Attempted to make a crocheted tee shirt rug
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Attempted to make a crocheted tee shirt rug
I cut up the tees as suggested and made my yarn. I have several suggestions if you decide to make one of these rugs. Cut off any side seams and restitch on your sewing machine by laying atop the other. If you keep the original tee seams, they are very bulky, making it hard to crochet same and they are just plain ugly. Most of mine were serged in a contrasting color: i.e., green tee with white stitching.
The strips were to be 2". I think 1-1/2" would have been better.
You have to tie two yarns together. Again, very bulky and ugly. The rug will have big lumps at the ties.
Needless to say, I was not happy with the results and have abandoned the project.
The strips were to be 2". I think 1-1/2" would have been better.
You have to tie two yarns together. Again, very bulky and ugly. The rug will have big lumps at the ties.
Needless to say, I was not happy with the results and have abandoned the project.
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I cut up the tees as suggested and made my yarn. I have several suggestions if you decide to make one of these rugs. Cut off any side seams and restitch on your sewing machine by laying atop the other. If you keep the original tee seams, they are very bulky, making it hard to crochet same and they are just plain ugly. Most of mine were serged in a contrasting color: i.e., green tee with white stitching.
The strips were to be 2". I think 1-1/2" would have been better.
You have to tie two yarns together. Again, very bulky and ugly. The rug will have big lumps at the ties.
Needless to say, I was not happy with the results and have abandoned the project.
The strips were to be 2". I think 1-1/2" would have been better.
You have to tie two yarns together. Again, very bulky and ugly. The rug will have big lumps at the ties.
Needless to say, I was not happy with the results and have abandoned the project.
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