When the time comes to clear the clutter from your closets, don't get rid of those old, unwanted T-shirts. It's easy, fast, and fun to give them new life as colorful yarn that can be used for all sorts of projects. You can use T-shirt yarn just like you would any other yarn — crocheting, knitting, macrame, rug making — and you can even use it to make embellishments like pompoms and tassels.
If you don't have any old T-shirts at home, take a trip to your local thrift shop. There are mountains of T-shirts hanging around in every color of the rainbow, just begging to be saved from the landfill and used for T-shirt yarn projects.
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Things You'll Need
Old T-shirt
Sharp scissors
Disappearing ink pen
1. Remove the T-shirt top and bottom
Using a sharp pair of scissors, cut across the T-shirt from sleeve to sleeve. Then, cut off the bottom hem. Leave both sides of the T-shirt uncut.
2. Cut strips
Starting on one end of the T-shirt, cut 1-inch strips. Stop cutting a few inches away from the other end.
3. Open the T-shirt
Open the T-shirt so the uncut side is on top.
4. Draw diagonal lines
Start at the bottom and draw a diagonal line between the strips with a disappearing ink pen. Continue drawing the diagonal lines until you get to the top.
5. Cut along the lines
Using a sharp pair of scissors, cut along the lines to create one continuous strip of fabric.
6. Pull on the strips
Pull on each fabric strip. This will curl the edges and stretch it out to create a nice long piece of curled T-shirt yarn.
7. Roll the strips into a ball
Roll it up into a ball like you would any other yarn and you're ready for your next yarn project!
