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| sewsweet |
Posted - Sep 21 2010 : 10:11:13 AM
I just found this tutorial about making tshirt yarn out of your old tshirts! I never considered that you could do this, but of course you can! Anyway, I'm now saving my old tees for yarn and hope to make something cool out of them.
Just thought I'd share.
http://mousechirpy-polkadotpineapple.blogspot.com/2008/03/tutorial-t-shirt-yarn.html
Farmgirl Sister #1191 |
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| HookAngel |
Posted - Jan 04 2011 : 11:14:58 PM
Love this blog link here.. thanks. And what a wonderful recycling idea!! My aunt used to make the rugs with a Q size crochet hook out of old linens/sheets... they lasted for years and were so great. |
| Valgirl |
Posted - Jan 04 2011 : 06:10:42 AM
I love this idea, and had all but forgotten about it. I haven't tried it yet as I am trying to finish a huge project before starting anything else....sound familiar?...hehe....I am currently working on a Cathedral Windows quilt. I HAVE TO GET IT DONE. I have been working on it for 4 years now...sheeesh...lol!
Valerie
Today is the day the Lord has made. I will rejoice and be glad in it.
Valerie (Farmgirl #2356) |
| sherrye |
Posted - Dec 21 2010 : 06:12:30 AM
well the other day i had decided....i need to learn to crochet or knit. i dont have a hat that fits. stocking hats slide off my hair and head. so maybe i learn to make a rug with this. then i could learn to make a hat.lol happy days sherrye
the learn as we go silk purse farm
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| Sandra K. Licher |
Posted - Nov 14 2010 : 8:06:14 PM
This is a great site...thank you! It looks easier and not so "stringy" as the sheet rugs. I too have sen lots of inexpensive shirts not counting the ones I have that I hated to throw out! Great for recycling and I was just pricing rugs! Very expensive to buy! Can't wait to try this. She had other tutorials too that looked interesting.
Sam in AR..... "It's a great life if you don't weaken!"
Farmgirl Sister #226
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| AliciaNak |
Posted - Nov 14 2010 : 2:18:27 PM
I've been saving t-shirts for a while for just this purpose. I just have to get around to cutting them up.
Alicia
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.~Ralph Waldo Emmerson
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| classygram |
Posted - Nov 07 2010 : 1:56:58 PM
Carol, thank you for sharing the new site! I'm cleaning out closets tomorrow. going to try a tote. Hugs, Brenda
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Seek reasons to Love..In every sigment of everyday-look for something that brings forth within you a feeling of Love-Abraham Hicks |
| RachelLeigh |
Posted - Nov 07 2010 : 10:24:29 AM
My aunt did this and now I have the cutest purse made out of t-shirt yarn. It's great for tossing in my phone, wallet, and keys and heading out shopping or to church.
http://foreveronajourney.blogspot.com/
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| 2quilter |
Posted - Oct 31 2010 : 6:18:18 PM
no real pattern; i cut the seams and collars off of the tshirtsand take the usable portions and strip them with a 1 1/2" rotary cutter/ruler; then i take that trip and stretch it end to end as long as I can; then I take a little pair of scissors and snip a little slot in each end, and then I connect the ends like you would connect rubber bands together...pretty simple; use a 'Q' crochet hook and either work in rows or in circles; its been trial and error for me...here's a rug in progress; I'm going to use this as my new welcome mat when it's done....it's about 36" wide and I'm going to make it about 24" deep. Let me know how it works out for
you!
When life hands you scraps, make quilts! |
| 2quilter |
Posted - Sep 26 2010 : 6:38:15 PM
Ive used this technique crocheting rugs with a big Q hook -- comfy and fabulous on the porch!
When life hands you scraps, make quilts! |
| knittinchick |
Posted - Sep 26 2010 : 4:27:10 PM
Oooh, Carol I'll have to use this sometime!
God's Blessings,
Megan aka Loretta Rae
At heart, I am both a sassy city girl and a down-home country gal.
The dictionary is the only place where success comes before work. |
| coloquilter |
Posted - Sep 25 2010 : 8:25:12 PM
MJF had a cute pattern for making a knitted rug using this technique, I haven't tried it yet but it looks like a great way to repurpose
Susan |
| kristin sherrill |
Posted - Sep 25 2010 : 2:36:21 PM
I found a bunch of t shirts the other day at the thrift for .50 a piece. I need to get them cut up. And they are alot easier to do that sheets for the rag rugs. I wish there was a way to do the sheets like the t shirts. Anyway, I will be doing this.
Kris
Happiness is simple. |
| CCChristen |
Posted - Sep 24 2010 : 12:11:41 PM
What a great wed site/ I really think I will try the t shirt idea, It looks like a good way to use old t's again.
Line Shack Farmgirl !570 quote:
Originally posted by sewsweet
I just found this tutorial about making tshirt yarn out of your old tshirts! I never considered that you could do this, but of course you can! Anyway, I'm now saving my old tees for yarn and hope to make something cool out of them.
Just thought I'd share.
http://mousechirpy-polkadotpineapple.blogspot.com/2008/03/tutorial-t-shirt-yarn.html
Farmgirl Sister #1191
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| N@n |
Posted - Sep 24 2010 : 04:28:16 AM
I am always so amazed at these beautiful sights!! Thanks bunches for the heads up on this one.
N@n somewhere between Michigan and Arkansas
keep searchin'-it's out there somewhere. |
| kristin sherrill |
Posted - Sep 21 2010 : 3:12:56 PM
That is so cool. Now I have to go find old t-shirts. Thanks for sharing.
Kris
Happiness is simple. |
| KathyC |
Posted - Sep 21 2010 : 10:34:27 AM
I made a couple of balls of this yarn thinking I would make something but haven't had the time. I did put one ball in my gardening basket and used it tie up my plants. It seems to work really well, a little stretch and gentle on the plants. I have several shirts in the rag bag to cut up now and told my daughter not to throw away any old shirts.
Kathy |
