiveness makes my eye twitch and I’m a hardcore crafter & artist even…but making it out of t shirts is a Great way to recycle, be creative, and DIY definitely want to make one for myself now
Wonderful work and thank you for sharing!
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Thanks for a great post and tutorial. I just bought some canvas today and had such a problem trying to get 1″ t-shirt material through the spaces that I had to cut them about 1/2″ wide instead. At 1/2″, I found that I could hook through every square instead of every other. I make t-shirt yarn with colored shirts and always have some parts left over (sleeves, etc.) so now I can cut them into strips instead of throwing them away.
I really want to make some of these. I think I’ll start on a smaller scale, and make one for the bathroom by using old towels instead of tee shirts. Thanks for the inspiration
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Amazing amazing amazing! Really cant wait to get started! However, Dying seems a little complicated to start with so in order to get enough material that matches, could I use bed sheets? Would it give the same beautiful curled effect?
Also, wear can I get all the necessary materials? the backing? the hem tape? the looping tool?
Super inspired…hanks again!
What a great project! You did a fantastic job. I like the idea of cutting and dyeing a few extra strips to keep on hand. Then when the cat barfs on it, if you absolutely can’t clean it, you could take an hour and replace the strips.
Terrific job!
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What a great idea! I must try it. A perfect project for long autum and winter evenings!
What is your trick for gettig all the strips of t-shit the same length?
Looks great!
OMG. That is the most amazing thing I have ever seen. Absolutely beautiful. I love the grey. Your son is adorable too BTW!
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This is amazing. I’ve been looking for a way to modernize the latch hook rug and this is it! I can’t wait to try it!! Thanks for sharing.
I have been looking for someone that has done this. I want to do it with all the t-shirts my kids have out grown. I am hoping to make it look like a patchwork quilt pattern. Thanks for the tutorial.
hi my names casey! i have 3 kids. 2 girls and a boy. my youngest girl is not even one yet, my oldest is 4 and my boy is 6. i made these and i think the time was DEFINITLY worth it!! kyle (my boy) i made him one for his bedroom thats blue. sometimes when i go to check on him in is room he falls asleep on the rug. my oldest girl (abby)has a pink one and loves it. she says it is her feet tickler! and my baby girl (elizabeth) plays with her toys on it and hers is light green. the good thing i like about these is they r compfy and all u have to do to wash them is take them outside, spray em with a hose, scrub a little soap, and rinse and hang to dry. i am working on my fourth rug and this ones for me!
thanks sooo much!
if i buy the lack hook grid i will come in 1 yard by the desired length what do u think the best way to attched the latch hood grid are tieing them together with the shirt itself?
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Absolutely fantastic!
I have plenty of old t-shirts, and I have a large latch hook canvas…all I have to do is find my latch hook….. Looks like I found a project for the week. Thanks.
Oh…one thing though. I have done several latch hook projects, and I have never had to put tape on the edges of the canvas to keep it together. you just need to make sure that you have enough left at the edge to fold over and bind. Omitting the tape step will not only save time, but it also saves money.
I love this…. I spend a fortune on rugs and neat furs for my photo sessions and I love these rugs. I found this by mistake while shopping for rugs! I love it… ran right out and got supplies for it.
I would like to get creative and just purchase yards of materials for this. If you roughly guessed.. how many yards would I need for a large one…. my rug is 36X60… I’d like to keep it this large and my biggest fear is not having enough fabric, especially if I dye it. I’d love a rough guess… I’m thinking ALOT of yards. lol
Love that this has been so popular for going on three years. Great stuff!
I LOVE this idea! Thanks for the instructions. I can imagine so many variations! Bet it is so soft! How big is your rug?
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very nice! it is also possible to do this using a frame and weaving the rug using a carpet technique. first tie the t shirt strips on to the warp threads and then weave a simple weave using a strong yarn in simple weave for the next line. it may be faster this way. ( the warp threads are achieved by wrapping a frame)
I included a link to your tutorial on my blog.
Go to http://ThePlayDateBlog.blogspot.com
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Warmest Regards
Jeanette
Looks like fun!
I have some hints for this project:
1) A rotary cutter would make cutting the strips go really quickly. 2) Search for “binding a rug” at eHow or a similar site, and you’ll get instructions for sewing (or gluing–not recommended if you’ll wash it a lot) it to your rug. 3) If you’re dying the fabric, use a color remover first and then dye it. And, yes, dye it before you cut it. 4) If you’re making a large rug, make it in smaller pieces and join them together. Leave 2 inches around each edge without hooking. Overlap the 2 inches then and hook them together. Whip stitch the pieces together before hooking them together if it makes it easier to work with. Then attach the binding tape to the outside edges for stability.
