Friday, July 16, 2010

Recycling T-Shirts Into Yarn

Recycling T-Shirts into Yarn

As recycling and upcycling become increasingly relevant in our daily lives, it's only natural that we would look around to see if our favorite material -- yarn -- could be made from cast-offs. Designers have made yarn from plastic bags, old newspapers, scrap fabrics, the inner tubes of tires and more!
One of the most usable recycled yarns can be made from T-shirts. The resulting yarn is generally quite soft and a bit heavier than worsted weight. Here's how to make T-shirt yarn:
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Here are some very good tutorials for making T-shirt yarn.
T-shirt yarn tutorial
T-shirt yarn video


 http://www.crochetmagazine.com/newsletters.php?mode=issue&issue_id=153&department_id=5

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