Handwoven rug, just like Grandma's

Girls, I've caught the bug to create a denim rug like this 🥰

My grandmother's house, where I spent my summers, had very similar "runners." I used to carry them out to the porch every evening to shake off the sand (tracked in by bare feet) and then lay them back down. Seeing this brought back such nostalgia – now I just have to make one 🙃

The idea is simple and more than doable: you need old jeans, which are cut into strips 1-1.5 cm wide. I don't think making them any thinner is worth it, as there's a risk of the fabric fraying too quickly. And finishing every cut strip on both sides would be way too much work ))

Sew the strips together into one long ribbon and wind it into a ball. You could wind it directly onto a shuttle: it's impossible to work with a ball anyway, you need something flat.

Then you "weave," passing the ribbon over and under the warp threads stretched out like strings.

Secure/sew the edges, make fringe from the warp threads – and it's done!

The problem is: you can buy a weaving shuttle or use a fishing line spool instead – I think we have one of those lying around in the attic at our summer house. But the loom is the real question 😕

You can still find them on Etsy: I've seen artisans there doing home weaving, and there's a decent demand for their work. But here, there doesn't seem to be a return to our roots (( Where can I get the equipment?