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In the middle of preparing the “Mirth: A Fitted Raglan Shawl” class and pattern, I’ve had another idea for a class. I’m knitting along thinking of great spots to do videos, and then…poof! New Class Idea!
You know we just bought a house, and I’m packing and getting ready to move. I looked in my husband’s closet and found at least 50 Tshirts. Some of them are cool, like the “Black Flag: Loose Nut” Tshirt that I’ve commandeered for today (makes an awesome-looking preggo-belly!) Some, however, are really old and nasty, some are just lame free ones from various companies. I just don’t want to throw them all out! I’ve seen T-shirt yarn on Etsy, so I’m not the first person to think of this, BUT.
I made this video on the weekend:
I’ve decided to offer a class at http://stefaniejapel.ning.com.
Making yarn out of old (or new) Tshirts is such an easy process in and of itself. I decided to show you how to do that for free in an tutorial. I see that there are already a few demos for this on YouTube… so now you’ll have my take on it! 
(The video is also a description of the class that I’m offering.)
In class, we’ll go through how to not only make the yarn, but how to figure out what weight it is (worsted, DK, etc.) and then how to cut to get the weight of yarn you want, as well as how to cut so that you make “special effects” like thick and thin, fringe, etc.
In week 2, you’ll learn how to dye your yarn, using both natural and commercial dyes.
You’ll also get a PDF booklet of four projects so that you can actually USE your yarn! (It would defeat the purpose to just cut up the shirts and then have a bunch of yarn that you don’t know what to do with!) Week 3 of class will focus on tips and tricks for the four projects.
This is a great project to do with kids, as long as they’re old enough to work with sharp scissors.
And, like all of my online classes, you can work at your own pace. The material is available to you for three weeks, but you can go through everything all at once if you want to.
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4 Responses to “Turn old Tshirts into yarn and FOUR great projects (video tutorial)”
Niiiice, Black Flag t-shirt on a preggo lady. That’s pretty awesome, getting them started early
And that t-shirt yarn looks ooooo smooshy when it’s skeined up like that! I want to snuggle it! What a great idea, to boot! Makes me wish I had some old/failing t-shirts to commandeer!
Superb!
It’s so great that you posted this tutorial/class for people Stephanie!
You read my mind… last week I made a cowl out of strips of an old T. So when I saw this I had to link you on my blog.
PS. I love that you are video blogging. It’s really fun!
I crocheted a round tshirt rug for my bathroom a couple of years ago and it is softer and more absorbent than any other rug I’ve ever owned. I can’t wait to make more once my old tshirt collection grows. Love the videos!