Challenge Day 5 Making T-shirt Yarn

I've been wanting to make T-shirt Yarn since

I saw this tutorial a while ago

I have it on my Pinterest here

 

But I took some pictures anyways of the step by step procedure

 

First you take a t-shirt

this is a child's one that is stained

(hard to see in the picture)

 

 Then you fold it half

with the opening away from you

 

 

Then I measured an inch

an marked with a pen

 

An start cutting the t-shirt

leaving about 1/2  on the top without cutting

(that's what gives you the continuity of the yarn)

 

I tried cutting all the way to where the sleeves are

and it just doesn't work well

so seems like you can only use the body part of the t-shirt

 





 

Once is all cut

take the bottom of the -shirt

(where you started cutting)

and cut a slit at an angle

 

Then open the t-shirt up

and cut following the strand

(where I am pointing with the scissors)

to make a continuous yarn

 

Once all cut

stretch the strand

to make it curl

 

Now all you have to do is roll it into a ball :)

 

I have to tell you

I am so happy that I took this challenge

I feel that I accomplished something in my day

that brings happiness to my being :)

 

Thanks for visiting

and for all the support I am getting

AND... your awesome comments

it keeps me going :)