Hiya guys! Happy Sunday! Hope you are all having a great day!
This week I thought I would be good and do a post on a way you can
recycle old t-shirts into crafty projects! Although, if the t-shirt is still wearable, I say
‘don’t waste it - give away to charity’.
However for the ones that have fully lived their lives as t-shirts, here is
a way you can repurpose them (instead of chucking them in the bin) and give
them a new life as something else!
As usual, I saw this on Pinterest and I’ve been wanting to try and make
this DIY for ages, so I thought I would give it a go.
So, using my old t-shirts I made…t-shirt yarn!!
The instructions to make this yarn are pretty straightforward. As always, I have shown the links to the videos
I looked at at the end of the post.
How I made my yarn was just a wee bit different as the t-shirts I used
had side seams. Therefore I had to join
the pieces of fabric with square knots. I
have a video as well as step-by-step pictures of how to produce the knot.
Steps:
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Then just pull as tight
as you can and cut off excess fabric.
What I made:
I crocheted three different things using the yarn:
·
A pot holder/oven glove
·
Gentle exfoliator face scrubbies/face
cloths
·
Tote bag
A pot holder/oven glove
For the pot holder/oven glove I crocheted the moss stitch using a size 8
hook. I have a link below which I followed
to create the stitch.
Gentle exfoliator face scrubbies/face
cloths
For these little face scrubbies/cloths I used basic crochet stitches
using a size 10 crochet hook for both.
Single crochet
Double crochet
Tote bag
I have also started making a small tote bag with double crochet stitches
using a size 15 hook. I actually ran out
of yarn so I need to make some more to finish off the bag. More than likely, I will post a photo of the
finished project on Instagram, so keep your eyes peeled!
(The links to my social media pages are to the right if you want to
follow/like! J)
There are loads of things you can make using t-shirt yarn! You can also check out Pinterest for inspo on
what you can make! I saw a photo of a
crocheted rug…so that’s on my wee (actually, massive) list of DIY things to
try!
It’s amazing that you can turn something like a t-shirt into yarn! Did you know that you can also do this with
plastic bags? It’s called ‘plarn’. I wonder what can be made with that? Maybe have to give that a try at some point!
Well, I hope you guys enjoyed this post, and as always thank you SO much
for reading!
I’ll catch you all next week for my weekly Sunday post!
Have a fab week and take care! Xxx
YouTube sources:
How to make continuous t-shirt
yarn by ReleveDesign
How to make t-shirt yarn – a continuous strand by UpcycledStuff
Crochet Tutorial: Moss
Stitch Earwarmer by Stitch Stitch Boom
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