Two simple stitches.

A special crochet hook,

cotton cord, and your scraps !

it's reversible, luxurious . .
and easy 2 do

TRY IT FOR $5 TO $17

Cut up fabric scraps (even tiny bits),
baste them onto a long, special crochet hook,
and crochet.

This is Louise McCrady Shirret™. She named
it in 1968 and taught 60,000 other people how2.

The crochet skill you need for Shirret is the
same as adding beads to stitching:
one extra hand and finger motion.

ShiRRéT™ is a plush 3/4 inch high.
The surface is the fabric, standing on edge.
The stitches are hidden inside the fabric
and Shirret is reversible.

Two simple crochet stitches,
a special hook,
cord and scraps !

Recycle
wool - cotton - silk - rayon - polyester - doubleknit -

Recycle
old clothes, slip covers, bedspreads, 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 great
manor houses and at Liberty of London."
––Candace Bahouth,
UK tapestry author-artist and
sister of Greenpeace International
director Peter Bahouth.

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

Shirret has also been called:
shirred and standing rugs, caterpiller rugs, ruffley rugs,
rugbee rugs, confetti rugs, American tapestry rugs, crochet fabric
rugs, the needle with a hump, latch hook rug, creative rugcraft.

Key to the Images :

top R: 3'x4' plush art carpet of nubby mohair by Louise McCrady.
She tailored Chanel Suits for herself and made this carpet from the scraps.

top R: Louise McCrady made this 18" chair pad of four plaids
from one woolen mill. It is worked in bands.

Piecework Magazine - Shirret 1998.

L little square: close-up of a loose weave aqua + tighter weave light blue wool.
It looks like a Persian Cat.

Black Oval purple, red and black made from Daddy's vivid silk neckties.

6' round carpet of farmer's jeans. Soak them in
copious amounts of hair conditioner to soften them to work with.

Family Circle Magazine featured Louise McCrady Shirret™,
written by Deborah Harding.

This is crochet ! it looks so
e x p e n s i v e but it's made from recycled fabric
scraps !

Two simple crochet stitches . . . a special crochet hook . . .
cord and your scraps !
It's reversible, luxurious . . and easy 2 do

TRY IT FOR $10 TO $17

"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 rag rugs

"Do you crochet?"
It's 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
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 .