Do you know that you can make an unbreakable seamless thread, “yarn” from a T-shirt, the main thing is to know how to cut it correctly. This yarn is used for knitting bags, rugs; decoration different items. We will tell you more about this later, but for now - in detail.
master class on how to cut a T-shirt into yarn
I have a small T-shirt with side seams, but if you take a regular colored T-shirt, preferably without patterns, there will be no seams.
First you need to cut off the top under the sleeves and the bottom tucking seam (although you can simply rip it open, this will add a meter and a half to the yarn). You will get a pipe. We place it in front of us on the table with the folds up and towards us, and with the cut sides on the sides. Now we bend the lower part, a little less than a third up, as in the picture. You will get 2 layers at the top, four at the bottom. We bend the four-layer part up again, leaving 3-4 centimeters of the upper two-layer part free, see the picture. Total Bottom part
- 6 layers, at the top at the fold - only 2. Now mark 3-4 cm, as shown in the figure, so that cut the T-shirt into strips evenly
. You need to cut to the two-layer top, leaving 2-3 cm there uncut. After this, we can unfold the folded layers and we will see our pipe cut into strips.
For clarity, I put it on the roller with the uncut fold upward. Now our task is to cut the strips so that we get an unbreakable thread, our future yarn. To do this, we make diagonal cuts so that the first strip smoothly transitions into the second, the second into the third, etc. Let's look:
Now you need to lightly pull the resulting thread out of the fabric with your hands, rolling it into a ball. It stretches so that the sides curl up, and you get such a thin tube, from which it is then convenient to knit with a thick hook or sew roses.
From my little T-shirt I made this basket for the Little Red Riding Hood costume, but if you take several colored T-shirts, you can. I read that some hobbyists buy dozens of multi-colored T-shirts at second-hand stores and knit beautiful products
Now, I don’t have enough patience and skill for the super, artistic value things that many, many country-mama craftswomen do. And the desire to do something cannot be shoved anywhere. Well, and... - I’m sharing.
I had in stock several of my husband’s seamless (without side seams, so-called seamless) T-shirts that were ready to be thrown away, and one of my own that was completely lying around. Made from good, thin knitwear. And I began to think, can’t I find some use for them? I immediately remembered my grandmother’s woven rugs, still from the countryside. From torn strips from the worn out bed linen, shirts, other clothes. She called them "palaces" ... But with weaving looms Somehow you don’t really get in touch, in these days.
And they found it on the Internet for me detailed instructions, how to make yarn from T-shirts. Here's an example:
The trouble is that some points in all these master classes remained completely unclear to me. For example, I still can’t (bitter grief!) understand how, following the instructions given in the link provided, cutting off side seams and eventually getting TWO small rectangles of knitted fabric, you can achieve a very long and continuous “thread”.
Therefore, having already cut up a dozen T-shirts after personally inventing the bicycle, I offer my own master class. In case it suits someone.
1. Take a clean and unwrinkled T-shirt and cut off the top along the line drawn between the lower points of the armholes (i.e., under the sleeves).
2. We get rid of the double layer of fabric in the hem: either cut off this part altogether - right above the seam line, or rip out the overlock seam (for me this took a couple of minutes longer than cutting the hem, but saved an additional meter and a half or two of “yarn” for work). As a result, we get a knitted “pipe”, ready for manipulation with scissors, without seams.
3. Carefully fold our “pipe” (= two layers of fabric) onto a plane. We make sure that the canvas is evenly distributed - the cut edges should more or less match and will be located on the sides during further manipulations.
4. Take the bottom quarter (with the fold line) and turn it up:
Then we repeat the manipulation again
In front of us is a “pipe” folded into six layers of fabric in this way:
That is, the edge of the fabric farthest from us, 3-4 centimeters wide, turns out to be two-layer, and in front of us is a neatly folded flat “roller” of six layers of fabric, which we will now cut.
5. We mark the cutting lines - the width of the strips depends on personal preferences and the general design of the product. Personally, I cut thin T-shirts (undershirts, shirts) into strips 4.5 cm wide, and thicker ones (overshirts, sports ones) into strips 3.5-4 cm wide.