Good luck!
You can skip a step in the hooking process if you fold your strip of material, hold the unfolded ends, stick your latch hook through the material loop, put the hook under your canvas strip, bring the end you are holding towards the loop end of the hook, pull back hook catching material in loop and pulling unfolded ends under canvas strip and through loop already on latch hook in one step. Gorgeous rug. LOVE the gray!!
I really want to make one of these, but with different coloured tshirts. Rainbow rug for me! Saves on the dying, and I think I’d be able to souce the t-shirts from people I know, given that I won’t need to stick to buying white ones!
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Love this idea! To save time, I plan on buying t-shirts at the craft store. They’re super inexpensive when the craft store has a sale.
This is an absolutely gorgeous rug! The minute I saw this I knew I had to make one too! Thanks for sharing the tutorial.
I purchased two “rag” rugs from “The Rug Market” They were about $150.00 each. One is a 4 ft. round the other 3×5. About how much were the materials that it took to make this rug?
I have plenty of colored shirts but most have designs on them I was wondering if you used that part or if It matter about the lil stains on them as well..
This is a fantastic tutorial. I’ve never tried anything with a latch hook, but I’m totally inspired. I like the ideas about dying the t-shirts first and using jersey sheets. You can also buy bolts of t-shirt fabric from Jo-Ann or other fabric stores that would make cutting fairly easy, since it’s straight already (and of course you could pick the color you wanted!). If I get around to making it, I’ll send you a pic of my results. Thanks so much!
Your rug is gorgeous , I have been looking at area rugs for months trying find something I could afford that would be large enough for my living room , and now I have .
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i love this idea, i too am pregnant with my son due in a month and the thought of buying a rug for his room for $100+ when i could be buying things for him isnt working for me. i have never latch hooked anything before so i am not familiar with hook sizes. i was wondering if i needed a certain size hook tool for this project since the tee shirt strips are of course larger than regular yarn. i would use common sense if i were shopping in the store but i was planning on ordering my tool online and wondered what size you used? or if anyone else reads this first, what do you recommend?
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Thanks for this excellent tutorial. A few notes:
1. Purchase a decent rotary cutter with the rotary cutter mat. Using scissors, even good ones, is just too hard on the hands and just too time-consuming.
2. Don’t forget how much time this takes! Because of the nature of latchhooking, you have to do it on a flat surface, which eliminates the possibility of latchooking while sitting on the couch at night watching TV. Then again, if you have a table in front of the TV or can do it on the floor, great..
3. I haven’t read through all of the comments, so this may have been mentioned, but this is a VERY dusty process. The cutting with the rotary cutter creates so much dust as does the latch hooking process. Beware if you have asthma. I was coughing up tee shirt dust for a few days after I finished the project. Yes, a little gross but I thought you should be forewarned. Perhaps washing the cut up tee shirts alleviates this problem, I’m not sure.
It took me about 100 hours to do the project. We were initially going for a larger rug but when we realized how long it was taking (we were on a deadline) we ended up with a bathmat instead.
This is a super cute rug! I had a question though. You had mentioned that everything cost you under $25 dollars, which is awesome! But where did you get your latch hook canvas and how much did it cost? I’ve been searching the internet and i can’t find any latch hook canvas like 5 yds. by 4 yds. for under $100! Did you just end up taping smaller ones together?? Please show me your ways
Also what was the dimention of you rug that you made?
Wow its really nice, you took a lot of efforts I must say. But the result is really nice. Wonder how a red color might look on that carpet.
Is it ok if I share this on my blog? with credits to you ofcourse! let me know
This is awesome and I think I will have to do this though it wouldn’t be done by chistmas lol. .
Ladies check your local Freecycle city. You can get all kinds of things free. Tshirts and other similar things are common. Is a great way to keep stuff out of landfills and helps you get rid of stuff you don’t need.
I think using mulitcolor shirts would be an awesome idea. Goes with everything lol.
This is SO cool! Now, if I only had the time to make one!
I am looking for rug backing to hook a rug. Problem is that I can’t find the backing I an looking for. All I can find is backing that has 16 holes per square inch. I am looking of backing that has 25 holes per square inch. Several years ago I could buy it but I can no longer find that backing. It used to be called Sweedish Rug Backing. Any help you could give me would be appreciated
Thank you
Wow! I’d wondered if the shaggy cushions made from old t shirts could be expanded into a rig. I hadn’t thought about a traditional hooky mat. Brilliant!
