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Tee Shirt Yarn Tutorial

Jessi

Here's how I make a single, continuous length of yarn f rom an old tee shirt.

You will need a ruler, a pair of f abric scissors and something to mark the f abric with. I'm using a sof t drawing pencil.

Step 1: Cut of f the bottom hem and cut across f rom armpit to armpit. You won't be using the bottom hem or the top part.

Step 2: Fold one of the f olded edges until it's a couple inches away f rom the opposite f olded edge.

Step 3: Flip the f abric 90 degrees. Mark the bottom edge and the edge of the overlying chunk of f abric at 1 inch increments.

Step 4: Draw parallel lines connecting your marks.

Step 5: Cut along the lines. Make sure you cut all the way through the overlapping f olded edge, but don't cut those couple inches at the top (the unmarked area). If you cut all the way up, you will have a bunch of loops.

Step 6: Unf old the f abric and lay it out so the uncut area is f lat. Now here comes the trickiest part. You're going to cut f rom the f irst slit at the bottom to the second slit on the top. See how I'm holding the ruler? T hat's the line you cut along. I don't mark this part because

it's easiest to just hold it in your hand and eyeball it.

Step 7: Push the loop you cut of f aside. For the rest, you are going to cut f rom the f irst slit on the bottom to the f irst slit on the top. You're going to create a long, continuous strip of f abric. Keep going until you reach the end.

Step 8: Now at the ends, you have a couple f unny looking loops. To f ix that, you just taper of f f rom the slit to the outside edge. I like the tapered edge because I think it's nice when you transition f rom one ball of yarn to another. It also blends in nicely when you weave in the ends to f inish your knitting.

Step 9: T he f un part! You now have a pile of what looks like jersey ribbon. To give it a rounded, yarn-like appearance, you just grab a section between your hands and pull! Keep going f or the whole length of yarn and you're done!

Now take that pretty pile and wind it into a ball. (I like this center pull ball method (scroll down the the bottom of the page))