Recycled Yarn Crafts
- Crafts: Crochet, Crochet Decor And Home, Crochet Flowers, Crochet With Commercial T-Shirt Yarn, Holiday: Tu B'Shevat Crafts, Recycled Yarn Crafts, Wedding Decorations
Crocheted T-Shirt Yarn Flowers In Any Size
Need a bunch of sweet crocheted flowers that will make a statement and won’t take a year to crochet? Try crocheting these simple one-round flowers using commercial t-shirt yarn (or super chunky regular yarn) and you’ll have a whole tree full of blossoms to celebrate the arrival of Spring, a wedding or engagement, or in our case, first a 3 years old birthday party this week, followed by the Jewish New Year for the trees, Tu B’Shevat, coming in a few weeks. Tu B’Shevat is generally the time when the first fruit tree, the almond tree, blooms, so crafts with pink blooms is perfect, and these crocheted flowers, now hanging…
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Tassel Keychain With T-Shirt Yarn
I just love t-shirt yarn, and never to waste even a tiny bit, I realized that I could whip up some fun tassel and braided keychains using the scraps. These examples are just my first attempt, and I’m sure with the addition of a little sparkle or a wooden bead or two things could get even cuter, right? I’ll admit, I was dreaming of macrame keychains, but quickly realized that would be a time investment at a time when there’s no time to invest, so this is the closest we are going to get for now. And, I also realized that t-shirt yarn is stretchy and maybe not the easiest…
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Recycling Yarn By Simply Unraveling Old And Tired Knits!
About ten or so years ago I knit a chunky afghan using four strands of yarn to match our couch. I was happy with the results and it was a present for my husband's birthday, the only problem was that after around a $40 dollar investment using cheap acrylic yarn and a lack of time to make the blanket bigger, I stopped knitting and called it a day. My husband always made jokes about the fact that the blanket was too short, so for subsequent crocheted blankets, as well as a quilted fleece blanket, I made sure that they were amply sized! To make a not so interesting story shorter,…
