Thursday, 19 May 2011

How to make Tarn (T shirt yarn)

Tarn is yarn made from a recycled T shirt. it is cut so it make a continuous piece of thick curled yarn.


It is very easy to make your own Tarn for crochet projects.


1. Select a T shirt with no printed pattern on it, and a T shirt without seams at the sides is preferable.


2. Lay out your shirt.


3. Cut straight across the T shirt from under arm pit to under arm pit and cut off the bottom seam.


4. Fold shirt from side (uncut sides together) to side leaving about a half an inch of a single layer exposed.


5. Cut 2cm thick strips (or thicker) straight up the T shirt,  leaving about a 1cm uncut on one side. 


6. Now open the shirt up so that the uncut section is visible, start cutting diagonally across uncut section to make your Tarn into a continuous piece. 


7. Now give your fabric strips a little bit of a tug with both hands, to make it curl into a loop, ball it all up, and you have Tarn!!!



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