This is an excellent advice from a craftsman to make perfect t-shirt yarn baskets: use a steam iron to improve and match the fabric. With this trick the baskets become more rigid and improve its texture and appearance, such is the result in this beautiful basket created by Siniemilia. Continue reading
For every problem, there is always a creative solution. What can you do if you want to make a fringed t-shirt yarn carpet but don’t have a grid to use as a base? Well, this friend has found the solution so you can make a grid to make carpets with wool or thread, just knotting the strips of fabric in it. Continue reading
We have already shared with you a lot of accessories and jewelry models that can be made with recycled fabric, because this kind of jewelry is very easy to make, just using braids or simple knots you can create beautiful accessories and complements with recycled fabric. Continue reading
This is a useful and practical work, which is done in a flash and the result is precious. This hair tie is crocheted on an ordinary hair rubber band, so you can create a daily usage accessory weaved with fabric. Continue reading
A few days ago in our blog we shared how to use the Mayan loom to weave with t-shirt yarn and today you’ll see how to make this type of loom. With a Mayan loom you can make a large variety of beautiful and original weaving. Take some basic carpentry materials and tools (like board, nails, a saw) in order to make your own loom to put into practice the stitches you have learned. Continue reading
There is a technique to make carpets in which a needle made with a toothbrush is used to weave. These recycled cloth rugs are called “toothbrush rugs“.
To make these carpets, you have to recycle a toothbrush and make a large-eyed needle through which the strip of cloth is passed, and then weave a loom-like knit carpet, very beautiful like this model of lubodelo. Continue reading
This heart made of t-shirt yarn is ideal to decorate fabric bags, baskets, carpets and any other accessory made with recycled fabric. This heart made of strips of fringed fabric is very beautiful and is a detail that will give color to creations in t-shit yarn woven in crochet, with two needles or loom. Let’s see how to make this cute little heart with strips of fabric in pink, fuchsia, red or the colors you like. Continue reading