And I wish someone had told me grey was coming back before I bought a freakin’ BROWN sofa!
Merry Christmas. And he’s a gorgeous baby!
Two questions: What is the size of your canvas? Where can I find it online? I can only find one that measures 30″ by 24″
Love your rug! Thanks for sharing! I have to tell you a funny story about this kind of project. Back in the 70′s, my grandma did a lot of latch hook projects (with yarn). When I was in kindergarten, my class was asked to tell about special people in their lives. When it was my turn, jumped up and proudly announced that my grandma was my special person–and she was a HOOKER! hahaha Needless to say, the teacher had to call my mom and share the funny comment
I wanna be a hooker too just like my grandma. I’m gonna give this project a try! Thanks!
I am so so impressed with this, and especially the time and effort it took! Great job!
I finished cutting a large contingent of my jersey knit and threw it in the wash as a test batch. My fear was realized. The strips were flat as a pancake going in and remained flat as a pancake out. It doesn’t look flokati at all. I thought the curl was a natural thing with t-shirt knits.
I’m relatively a novice crafter. Did I do something wrong?
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Why couldn’t you just lay it on a clean driveway and wash it with a garden hose?
@M usually to curl the tshirt material you stretch it out. maybe you were using the spandex-y tshirt material? i hear that does not work.
Found this!
http://www.everythinglatchhook.com/blank-rug-canvas-48-width-mrp-p20404.aspx
I was wondering about the finished length of your strips. I have balls of homemade jersey knit yarn (made from old t-shirts) that are already washed and stretched. How long should I cut each piece to achieve your “high pile” outcome?
Thats amazing, thank you for showing me how to do that. I really wish i would have seen this before christmas
Im trying to make one for my dorm room, maybe 12 by 15 feet and I’m wondering how big yours was so I can figure out how many shirts I’ll need
I just found your tutorial on x4duros.com and I love it. It’s amazing! I can’t imagine how pacient you are
I’m sure, I would throw it all away after the second hour of work.
Congrats from MiMaraMundo in Spain! It’s really awesome!
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I just Love this!!!!! So creative..
Now I know what to do with all the t-shirts that my construction worker husband goes through! I hate throwing them away because they get a stain or slightly discolored when I KNOW they are not very old. Just dye them, cut ‘em up & make a cool rug!
Thanks!!
Such a fantastic idea and tutorial! Thanks for sharing! I’ll be starting my rug for my nursery this weekend!
To “M”, I earlier (4/11) posted that I used jersey sheets. As it turned out, they didn’t work and neither did two other fabrics that I bought from the fabric store. No fabric store around here has real tshirt material. So no, you didn’t do anything wrong. But you have to use real tshirts in order for it to work. I went to Goodwill and chose only 100% cotton white tshirts with little logos. I just finished cutting 50 shirts and dying them purple (good luck on the dying if you don’t have a top loader). They are in the dryer as we speak and is curled up beautifully.
Thanks for the tutorial! I have t-shirt backs left from my daughter’s t-shirt quilt that I wanted to make into a matching rug for her dorm room.
A tip for cleaning – if you live in a place where it snows, take the rug out onto clean snow (especially the ice-crystal type), put it upside down on the snow and rub it back and forth for a little scrubbing. Pick it up and shake the snow off. If it’s a big, heavy rug, have a second person help you hold it upside down so it doesn’t stretch at edges. If it’s a little wet, finish drying on a rack indoors.
Thanks so much for the tutorial and the photos. I LOVE this project and hope you are super proud of your time and energy commitment!
This is such a thick and wonderful looking rug. I am trying to get my 18 year old daughter to get into crafts. I thought this would be a great project. She wants rugs for her bedroom. Thanks for the great idea. Cute kids also
I have just started making my rug and I decided to use all my 2 sons baby clothes and not dye them. When they get older and have kids themselves I can give each one a rug for their nursery.
Good lord, that must have taken FOREVER! What a beautiful rug, and the photographs are so gorgeous too – great tutorial, thank you very much for sharing, I would like to think that I would make one of these in my lifetime! Perhaps a treat to myself when I one day have my own home! Maybe I’ll make a mini one for my van that I often live in! Katie. xxx
I’ve been playing with the idea of making quilts from my daughters’ old tees. You know, the ones from soccer and dance and places they’ve been, but it seemed a waste to just use the logo for the blanket. They are 18 and 21 and have collections from preschool on! Now I have a project for the rest of the tee. This is a great tutorial – Thanks!
What were the dimensions of the rug you made?
