RUG TUTORIAL

I had two people ask how it is done.  Here are the instructions.  Sorry if they are as clear as mud.  Hopefully the pictures help.

Step 1: Cut used t-shirts (knits) or used clothes woven or new fabric and into even sized strips.  I cut them about 1".  The length does not matter.  It can be as small as 4".  Make lots and lots of strips. To make my rug I even used the entire shirt even the collars of the knit shirts.

Step 2: Fold over the end of the fabric and clip it. Do not go through the end. It should make a small hole, as seen above. Clip both ends of your strips.  Clip all the strip ends.

Step 3:  To start your rug select one of the strips with the ends clipped.  Fold the strip in half and clip a tiny hole in the middle of it.

Step 4: Feed another strip end up through the hole created in the middle of the strip.

Step 5:  Now take the opposite end of the blue strip and feed it through the hole at the top of the strip.

Step 6: Pull on the end until it catches up at the top of the red strip.  Now the blue strip is attached to the red one. This gives you three strips to start braiding.

Step 7: More fabric needs to be added to the short ends.  Feed a new strip up the hole of the other strip.

Step 8: Take the end of the blue strip and feed it through the hole on the other blue end.

Step 9: Pull it tight, and now we have an extended strip.

Step 10:  Now our strips are longer we are ready to start braiding.

Step 11: Braid about 2 inches.