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WHAT IS SHIRRET?
This crochet looks
 e x p e n s i v e

And you say it's made from recycled scraps ?

Two basic crochet stitches, a
special hook, cord, and scraps ! make it luxurious.

TRY SHIRRET FOR $10 TO $17

ShiRRéT is a plush 3/4 inch high. The surface is the fabric edges.
It's reversible.

"You can't fool me. These are made from foam rubber," declared a gentleman at theChicago Knitting & Crochet Guild of America conference.

Recycle wool - cotton - silk -
polyester - rayon - doubleknit - old clothes, curtains–– into ShiRRéT carpetbags, bedside rag rugs, BROOCHES, berets !

THE ART OF SHIRRET book of patterns
and pictures $17

"My clothes weren't this special when I was wearing them."

 

 

 



"ShiRRéT looks like the Orientalist needlepoint tapestries in the British great manor houses and at Liberty of London"
––Candace Bahouth, UK tapestry author-artist and sister of Greenpeace International director Peter Bahouth.

 Shirret has also been called:
shirred and standing rugs, caterpiller rugs, ruffley rugs, Rugbee rugs, American tapestry.

Shirret can be made of old silk neckties made from Daddy's vivid silk neckties.
Blue jeans created this Shirret bedside rug.
6' round carpet of farmer's jeans. Soak them in copious amounts of hair conditioner to soften them to work with.
mohair shirret3'x4' plush art carpet of nubby mohair by
Louise McCrady. She tailored Chanel Suits for herself and made this carpet from the scraps
Designer shirret rug by Louise McCrady in turquoise heather.
oval mohair rug
shirret close upPersian Cat
Gorgeous blue plaids make this round shirret by Louise McCrady of West Hartford CT. Louise McCrady made this 18" chair pad of four
plaids from one woolen mill. It is worked in bands.





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"If everyone took this up, there'd be World Peace." –––Clo Davis, Boston. Save money using recycled fabric. The only thing you buy again is CORD in fashion colors, $5 You can make stunning hats, gypsy carpetbag Chic, & rich leetle rag rugs "Do you crochet?""ShiRRéT looks like the Orientalist needlepoint tapestries in the British great manor houses and at Liberty of London" ––Candace Bahouth, UK tapestry author-artist and sister of Greenpeace International director Peter Bahouth. Shirret has also been called: shirred and standing rugs, caterpiller rugs, ruffley rugs, Rugbee rugs, American tapestry. New Haven PATTERNS & SPECIAL NEEDLE

WHAT IS SHIRRET? This crochet lookse x p e n s i v e And you say it's made from recycled scraps ?
Two basic crochet stitches, a special hook, cord, and scraps ! make it luxurious. TRY SHIRRET FOR $10 TO $17 ShiRRéT is a plush 3/4 inch high. The surface is the fabric edges. It's reversible. "You can't fool me. These are made from foam rubber," declared a gentleman at theChicago Knitting & Crochet Guild of America conference. Recycle wool - cotton - silk -polyester - rayon - doubleknit - old clothes, curtains–– into ShiRRéT carpetbags, bedside rag rugs, BROOCHES, berets !THE ART OF SHIRRET book of patterns uand pictures $17 "My clothes weren't this special when I was wearing them." "ShiRRéT looks like the Orientalist needlepoint tapestries in the British great manor houses and at Liberty of London" ––Candace Bahouth, UK tapestry author-artist and sister of Greenpeace International director Peter Bahouth. Shirret has also been called: shirred and standing rugs, caterpiller rugs, ruffley rugs, Rugbee rugs, American tapestry.
Louise McCrady ShiRReT™ rugs have passed down thru generations of families .