Oh my goodness!! This is EXACTLY what I was looking for!! Thank you soooo much!! It looks amazing!
we are twins!!! i started a red shag rug just the same as this one (except for a 8 ft circle) when my baby girl (devree) was 2 months from arriving…..she is now 10 months old and i am still hooking away! i started with great passion……and things kind of let up!
you inspired me to finish mine! i have over 60 man hours so far and hopefully will be done soon!
You can buy 5/8″ sports netting 10′x10′ for a huge living room rug–OR cut to size–for only $39. Super durable. With larger holes you can use fatter strips and make a rug in only HALF THE TIME. My mother in law was an artist and she used to make huge rugs in artistic patterns out of cut up sweater strips: beautiful. She sold them for quite a lot of money. They had different textures and colors and quite long strips. They would hang on walls as art or lay on the floor in luxurious soft tangles. http://gourock.com/mcart/index.cgi?ID=281717996&PID=IT1540&code=13
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Beautiful work, well done for you effort. I would like to make one myself. I have a technical question. How long were the strands of t-shirt fabric cut to, before you hooked then into the canvas? I understand they are 1″ wide but how long?
Thanks in advance for you answer and thanks for posting the tutorial
x Fiona
I love this idea. I have a ton of “funny saying” t shirts that I have picked up over the years. I planned on cutting the sayings out to make a blanket and hated the idea of throwing away the rest. Now I have a use for it. They are all different colors, but thought this would be perfect in my future craft room. Thanks for sharing.
ohhhhh my goodness I decided to try this out and as this is my second day on it it scares me at how much time I will be working on this .
Love this! On my list to try
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Looks Great! I’m gonna give it a try, can you tell me what size yours made?
Phhenominal directions and photos! Brought back lots of knowledge I thought I’d lost in childbirth, thanks so much!
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Thank You So, so much, your talent and well explained latch hooking really helped me out, I am a beginner, this will be my first time acheiving this project. My First Grandson will be arriving the middle part of March 2012. I am making him his first rug, in his nursery colors, which are Safari colors. Wish me Luck, & Thank You again, on your step by step wisdom.
God Bless,
Delores
I LOVE THE RUG!!! I want to make at least one! I had to ask, do you cloth diaper? Your little guy looks like he is wearing a G Diaper? We cloth diaper too so it’s always fun when I see other babies in cloth
Oh and does it have to be a latch hook or would a crochet hook work? Thanks!
Wow, this brings back latch hook memories from when I was a child. I have never thought of doing it again until now. Thank you for the thorough tutorial!
Thank you for your generosity in posting this! I’m totally pinning you and I’m going to make a big one for our new house!!! Yay!
My question is how do you keep it clean? I am seriously looking into trying to make a very large rug for our living room, but wondering your thoughts! Also, has anyone connected two latch hook canvases to make a large rug?
Wonderful idea. Love it. I will try to do it. My dogs, in my case, will love to roll on it. Very graceful with you for sharing this proyect. We should reuse more materials similar to t-shirts.
Wasn’t sure how to tie these onto the rug from the description and photos.
I am looking forward to doing this project, creating something I can really use. You didn’t say what size the holes were in your canvas. I will use colored t’s, I don’t have my own washer, so this is better for me, and cuts out some time. I will be sure and take lots of pictures when done.
Just made one of these for my son’s room in New England Patriots colors – blue, red, gray, and white. Instead of t-shirts, I used sheets. I used four twin sheets, which I purchased at a Goodwill store for $4 total. The latch hook canvas was $8.
Am loving every bit of this….av been doing mine using woolen yarns…the next one am making will be like that demonstrated…thanks and keep me updated
I’m seriously considering doing a rug like this for my bedroom when my family and I move (didn’t give it a thought until I saw this… Thanks for the idea!!!
:):). I want to do a small, circular rug. Thing is, I don’t have 70 hrs. +. I’m attempting to calculate the time it would take me to do a 4′ diameter rug. How large was your completed rug, and if you have any ideas as to how long it would take me to make mine, please help! Thanks a ton 
!
You have so inspired me! I am going to do these for my bathrooms!
And such a handsome young man!
Has anyone done this with old sweaters cut out in same strips? I am considering doing that.
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Thank you very much for sharing! I love to latch hook, but I do not like the store bought pattern kits… this has put me back into latch hooking again!
Thank you so much for posting this tutorial. I found it a couple of months ago and wanted to make a huge rug like yours ever since. I was finally able to find a Graph N Latch Rug Canvas at my local craft store. Luckily for me it was the only one the store had in stock. Its going to be 54 X 60. I hope it doesnt take me too long to finish. But I cant wait to get started. Thanks for sharing.
