ShiRRéT Tools basic – $17 >

Stainless steel ShiRRéT needle™
+ Easy Bias Cutting gauge™
+ Fabric Marking Pencil
+ ShiRRéT Designer Label
+ Basic instructions reminder
+ sample of long-spun fiber 100% Cotton Cord for professional rugmakers

My ShiRRéT method allows u to cut many strips at one time through 4-6 thickness of fabric. Quicker than expensive cutting machines or scary rotary cutters, it's portable. It is not cutting in a circle.


< Video How 2 ShiRRéT – $17

A beginner class with Lady McCrady.
Watch with a friend and learn together!

Step-by-step lessons for ShiRRéT stitching, cutting old and new fabric, filling the needle with strips to turn them into folds, why you can use the tiniest scraps without sewing the fabric, continuous strips and half and whole folds, the beginning chain stitch row, ShiRRéT stitch-making in rows, turning at the end of rows, bridging up to next level, final finishing row and increasing at corners of a square or rectangular piece.


< Book The Art of ShiRRéT – $17 >
includes poster

Since 1968, thousands have learned from this book. Lady McCrady's revised version is in language you can understand, in lesson order . Clear diagrams, photos and illustrations, and patterns for every shape, size: round, oval, square, rectangle with border, patchwork, graphed pictorials and motifs. You can learn from the pictures and the written word. This is THE reference for everything you'll ever need to know about ShiRRéT. 88 pgs.



100% Cotton Professional Rugmakers Cord $5 >

400 yards - 1/4 lb - covers 750 square inches Colors at right
The only supply you ever reorder. 400 yards = one 3'x2' oval bedside carpet; 2-3 chair pads; or many hats and bags. ShiRRéT is reversible and washable: lay it out to dry as if it were a sweater. When it's soaking wet, ShiRRéT is heavy! so I carry the only Professional Rugmakers cord that is still grown in America made of Long Spun fibers - anything less will break under the weight. You might find something that seems cheaper in the discount stores but check the yardage. I always carry it at a low price as a service to ShiRRéTers.


< Extra ShiRRéT Needle - $10

This is the genuine Louise McCrady stainless steel ShiRRét needle. The fabric slides and the hook is sized for the cord. You've told me "this is a perfect needle"! ShiRRéTers use extra needles for changing colors in pattern designs.



ShiRRéT Tools Complete – $27 sugg. retail $33

Stainless steel ShiRRéT needle
+ Easy Bias Cutting™ gauge
+ Marking Pencil
+ ShiRRéT Designer Label
+ Basic instructions
+ Cord 400yd professional rugmakers cotton, khaki

+ Proper Tension Cord Spindle - Made in Connecticut of wood, it helps hold the stitch tension for a regulated stitch and keeps the cord from tangling.

+ 8 coil-less increase pins used for marking increase rounds to keep rug flat, not ruffley, when going around corners and on rounds. They don't get stuck in fabric. Hard to find in stores. Easy reference list of which rounds to increase.


ShiRRéT Fabric Kits
wool + pattern + cord – $17 sugg. retail $22

Wool squares 12x12" in rare colors $2.55 each
I hand tear them so you know the weave is true