Latch Hook Jersey Rug (Tutorial)

I love how thick and soft this rug is!
It took about 4 hours to cut all the strips.

It took about 30 hours to tie it.

Totally worth doing again!

Here is how to do it:

1 latch hook rug canvas 36 by 60 is $9.99 at Joann's

7-9 yards of jersey fabric or lots of t-shirts.

rug binding

rotary cutter and mat

Fold your fabric in half length wise twice.

Cut into long 1 inch strips. 

You will then cut each long strip into 4 inch strips. 

 I made my rug 18" by 60" using up 9 yards of fabric (or 4860 strips).
If you don't tie yours so close together, you'll use a lot less.

But I wanted mine really thick.

 If you opt to use t-shirts, you can dye them after cutting for uniform color.

Dying and washing them will result in curled edges. 

 Fold each strip in half.

 You could use pliers or a latch hook for pulling the strips through, 

I found pliers were faster and easier on my hands.

 Feed your hook/pliers through your hole and grab folded edge of strip.

 Pull through about 1/4 of the way.

 I then pushed the ends through the little loop I made.

And pulled tight.

 I found it was faster to pull a row through

Then go back and tie them.

 The canvas has squares which help keep track of where you left off.

 From the back you can see how I went every other space, 

every other row.

After hours and hours of that....you're done!

Now it is time to bind your rug.

Peel your binding from it's paper as you go.

Fold under raw edge of rug

 and lay binding over it.

 Pressing firmly, iron to seal binding.

 Check bond and press again if needed.

 Try to get as close to the edge as you can.

 And you are done!
It will look better when it is on wood floors...not carpet.

Greyhound approved.