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Lovely – and I love his fat little bum with cloth nappy on! Gorgeous. I would never think of doing a single colour rug – I’m more all about the colour, but it does look extremely effective. Nice!
I am wondering if you have any suggestions on where to get latch hook canvas. I called the local craft store and they don’t carry them. Not sure what a good price would be if i found did find one.
Found the canvas online but there are different sizes of mesh. Should I get the 3, 3.5, or 5 holes per square? Anxious to get started…thanks a bunch for the tutorial!
I started reading through the comments but gave up after several dozen. If you have already answered this, please forgive me. Which way should the stretch of the tshirt go? The long way (4″) or across the short side, the 1 inch cut? It sounds like the way you cut yours, it would be cross ways of the one inch. When I make rugs from fleece, I find it better if the stretch is in the length (4″) direction, but I have never worked with tshirt material.
Great Idea!
I really like your rug, and I always have tons of t-shirts that are not work appropriate because of small stains so I see this as the perfect solution to rags and such. Thanks so much for posting this.
Best regards,
Bonnie
Do you think this would work using fleece, but maybe cutting the strips 1/2 inch by 4 inches and using every 3rd hole?
I tried this with my students and found that they had to cut the tshirts into very thin strips . Many of them didn’t have the patience. I admit that I lost interest after working on it most of last summer. Still love the idead and wish I had a better way of cutting the strips to make them more uniform I haven’t given up yet
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Don’t know if this helps or not; I live in the Dallas/Ft. Worth, Texas area and found a Graph n Latch Rug Canvas at Hobby Lobby. It is 54X60 with 3.75 holes. If you wanted, you could “color” a design on the canvas (which is made easier with the graph grids) to make a design. Mine was $13.99 and I used a 40% off coupon. (YAY!) It did have a website that might help, http://www.mcgtextiles.com. Maybe you can buy one there. And thanks for the tutorial! I am going to spend a little quality time with my 11 year old and we are going to make one for her room. If she likes it, we are going to have her Girl Scout troop do it as well.
I am so inspired by this! I have saveed so much of my sons clothes, I think it is an amazing idea to do this out of his old t-shirts! Much better way of remembering memories than storing in a tote(like I do now) If I love it, I think I’ll do another one for my daycare playroom with all of their old clothes! Thanks for the great inspiration!!
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OK!!! Call me crazy if I’m wrong, but ok here goes….. could you maybe use like a twin sized jersey sheet set?!?!?!?! And cut it into strips???? Wouldn’t that be about the same???? Oh that would be much easier to get our hands on than a million tees!!! Please do respond if anyone thinks this will work or just flop!!!!
does anyone know which dye color was used??
Where you buy the canvas? what type of store?
Fabulous work. I have many old t-shirts of my dads. He passed away last year, and I wanted to recycle or repurpose them. I have used latch hook in the past. This looks like just the ticket for my prodject. I am turning my daughters room into a craft room (she left the coop and is getting married (yeh), and wanted a great rug for my room. Thanks for the step by step!
How big is or can you go with the latch hook canvas?
What a great idea!! Thanks so much for the tutorial. Our ancestors will be proud! This is like a rag rug.
I will start collecting white tee shirts…free-cycle is a good place to start.
Have fun with your precious one.
Mary
I love the idea. I hope I get around to making one. I old have used this when my kids were babies. I hated the synthetic carpet. I felt like it was not good for him breathing in all the synthetics.
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It looks great and simply to do! I don’t have 60 hours to do a carpet, which I love. Do you think I can make a scarf using your technique?
I’ve going to have to try this, I wonder how long it took to make?
Just to make sure on the size of the strips..in the instructions it says 1 inch in one spot and 4 inch in another are they actually 1×4 inches?
Oh this is so brilliant! I can’t to make this with different colored tees. Thanks so much for the tutorial.
Hubby has so many unused tees.
Thanks for the inspiration.
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how do you seam bind it? im new to this
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how do u seam bind? im going to try this:)
First off, I have been dying to try this and I finally got started on cutting the strips. Whew! Time consuming! However, I am wondering if anyone has done a different binding? I don’t know how to bind and was just wondering if I just overlap the edges and latch hook at the ends, would that be adequate enough for it without getting all fancy with the binding. I’m lazy like that hahaha!
Going to try this- hubbys getting rid of a load of t’shirt and this is fantastic way to reuse than it going to landfil.
what size latch hook mat did yo make? or how big was the final rug?
Thanks so much for the tutorial. Im a HUGE crafter I love doin all kinds of crafts this is my next project.
