Alaska on my mind…

Many a year ago I made my Dad a crocheted rag rug. I thought it was pretty awful, I told him to put it in the outhouse!  Fast forward to last year and I found that same rug in the sauna, he still had it and it was still in one piece!

So back to today, I have all of these clothes out at the cabin that are well-worn by Dad. Not really worth giving away and besides, I’m such a sentimental sap I would rather keep them. So I decided to make a rug out of his sweatshirts, he had so many of them!

Three sweatshirts worth braided and stitched together, working on the next set of three now.

I love the look of a braided rug. And this one is so thick and comfy to stand on! The only drawback is that they take a long time to create. I’ve got several hours and trips out to the cabin invested in this rug already and I’m only half done at this point.

I decided that I didn’t want to wait for a rug and opted for a woven rag rug made from T-shirts like this one that Dad has had for 20 years or so…

A blast from the past!

And I made a simple loom from a piece of plywood I found out in the shed and some paneling nails…

My simple loom, laying out a pattern with T-shirt loops.

Then I went to work wrapping and weaving, and in about 3 hours time I was ready to finish the ends….

Crocheting the edge of the rag rug.

And then I had a finished rug for my little kitchen floor!

All done! 6 T-shirts worth in this rag rug.

Now if I can just get my braided rug finished….