6. We cut parallel to the edge, leaving the “thin” edge farthest from us uncut.
7. This is what it all roughly looks like when all the strips are cut:
8. Shake our fringe, straighten the remaining intact “connective” tissue and, ensuring CONTINUITY of the fabric strips, make the following clear cuts, as if diagonally - from the end point of the first cut - to the beginning point of the second, from the end of the second - to the beginning of the third, from the third - in the fourth, and so on until the very end. I hope the pictures make it clearer how exactly these cuts go:
9. We return to the first strip, which still remains a “ring”, and cut it, ensuring the continuity of the “yarn”.
10. We stretch the resulting tape in our hands (this helps to form a neat, rounded thick “thread” + bonus! - an excellent exercise for strengthening the chest muscles) and roll it into a ball.
You can knit a “fat bag” beach bag not only from store-bought yarn, but also from knitted threads that you can make yourself. The advantages of such threads are obvious - cheap price, you determine the thickness of the yarn.
How to do it? Easily. We only need knitted T-shirt and scissors. Lay out the washed and ironed T-shirt on a horizontal surface, cut off under the sleeve line, as well as the bottom seam.
We also cut off the side seams. Now you have two canvases without a seam. We fold this fabric twice lengthwise, but leave 1 cm of the bottom layer more than the top.
We begin to cut vertical strips 1 cm wide, but leave 1 cm of the exposed bottom edge uncut.
And now you should have such a long fringe.
The inner uncut fabric must be cut in a special way.
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We start cutting from the first strip, but cut this strip as if diagonally in order to move to another part, but so that there are 2 cut strips there (see the photo as a guide).
And in this case (if you cut the first strip diagonally, and then cut strip to strip), you should get a continuous web.
To make the yarn beautiful, it is better to pull out the strips. In this case, the knitwear forms tubes. Wind the yarn into skeins.
This yarn is indispensable for knitting summer bags, bath sponges or stool covers.
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The author writes: “The trouble is that some points in all these master classes remained completely unclear to me. For example, I still can’t (bitter grief!) understand how, following the instructions of the previous master class, by cutting off the side seams and ultimately getting TWO small rectangles of knitted fabric, you can achieve a very long and continuous “thread”.
Therefore, having already cut up a dozen T-shirts after personally inventing the bicycle, I offer my own master class. In case it suits someone. "
1. Take a clean and unwrinkled T-shirt and cut off the top along the line drawn between the lower points of the armholes (i.e., under the sleeves).
2. We get rid of the double layer of fabric in the hem: either cut off this part altogether - right above the seam line, or rip out the overlock seam (for me this took a couple of minutes longer than cutting the hem, but saved an additional meter and a half or two of “yarn” for work). As a result, we get a knitted “pipe”, ready for manipulation with scissors, without seams.
3. Carefully fold our “pipe” (= two layers of fabric) onto a plane. We make sure that the canvas is evenly distributed - the cut edges should more or less match and will be located on the sides during further manipulations.
4. Take the bottom quarter (with the fold line) and turn it up:
then we repeat the manipulation again: in front of us is a “pipe” folded into six layers of fabric in this way:
That is, the edge of the fabric farthest from us, 3-4 centimeters wide, turns out to be two-layer, and in front of us is a neatly folded flat “roller” of six layers of fabric, which we will now cut.
5. We mark the cutting lines - the width of the strips depends on personal preferences and the general design of the product. Personally, I cut thin T-shirts (undershirts, shirts) into strips 4.5 cm wide, and thicker ones (overshirts, sports ones) into strips 3.5-4 cm wide.
6. We cut parallel to the edge, leaving the “thin” edge farthest from us uncut.
7. This is what it all roughly looks like when all the strips are cut:
8. Shake our fringe, straighten the remaining intact “connective” tissue and, ensuring CONTINUITY of the fabric strips, make the following clear cuts, as if diagonally - from the end point of the first cut - to the beginning point of the second, from the end of the second - to the beginning of the third, from the third - in the fourth, and so on until the very end. I hope the pictures make it clearer how exactly these cuts go:
9. We return to the first strip, which still remains a “ring”, and cut it, ensuring the continuity of the “yarn”.
10. We stretch the resulting tape in our hands (this helps to form a neat, rounded thick “thread” + bonus! - an excellent exercise for strengthening the chest muscles) and roll it into a ball.
