Tuesday, August 30, 2011

More T-Shirt Fun: T-Shirt YARN!

Hope everyone made it through the storm okay- we were very blessed that our home was fine and we were all safe and sound. :-)



Check out this old t-shirt! Now, you know how much I get scissor-happy around old t-shirts. And this one was an XXL, so I decided it needed a LOT of cutting! It was the perfect candidate to create t-shirt yarn! I found the tutorial by Polka Dot Pineapple at one of my very favorite sites, So You Think You're Crafty. It's genius, really- since jersey knit t-shirt material doesn't fray, you can get an old t-shirt without side seams and create one looooong piece of material from it.


It took a long time to cut that baby up, but you should have seen the look on my face when I wound my masterpiece into an orb the size of a softball. I was positively giddy.

Now I'm using it to knit this scarf...or neck warmer? (might not be long enough for a scarf, we'll have to see)

I'm planning on getting more side-seam-less t-shirts and making more yarn so I can try out this great No-Knit Scarf from Martha Stewart. Fun stuff! I will be sure to share my results!

3 comments:

  1. What a great way to recycle old clothing!

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  2. That totally stinks about your camera! Hope you can get it fixed soon!

    Hahaha, my family keeps begging me to open the camera early so we can go somewhere {zoo etc} but I don't want to cuz then my bday won't be special at all! We got it in the mail 2 days ago and it takes sooo much self control to not just grab it and start snapping away!

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  3. Hahaha! Than xoxo at you! :)

    And I did do a post saying the themes and stuff a few weeks ago. I think I'll wait for a few more followers {and my camera!} and I'll do a linky party! Thank you so much for entering!

    Ah, tonight is my birthday party and I have to make all the food WHEN I'm done with school AND I JUST figured out that our 1st volleyball game is tomorrow @ 7:30 am and I need some special shorts which I am going to have NO TIME at all to get! :) Life is busy!

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