Recycle yarn

Discover the beauty of scrappy thread yarn with this blog post from A Thrifty Notion! This is a great project for concious crafters who dabble in sewing and other needlework!

If you haven't tried making fabric scrap twine before, and if you have an abundant stash of fabric remnants, then there's no time like the present.

Tutorial for continuous-strand plastic bag or tee shirt yarn at my blog (August 9th-click on title to get the full tutorial). www.eloomanator.eloomanation.com

Often, when people get finished with a project, they have just a little bit of yarn left. The leftover yarn gets tucked into a bag or stashed into a storage spot and forgotten. Put them to good use with one of these creative DIY projects.

One of the best ways to be kind to the environment is to repurpose the materials we already have instead of purchasing new ones. As crocheters, we are able to do this in many ways: frogging old projects and using the yarn in a new project, using up yarn scraps, creating our own “yarn” out of things that would end up in a landfill such as fabric scraps, old T-shirts, or plarn (“yarn” made from plastic bags).

Elise McMahon and Francesca Capone have developed an approachable, at-home method of recycling tees.

How to make Plarn What is plarn you may ask? It's short for plastic yarn. How cool! It's a unique way to recycle your plastic shopping bags. Yes, that's right ladies, go round up all your plastic bags shoved in your pantry to make your next crochet or knit project. It's super simple to whip

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I decided to do a wrapped wool yarn top edge on this repurposed plastic bread bag project I've been working on. I always think it finishes… | Instagram

It can seem like such a waste to throw away scraps of yarn. Instead, here are five ways that you can repurpose all your leftovers