Then we use it for needlework as our heart desires. Mine wanted oven mitts (for starters, to study the properties of the material) and a bright rainbow-colored rug. My entire supply of T-shirts was not enough for him, of course - the second-hand store helped...
The rug came out like this:
Today, many craftsmen earn money by making various crafts from scrap materials. In particular, this applies to knitted yarn, which is made from old unnecessary items, previously cut into shreds. This way you can get excellent material for knitting. It is very easy and convenient to knit from it, because it turns out thick and is suitable for crochet hooks. big size. In this article you will learn how to make knitted yarn from a T-shirt, which can then be used to make kitchen trivets, rugs and chair pads.
How to make yarn from a T-shirt yourself?
You can create yarn from any knitted items, preferably large ones. You just need to take scissors - no special devices are needed anymore.
Important! Children's clothing is quite suitable for such an undertaking, but cutting from it is not very convenient, and the threads are too short. The ideal option is a large, plain item without folds. The main thing is that there are no unnecessary seals, seams, or folds on the T-shirt. Therefore, before starting work, it is better to cut off the bottom edge.
You will also have to remove the top part along the line from one armpit to the other in order to get high-quality yarn from a T-shirt. We'll look at how to do it below:
- After you cut off all the excess, you will end up with a knitted tube, sewn on the sides with two seams.
- Then attach one side edge to the other, stepping back a little, about 2-3 cm. It is important that the edge protrudes from below.
- Fold the product in half again so that the protruding part peeks out from under the remaining layers of fabric.
- Then decide what thickness of yarn you need, because after cutting the strips will shrink greatly and curl into a tube. The ideal strip width is 2.5 cm.
- Cut the folded material into strips like these. You should only cut clothes that have been folded several times, but not the edge of the protruding fabric.
- Make cuts all over the package.
- Unfold the knitted tube and see what you have. Knitwear that remains intact will help your threads not tear among themselves.
- Place an uncut section of material on the jar or hand so that all the cuts are clearly visible - this will help you carry out the work correctly further.
- Take the scissors again and make diagonal cuts. From the cut of the very first row to the second, and so on. By using this technique, your yarn will remain continuous. If you simply cut the material into straight strips, then you will have to tie them together.
- After making the diagonal cuts, unfold the knitwear, resulting in a large piece of knitted yarn.
- Pull the strips a little lengthwise so that they stretch out and curl at the sides, thereby hiding the edges of the fabric.
It's safe to say that your DIY T-shirt knitting yarn is ready. All that remains is to roll it up into a ball for greater convenience.
Where is knitting yarn used?
Such raw materials can be used for knitting covers, rugs, bags, baskets and other crafts. Skilled craftswomen love to use it to make bedding and rugs for kitchen stools and chairs, and hot pads. It is incredibly convenient to work with, thanks to its ideal density and width. So don’t hesitate, find a couple of unnecessary things in your closet, and you will get original, high-quality yarn from T-shirts. With your own hands you will create the perfect material for knitting, and completely free of charge.
Important! If you are encountering this work for the first time, then, as previously mentioned, do not rush to get involved with small-sized clothes. Otherwise, you risk ruining your mood, the material, and moreover, you may be forever disappointed in this original version handmade.
How to knit a rug from homemade yarn?
Since you already know how to make yarn from old T-shirts, it's time to make something out of it. For starters, a rug is suitable, the knitting of which is quite simple, one might even say primitive. Even a novice needlewoman can handle it. If you have previously worked with large crochet, you can create a real masterpiece:
- To begin, prepare yarn of several colors that combine as much as possible with each other. Rugs made from pink or coral and gray yarn look original. If your home is eclectic, it is better to use multi-colored material obtained from old neon things. Ordinary threads are not appropriate here.
- Next, take the thickest hook and the raw material used as a basis.
- Start knitting according to the standard pattern in the round.
Important! If you have any special skills, then feel free to use them in your work. The more original patterns you make in the butt loops, the more attractive the rug you will get.
