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Do you have some old T-shirts lying around? Did you know that you can make a soft and plushy rug with a custom design with old T-shirts? If you like keeping your hands busy but you don’t know how to knit this might just be the project for you.

The first thing you need is a nonslip rug underlay. I got mine at the dollar tree.

The next step is to draw out the design on the mat. I decided to make a zebra stripe pattern.

Once the design and colors are chosen the t-shirts are cut into t-shirt yarn.

Then the yarn pieces are cut into 3-inch pieces and tied on to the mat.

I worked from the center out to the edges. Yarns are tied on either the horizontal or the vertical direction of the mat matching the color of the line on the mat.

As you add more yarn the design begins to appear.

I added some black fabric to finish off the back of the mat.

The last step was to trim the yarns to a consistent length.

I am planning to use the finished rug as a bathmat.

Of course, it had to be pet approved first. 🙂

You can watch the full tutorial in the video below.

Happy Upcycling,

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