Upcycling: Turtle jersey rag rugs

Today’s blog post features another two upcycled turtle/tortoise rag rugs which  we made from old T-shirts or ‘tarn’ (T-shirt yarn). 🙂

The one in the blue-green shades measures about 50cm in diameter, the other one in reddish colours is a bit smaller and measures about 40cm in diameter.

Both rag rugs were made from 7 T-shirts (or jersey garments respectively). For a fat bathroom rug, tarn of 4cm/1.5inch width is best. You can also use tarn of a smaller width, but then your rug will be rather thin and not so comfortable to stand on. For one rug you will need about 7 T-shirts (or other jersey garments); if the garments have long sleeves or long legs, 6 pieces might be enough. If you want the turtle’s head and limbs to be of the same colour, then you will need 8 or 9 T-shirts.

The rugs were crocheted and it takes about 3.5 hours to make one (more if you have to cut your garments into tarn strips first). Use the tarn/colour you have the least material of for your central circle, and the tarn you have the most of for the edge of the rug.

(For a tutorial on how to make tarn, see a previous blog post of ours 🙂 ).