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Quiz about Braided Rugs from Cotton TShirts

Braided Rugs from Cotton T-Shirts Quiz

Since you've presumably never made a braided rug from cotton T-shirts, I've deliberately made this an easy quiz.

A multiple-choice quiz by robynraymer. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
robynraymer

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
139,530

Updated
Jul 23 22

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
1674

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. In the nineteenth century, braided rugs were often made from _______. Hint

cotton T-shirts

wool

silk

corduroy

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Question 2 of 10

2. Why might cotton T-shirts make good rug-making materials? Hint

All of these are good reasons.

The resulting rug is machine washable.

Cotton isn't as scratchy as wool.

T-shirts are cheap in used-clothing stores.

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Question 3 of 10

3. Wool doesn't come in rich colors like cotton T-shirts do.

True

False

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Question 4 of 10

4. What's the hardest part of making a rug from cotton T-shirts? Hint

getting the rug to lie flat

stretching T-shirt strips so they form "ropes"

cutting T-shirts into strips

braiding the "ropes" made from T-shirt strips

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Question 5 of 10

5. True or false? Sewing the braids together with tiny stitches takes less time than lacing them together.

True

False

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Question 6 of 10

6. When choosing T-shirts for your rug, which type should you avoid? Hint

all-cotton T-shirts

T-shirts with writing or pictures

black, purple, or red T-shirts

striped T-shirts

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Question 7 of 10

7. If you don't practice good posture while you make braided rugs for hours on end, you can develop RSI. This stands for _______? Hint

retroactive sitting injuries

repetitive strain injuries

relatively stressful injuries

rapid sentient injuries

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Question 8 of 10

8. True or false? Four is the ideal number of colors to include in a braided rug.

True

False

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Question 9 of 10

9. True or false? A braided rug is the same as a hooked rug.

True

False

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Question 10 of 10

10. True or false? Worn-out polo shirts make good materials for cotton braided rugs.

True

False

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. In the nineteenth century, braided rugs were often made from _______.

Answer: wool

Pioneer women used strips of leftover wool. You can still buy braided wool rugs from businesses such as L.L. Bean.

2. Why might cotton T-shirts make good rug-making materials?

Answer: All of these are good reasons.

Also, if you cut a strip of T-shirt about 1 1/4 inches wide and stretch it, its edges curl under and form a nice thin rope that's easy to braid.

3. Wool doesn't come in rich colors like cotton T-shirts do.

Answer: False

No, actually, wool comes in very deep, rich colors. And it doesn't seem to fade as fast as cotton does. (So that's not one of the reasons for choosing cotton over wool.)

4. What's the hardest part of making a rug from cotton T-shirts?

Answer: getting the rug to lie flat

It took me a few rugs before I figured out how to get a round rug to lie flat. An oval rug is easier to flatten out.

5. True or false? Sewing the braids together with tiny stitches takes less time than lacing them together.

Answer: False

Before I learned how to lace (kind of like lacing up a tennis shoe), I sewed a couple of braided rugs--man, did that take a long time!

6. When choosing T-shirts for your rug, which type should you avoid?

Answer: T-shirts with writing or pictures

You can't use the parts with writing or pictures because that plastic or rubber ink used to create decorations interferes when you stretch the cloth strips to make them roll up.

7. If you don't practice good posture while you make braided rugs for hours on end, you can develop RSI. This stands for _______?

Answer: repetitive strain injuries

You can get RSI from too much typing, too! Take breaks, stretch, drink plenty of water, and exercise, and you will probably escape this kind of injury.

8. True or false? Four is the ideal number of colors to include in a braided rug.

Answer: False

Nah--there is no ideal number. However, if you use, say, magenta, orange, green, and yellow (M, O, G, Y), you can make a ring of MOG, then one of MOY, then one of YOG, then one of MYG, and so on.

9. True or false? A braided rug is the same as a hooked rug.

Answer: False

Nope. Hooked rugs have individual strands of wool that stick up like grass in a lawn (as do machine-made shag rugs) and braided rugs lie flat on the floor.

10. True or false? Worn-out polo shirts make good materials for cotton braided rugs.

Answer: False

No, polo shirts are made of double-knit or pique cotton. This fabric doesn't roll up when you stretch it, so you can't make "ropes" for braiding. The ideal kind of T-shirt for the job is a 100 percent cotton Fruit of the Loom "Hefty T." For pattern ideas, look at rugs in the L.L. Bean catalogue. Happy braiding!

Source: Author robynraymer

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