Let Birdz Fly shows you how to make T-shirt Yarn. You can use this to make a t-shirt yarn necklace or knitted dishcloths.
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I’ve been doing this for awhile. I like to use it to make mats for my local animal shelter! Puppies and kittens need warm places to snuggle!
I make a LOT of tee-shirt yarn, but use a different method. I still cut the shirt off below the armpits, but then I cut about a half inch into the bottom of the shirt spiral cut it up from there. It makes the same thing as the article, but maybe a little simpler to understand?
I just started making t-shirt yarn this past week. I use this same method and is easy.
I made some t-shirt yarn about two weeks ago and knitted a dishcloth. The t-shirt I used did have side seams, and these made funny little places in the finished item. I think it would work better with a t-shirt having seamless sides.
It was a fun project to experiment with, but I did not like the results very much. It was very hard to knit on size 10 needles and made an extremely stiff and thick cloth. I think it would work better for a hot pad or coaster.
I’ve made these. The balls look beautiful in a woven basket as colorful decor, especially in a craft room/area.
I’ve made throw rugs out of T-shirt yarn and they last forever. You do need several T-shirts.
I just tried it on an old shirt. I got confused on the first set of cuts, but sort of figured it out midway through. I tried using the “yarn” to crochet something–the result is a very thick and stiff square. Good for rugs, or for potholders/hotpads. Not so good for blankets, etc. A thinner cut would result in thinner yarn, but I believe it still would be somewhat stiff.
The idea seems cool, but looks a little complicated. (how far to cut and at what angle. . . ) Has anyone tried it yet?
Lisa, you fold what used to be the sides of the t-shirt, leaving one inch of one side, unfolded, that will be your margin. you cut only where you’ve folded the fabric. And then after all your 1/2 inch cuts are made, you unfold the whole mess, laying it out so that the uncut section is in the middle, laying flat. Take your scissors, and starting at one end, cut diagonally from the near side of the first cut, to the “far side” of the cut next to the first one. (if you start on the left, you cut towards the next cut on the right). then all you have to do is take smallish sections and streeeetch them! It works best with the thinnest/cheapest t-shirts. the thicker, woven ones, won’t curl so nicely.
Hope this helps make sense of it. It’s really quite easy to do.
I love this idea!