I LOVE THIS RUG!!! I have a question…if I were to make a 5′ by 8′ area rug, how many t-shirts will I need to gather?
hello there! I used 51 shirts and my rug came out to 3 feet by 3 feet but it is thick! So, depending on how dense and deep you want it you’ll need anywhere from 50 or so to over 100!
the latch hook canvas that I found and used was 3 x 5 feet but my rug came out to be 3 x 3 feet square.
yay for you! The cutting is pretty time consuming. Other commenters have said that the edges of the latch hook can be folded over itself in the back and then hooked through both layers. I haven’t tried it but it sounds outstanding!
hi there. Seam binding is going to be where you turn the excess latch hook canvas over to the wrong side and then hand stitch a twill tape or even seam binding (ha!) over the raw edges.
As if the rug isn’t cute enough, add that beautiful baby in the photo and its definitely an instant hit….
Love the rug… i plan on making one soon…
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Very very beautiful. Great work of art. I hope you had a vidio.
I like to make one for me.
Love it. Congratulations.
I was wondering how do you clean this?
I just finished mine after MONTHS of work! I admit I took long breaks in between sessions but it takes A LOT of time! I love mine though!
Love! Love! Love! Now why did I not save all my husbands old T-shirts for the past 31 years.
I was wondering how you clean it?
Absolutely love this rug! Am trying to buy the canvas to make one myself. What size are the squares on the canvas you used?
I can only seem to find squares that are 5mm in size…
Jess
I had a hard time figuring out what I would use, as we don’t have a Goodwill near us, and even men’s undershirts can get quite expensive, even at Wal-Mart. I looked into jersey knit sheets, but the cheapest ones I found were still $24.99. I was hoping to make this rug for my first up and coming baby in October (!), for about as much as the blogger made it…around $12. What I finally ended up finding was t-shirt rags at Lowe’s as one other commenter mentioned. they actually are t-shirts, and I got a 5 lb box for $12. That’s a lot of white t-shirt rags, (might need more, not sure) and now I am working on cutting them up. So excited!!!
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So very excited to start this project. As a grandmother, I have 2 very special reasons to start my Xmas projects.
I was just thinking of the big, heavy-duty mesh laundry bag my Dad used in the military…I want to get one at the surplus store and latch hook it to stuff with some old pillows for a great big lounge pillow to crash on. I remember latch hooking as a kid-this would be way more fun!
This looks soo great! I ordered a rug online just like this only this morning because I got soooo frustrated trying to find a good how to, needless to say I will be returning that one! I am 8 months pregnant and am going on modified bedrest so this is the perfect project, it will look great for our nursery! Thank you soo much for taking the time to post this!
This is amazing, I don’t think I would have the patients to ever even attempt this project.
I made one of these (the largest canvas) with wool and I got a team logo (I was teaching hockey players) on my laptop, and with a multi-media projector, projected the picture on my canvas that I had taped to the wall, then drew the design on the canvass. Then I just filled it with the right color wool. I tried with t-shirt yarn but I didn’t realize I could just skip a spot! Thank you so much. It’s a great project to do while watching TV at night.
I love your flokati and couldn’t stop thinkin about it for days… I finally decided to make one myself. But could you please explain the bit with the seam binding? you bind the edges by hand using seam binding – what exactly is seam binding and how do you do it? I just dont seem to understand it, or may be it’s just because English isnt my first language… I tried finding it in the comments below but just couldn’t. Thank you so much & good luck with your next projects!
Small versions of these (around 1 by 2 feet) can be bought here in Thailand for around a dollar each, retail. They’re made of cotton and are usually very colourful. I love the battleship grey of your rug, seen the larger ones here in the ‘upmarket’ stores (very expensive). Suppose i could just sew a bunch of the smaller ones together
I just bought a mesh laundry bag that would work perfect for this and I think it was only 5.97 at walmart. Alot easier to wash also.
How do you finish the backing on the rug???? Thanks~!
Wonderful idea — I have a bunch of T-shirts — you’ve inspired me to do something with them instead of just using them as cleaning rags:)
What does seam binding mean? I found sort of an explanation in the comments, but didn’t really understand it. Do you have pictures or a link as to where I could find it?
Number one- The rug you made is gorgeous! My question is-could I do the same thing with sheets? I need a green rug in my bedroom. Also, can you tie them using a latch hook grid instead of hooking them or does that take away from the end product? Thanks again for all your tips!! Did you get an award for all this? ( Other than your baby loving it) You should!!! Thanks again and I’ll be waiting for your response. KAT
Is there a pattern for making an oval version of this rug?
