How to Recycle a T-Shirt into Spaghetti Yarn and turn it into a Tote--->Free!

[Maria Merlino]

What do you do when a friend gives you dozens of t-shirts?  Make Spaghetti Yarn, of course! Then crochet a striped tote with flower doo-dads.

6 extra large shirts and a P/11.5mm hook is all it takes to make one for yourself.

 I put together a photo tutorial of how to make the spaghetti yarn. You can find it here:
http://www.associatedcontent.com/slideshow/76154/how_to_recycle_a_tshirt_into_spaghetti.html?cat=24

The free pattern for the tote is here:
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/7693270/big_hook_crochet_a_sturdy_tote_with.html?cat=24

An extra large shirt yielded 34 yards of Spaghetti Yarn.

I will be designing more free patterns with the Spaghetti Yarn and hope you enjoy my first one.

Love,
Maria
 

[Kimi]

What an awesome tutorial!! Thank you!

[precisej]

Hi
 i like spaghetii very much i guess we can be friends also
hapyday
Charles k p

[elderflower]

Thank you very much for a first rate tutorial.  I have looked at instructions for this sort of thing before but had never understood about the slanting cuts to make one continuous strand of yarn.  Your pictures are so clear I now know what to do with the old t-shirts that no longer fit anyone.

[Maria Merlino]

Thank you very much for a first rate tutorial.  I have looked at instructions for this sort of thing before but had never understood about the slanting cuts to make one continuous strand of yarn.  Your pictures are so clear I now know what to do with the old t-shirts that no longer fit anyone.

Glad you like it! Yes! The slanted cuts are the trick. And the one off, first. Then you're making cuts into a Y-shaped piece. Otherwise, you get a bunch of loops.

Kimi said:"What an awesome tutorial!! Thank you!"
You are welcome! Hope you can use it in your thrifty-ness!

Charles k p said:"i like spaghetii very much i guess we can be friends also
hapyday"

Hey! Spaghetti is good for consuming or crocheting!


Take care,
Maria

[Cherry48]

OMG wow! I love this! the tutorial is also awesome! THANKS!

[Maria Merlino]

OMG wow! I love this! the tutorial is also awesome! THANKS!

Hi, Thanks for the remarks! I appreciate it!

If you want to make a test project, try this bowl:
http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=372523.msg4383015#msg4383015

[Fringey]

Great tutorial for upcycling! I am totally going to do this. Have you tried using a tie-dyed t-shirt for a variegated spaghetti yarn?

[Maria Merlino]

Great tutorial for upcycling! I am totally going to do this. Have you tried using a tie-dyed t-shirt for a variegated spaghetti yarn?

Yes! It works out great!

Maria