How To
to get Fabric Yarn for FREE.
Plus the Secrets
Short or long strips >
are filled onto the Shirret hook™
by basting-but there's no sewing.
Make a slip loop stitch > >
with Shirret Rugmakers cord
and pull a fabric gather off the
hook onto the stitch.
The first row is chain stitches with
gathers in-between, the rest > > >
of the rows are double crochet
stitches with one stitch and one
fabric gather.Shirret Saves money.
Just Collect, Cut, and Stitch.
$17 Shirret Tools basic
Use Fashion COLOR ideas so your
SHIRRET looks Contemporary
Shirret
would look like
crochet,
if you didn't pull a gather of fabric from the Shirret needle onto every stitch.
See the stitches i n s i d e ? >
On everybody's first SHIRRET
SHIRRET is completely reversible.
Having made many Louise
McCrady Shirret™ rugs to fill her
home, and not being heavily into
cleaning, a wise woman once said
"I just flip 'em over when they
get dirty."
there's too much SPACE
between the stitches, >
so RINSE YOUR SHIRRET
IN WARM WATER !
My daughter Juliet taught herself
at age10 with this piece. She
makes the stitches her own
way - BRAVO. She's a drummer
and a ballerina and this tube
is for her STICKS.
Learn to crochet
so you can Shirret.
Crochet is one handed knitting ~
SHIRRET is two handed crochet.
Shirret is Easy for crocheters
- by watching Video $5. DVD $17,
- by copying Sample $8.50,
- by reading - $18.30 Book with
written & picture instructions &
patterns, includes a big color > >
POSTER.
Nice .
SHIRRET rhymes with HUR RAY'
Tighter fabric makes wiggles. >
Looser fabric makes SHAG ! >
book pgs 18-19
Cut up old clothes and
Recycle them, into unique
works of art.
Louise McCrady
Short Shirret instructions >
1. CUT SCRAPS the Easy Shirret
way INTO STRIPS, crazyfast.
The diagrams and instructions
are in The Art of Shirret book.
2. BASTE the cut strips ONTO my
strong stainless steel
Shirret HOOK™.
3. Use the same Shirret Hook™ to
MAKE A CROCHET STITCH WITH
SHIRRET CORD and then PULL A
FABRIC GATHER ONTO STITCH
you've just made. It's like adding
beads to crochet/knitting, if
you've ever done that.
There is no sewing.
The Art of Shirret book or DVD
shows how to use the fabric folds
gathers as if they were continuous.
& Her Daughter, the artist, adds:
"When you're done, throw it into
hot water. It shrinks the stitches
and makes them uniform. (As a
stitcher, I'm always in a hurry -
to see what the color looks like -
so I'm not very precise.) Shirret
is for people like me who are
obsessed with crocheting. The
Shirret hook™ helps your two
hands to work together, and the
bent needle means your hands
are relaxed and comfortable, so
I can crochet longer. And shirret
uses up every scrap of fabric.
I stuff pillows with the leftover
teeny pieces! Shirret is true
Scottish & Yankee (that's me)
recycling!"
Watch online video 2 minutes.The Shirret hook™ makes thick
and sturdy, colorful, uniquely
American rugs. You hold this
special hook through your hand,
inside your hand, and your fingers
are free to pull off folds. Your
hands never cramp or tire.You don't see the crochet
stitches on most Shirret, but
they keep it together.
Fast & Free DIY fabric scrap yarns
are easy with my simple method.
These SPINNING RUG designs >
swirl as the folds go on. Easy for
beginners.
Secret Learning Tips from
Louise McCrady & Her Daughter
Knitters & crocheters & guitarists
& pianists use both hands actively.
Tom Hanks says it takes 130
repetitions for muscle memory to
kick in. With a few adjustments
to your crochet muscle memory,
you can Shirret.
Use "textbook" crochet left-hand
tension for Shirret.
HOW TO BOOK - DVD
Practice and you'll be rewarded
with speed.Your first Shirret Rug
download pattern after october
It's not complicated.
Watch FREE HOW TO
After the first three rows, your hands learn the rhythm. The fabric in the stitches fills up space and you are crocheting fast . SHIRRET starts 'out of thin air' with a slip loop on the hook just like crochet. Without the fabric it would be a scarf or a doily.Often, Lefties shirret with the standard Shirret Hook™ because SHIRRET is an a m b i d e x t r o u s skill.
"Even Emmy Lou Harris gave up trying to learn the accor dion. But if she'd grown up shirreting and crocheting, she'd be playing intricate classical guitar passages, too." --a Shirreter
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Classic, not TOO trendy, Shirret.