Love this idea! however, I don’t have all the time..so I looked into something that might help price and time
I called my local Mill End Textiles and they have Tshirt Fabric in 36×60 per yard size in bulk… this means I can get 540 (1×4) Strips per yard…AND it’s of course in a large rectangle which allows much quicker cutting with a rotary cutter
THEN..to top it off..it’s normally around $4-$5 a yard..but on sale right now for $1.99 per yard! This makes it a ONE stop shop for the fabric AND very inexpensive!
Just a thought..
also a Question…I’ve never worked with all of this before..Approx how many “squares” were on your Grid?
Thank you!
Oh man. This is a great idea but IMO it is VERY tedious to actually do. Cutting up all those strips with a wheel cutter sucks and hook latching them on takes forever. I wanted to make a large one rug, but I’m about ready to trim the extra rug canvas off and call it a pot holder! Lol. It really has turned out nicely but is a very arduous project.
I’ve been searching for a shag rug for my living room and just can’t bring myself to spend the money on the price tag. I found your idea on pinterest and decided I want to make it. My question is about the dye. How do you go about doing it in your washer and does it clean out pretty well after?
Thank you for this idea! Can you wash them and how? I have a daycare and would love to do this as a winter project, but how do you wash it?
Hi. I’m having trouble with mine. I posted here before and was excited to try it, but after trying to hook the fabric strips through the holes, the fabric strips were too big to comfortably go through the holes in the latchhook canvas. Anybody else have this problem?
Re: the hook t-shirt rug, I wondered how or if it is possible to put it in a washing machine? Will the back fall apart?
Thanks for this! The instructions are clear and the illustrations make it easy to follow! I am going to do this. It seems to be the kind of thing I like to do as I sit near the kids while they fall asleep.
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I am collecting t-shirts in various shades of green to make one that looks like grass!
Great job, your rug is beautiful!
that is really great looks good. I’m doing one in cloth fabric I’ll see how that one turns out.
first of all your baby is darling. what a great little salesman! I have seen these rugs that require a ton of sewing and that’s no good for me and my schedule. Thank you for sharing this with all of us carfty moms! i cant wait to get started
Thank you so much for sharing! I’m going to do this.
I am so glad I found this website. I had never heard of a flokati before but it looks so great that I want to try it. I am retired now and I think I will have the time to try something like this. Wish me luck. I just hope mine looks half as good.
Gorgeous! It has been so long since I’ve done any latchooking!! I think that is a skill I will be shaking dust off of very soon!
Helen
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Nice ideas
I was looking for a none toxic mat for my baby and came across this! It just gorgeous! So gorgeous! I wish i had the time and patience to actually do what you did!
It seems to me this would be a great way to use the “left overs” from when you make T-shirt yarn. The sleeves and around the neck now have a good use, other than for rags.
Just got done cutting all my tshirt strips..wow you werent kidding when you said it takes a lot of time! Getting ready to dye them, and I cant wait to get started on attaching them! Thank you so much for posting this..Im 8 months pregnant and going to try my hardest to have it done by the time my sweet girl gets here!
Wow! I want to make two for my kitchen but need to make sure I don’t bite off more than I can chew. I am reasonably crafty but really only have time after the kid go down at night. If I am making two normal kitchen rug sized ones, can you give me a ball park how many tshirts and how much time it would take. Let’s say I want to make one as plush as you did, or slightly less. Thank you for any guidance you can give me!
What a wonderful idea!
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Love the rug! My daughter was telling me about making a rag rug for her dorm room next fall. This looks super easy for her and I to do together before she goes off to college!
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FYI: Most commercial laundromats have really big machines that can handle this rug. You need a machine that front loads which spins the contents, rather than an agitator which, well, agitates.
Many laundromats also have a machine called an extractor which will spin the contents nearly dry. That helps get it back in use without worrying about mold or mildew.
Though you shouldn’t have to do it often, it’s good to know it can be done.
So cool, I’ve been lamenting my decision about our living rug and like you I have children, 10 and 3 so I need something durable but something with unexpected style and this rug is great and we can all work on it together. Great project, thank you so much for sharing!
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love this idea ! What do you do when it needs to be washed ?
Amazing!!!!!
Was looking for ideas for hand made rugs and found this site. Fun rug! Read thru the comments. Found several asking about cleaning this rug. Xoelle said she just shakes it. I have a “horror” story of cleaning hooked rug: Did a kit with yarn. Took HOURS. My mom came to help with a new baby. She put it in washer. EVERY yarn cam out!!. The washer was literally full of yarn. Use a delicates bag! Or just shake/hang on a line and beat with a tennis racket to make the dust fly.
