How to make T-Shirt Yarn using the Whole Shirt in a Continuous Strand

Get almost twice as much yarn out of your t-shirts to use in crochet and knitting projects with our tutorial on how you can use the entire tshirt, with or without seams to make t shirt yarn.

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[faithandrewsbedford]

Little did you know that, when you made this video three years ago that your instructions would help people who are making masks for health workers during the Covid 19 pandemic. I ran out of elastic quite quickly and needed something to make ties for the masks. I remembered that loops of old t shirts would roll up but could not figure out how to get alot of them out of a T shirt. Your video
helped. I've made over a hundred and have ties enough for lots more. Thanks

[alyssaduong]

I don’t throw away any scraps of yarn or anything soft and squishy because I use it for stuffing when stuffing dolls or pillows! So you really don’t need to waste any of the T-shirt at all!

[oopsiespeedy]

This is the first tutorial that I've seen using the whole t shirt instead of just the main torso part up to the underarm and the rest was discarded. This tutorial is environmentally friendly. Especially in this day and age when everything is readily discarded.

[susannaharnhart]

I appreciate you using the sleeves and the torso! Most tutorials just show how to make yarn out of the big tube

[madijane]

Thank you so much! I just barely got into crocheting and I’ve been wanting to be more eco friendly. Now all of my old shirts have a use!😆

[Mads_]

A couple neckbands crocheted together would make a sturdy handle if you were to make a basket out of this yarn! I love the tutorial it's super clear and easy to follow!

[lynettesprague]

The 676 dislikes are men whose favorite t-shirts were cut up 😂😂

[martharamos]

I couldn’t find t-shirt yarn at my local stores then saw this video! So glad I did. Had to watch a couple of times to be sure I got it. Thank you. Now I just hope my basket turns out ok.

[rpb]

Wow! So glad I came across this video. My Mom passed away some years ago and I saved several of her favorite t- shirts with the hopes I would find an idea that I could repurpose them into something else. We didn't wear the same size so this would be a great way to use her shirts with little waste. Thanks

[indyw]

A great way to recycle old t-shirts and environmentally friendly. Now I’ll have a new source of yarn stash to knit with. Thank you for sharing this video!

[mastinomama]

Best advice on cutting up a t shirt EVER. Thank you so much.

[heathermachado]

Just found this video, and WOW! I just went through all the t-shirts in my house to donate last week, to only turn around after watching this video and pull most of them for yarn. I have been wanting to try this for the longest time and just can't bring myself to pay the high prices but now I can make those rugs and save on both ends, thanks for sharing your process. I believe I have enough to make a room size rug now. I'm just thrilled!

[Andy-mpnq]

Love the colours you show! Love the pale pink, but I generally love vivid colours...red, turquoise, yellows, greens...bright, alive colours! Thank you for offering these! All beautiful!

[trudyhiltunen]

Thanks for this. You are the only one that I found who uses the sleeves. It makes a difference when you only have one shirt of a particular color.

[The-Grateful-Hippie]

Thanks so much! As a tie dyer I'm always left with tee shirts that don't meet my quality control standards. I've been yarn-ing the bottom section of the tee shirts, and using the top sections for rags. Now I can make the whole shirt into yarn! Ty!

[jaclyn]

Now you just need to knit it back into a shirt 😂😂

[IdratherbeinHobbiton]

This is by far the best tutorial on this. I've seen others that wasted so much more than you did and didn't even go through the process as concisely.

[RowanWiccae]

I am all about making as little waste as possible, and after watching several videos that made it seem sadly impossibly to use more than just the lower half of a plain T-shirt, this video was a very welcome refresher. Glad to see a little imagination can offer you much more and waste much less!!

[larisa-shults]

My grandmother taught me how to do it when I was a little girl... then I stopped crafting and forgot how I did it. so grateful that I found this video, now I remember (!) and inspired.

[mandikraus]

Such an awesome idea. Just an idea though for the unusable scraps. You could save up all small unusable fabric scraps and put them in a sac for birds to come and pick through for their nest making.