Using Old T-Shirts

In my family, we always have t-shirts that we never wear. Do you ever wish that you could actually use them for something? Well, if you crochet or knit, then here is a great way to make your own yarn from them.

Start by choosing an old t-shirt that you never wear. This shirt has seams going up the sides.

Cut the hem off of the bottom of your shirt.

Cut the shirt open on the sides.


Start cutting...you should make your strips at least 1/4 inch wide. Cut until you get ALMOST to the end of a row.

Start 1/4 inch over from where you had just finished cutting, and start making a new row. There will be a little bump at this point in your yarn, but it is easy enough to crochet around.

Keep cutting until you can't cut any more! Wrap your fabric into a yarn ball, and you are ready to crochet!

If the shirt you are using doesn't have seams going up the sides, simply cut around and around until you can't cut any more!


Have fun!

♥Autumn

A Knitted Sunglasses Case.

This project was more difficult than the crocheted pouch I made, but I enjoyed the challenge. I used directions from "Teach Yourself Knitting" by Klutz.


It fits my sunglasses perfectly!

♥Autumn

Busy Knitting...

♥Autumn

Fringing A Scarf

Fringing a scarf can really change its whole appearance. Here's how you do it:

You will need a scarf, (knitted or crocheted) a ruler, scissors, a needle with a large eye, and yarn.

Depending on the length that you want the fringe to be, you can cut pieces of yarn at different lengths. I cut my pieces at 9 inches for medium length fringe.

Fold your yarn in half and thread the folded part through the needle.

Slip your needle through one of the whole in the bottom of the scarf.


Bring the bottom pieces of the thread up through the loop on the scarf.


Tighten the yarn.
Your fringe will most likely be uneven. To fix this, you can line the fringe up at the edge up a table, place a ruler on top to keep it steady, and cut away the uneven pieces.

And you are done fringing! Sorry that the pictures didn't quite turn out, but hopefully they were helpful.

♥Autumn

This scarf was knit by casting on 20 stitches on a size 10 needle, and knit the whole way through.

Knitting Scarves

This scarf was my first knitting project. It took me a long time, but I really enjoyed it.

I casted on 20 stitches and then I alternated knitting and purling rows. Knit one row, purl one row...=) By doing this, The front and the back look completely different.


I had trouble with the scarf curling in while I was knitting, so I tried blocking it, but nothing happened. So...... I ironed it. Nothing extremely bad happened. The stitches flattened out a bit, but nothing horrible happened.

If you don't know how to nit, I would advise getting someone to teach you rather than learning from a book. That is really hard thing to do!

I hope you have a great time knitting.

♥Autumn