Several also asked what seam binding is/where to get. Go to the notions isle at fabric store to get. Comes in several widths. It is used to bind seams so they won’t fray. Hope this helps someone as this blog is 2 years old as I write this.
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Thank you so much for sharing this project! I am in love with these rugs. Rather than dye and cut a bunch of t-shirts, I purchased a king size bed full set of bed sheets at my local Good will, as a former employee I knew when the shipments form Target arrived. I only paid three dollars for the set. Doing this I washed the set and was able to skip the dying process. The cutting process I did as I went, I have three daughters that are currently helping me in the looping process. This is a great project to do as a family and having those priceless bonding moments are so refreshing. Thank you again!!!
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so easy… i want do it quily because i´ve a new house without rugs and here were in Holland they are so expansive. i need mush more things and you make this so easy than i asked you send me if you please more. my e-mail is nanypina@gmail.com or in faceboock manuela pina. thanks for the idea
I got a small mat making kit from my grandparents when I was a kid. I had mostly completed it before realising it felt horrible and I had not use for a cheap woollen mat with a heart on it so I put it away in a cupboard and never looked at it again.
If it’s still in there, I can pull all the cheap yarn out and start again doing something like this.
Thank you for this tutorial. You will be bookmarked
i like the idea.. i would like one about 8 x 10 feet.. but i am not sure i really have the patience.. but my question is how do you clean it without it falling apart or something? can you vacuum? throw in the wash?
I plan to make one of these for my next project. I see a lot of questions about washing. I crocheted a rug from recycled sheets-it is 4×6 feet and heavy, so will not go ina washer/ I spread it out on the driveway and wash it with the garden hose. Dr. Bronners soap watered down in a spray bottle does well to freshen it up and it’s non-toxic. It hangs over a fence to dry. This would probably work for the flokati rug too!
love this rug–there are lots of tutorials out there on t-shirt rugs and I liked yours the best–great photos and detail. Love your blog too…sorry about your bike
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THIS IS SI AWESOME, I WANT TO START ONE MY SELF..I LIKE THE IDEA THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO WASH THIS RUG TO. THANK YOU FOR SHARING. PLEASE KEEP IDEALS COPMING.
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Wonderful rug. I did something simular years ago with quilt fabric
but T-shirts would be much much softer. Last longer. No ravveling. You are a very nice person to share this with me.
Will I get a baby when my rug is done?LOL
Grandma Rose
that rug is awsome.
I made a large, probably 6×8, rug like this several years back. I don’t like the latch hook canvas, as it’s too hard on my hands, so I crocheted my grid. I used all colors of shirts and even left logos for added texture. It took months, but I just draped my grid over a lowered ironing board and worked on it a little here and there. I loved it; it was very cozy. Cleaning, however, became an issue. It was extremely heavy … dry. Once wet outside, it was immovable. After a cat got sick on it, I gave up.
OMG!! This is so wonderful. Wasn’t clear on how to finish edges. This is certainly something I will try!! Please explain how to do edges.
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Thanks for the directions! It inspired me to make my own rug. Instead of t-shirts I used old jersey cotton sheets. I ended up needing two flat sheets and most of a fitted sheet for a 24 by 30 inch rug. It took a LONG time to cut the fabric up and I ended up doing about 1 hour segments of cutting, then would latch hook those pieces into the rug to break it up a little bit. I just used scissors to cut the sheets up, which was quite uncomfortable and left blisters if I did it too long. All in all my rug took me about three weeks to finish, working on it about 10 or so hours a week. It’s a nice thing to do while watching some tv or other things because it’s mindless. I love the way it looks and can’t wait to iron in my binding and use it! Thanks a lot for the tutorial!
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Hi!
The rug looks great! Can’t wit to do it! But I have 1 question… how big did that rug you just made up there come out to be? I wanted to know because I am trying to make a rug like this for my room and i need to know how many t-shirts to use. Thanks! Once again, the rug looks GREAT!!!! Thanks for the tutorial!
Made one of these with yarn (knot in every square) with the logo of a hockey theme and a full size canvas…took me forever! Now making smaller one about quarter of the large canvas for my niece with sweatshirt material (I had like 5 yards of it and ran out!). They are very heavy and I too am wondering how it will be washed. Maybe at a DIY carwash like we do the car mats! These are a perfect craft to do while relaxing and watching TV.
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FABULOUS!!!
this is the best tshirt rug tutorial i have seen
I have just made a post im my my blog (with links and credits of course)
http://todiyornottodiy.blogspot.pt/
thanks for sharing this fantastic tutorial!!!