Turn Fabric into Yarn the EASY WAY! DIY Fabric Yarn
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- Опубліковано 30 лип 2024
- Give old sheets and fabrics new life by turning them into fabric yarn! By folding and cutting a certain way, the entire sheet can be cut into one long strip of fabric. This means less cutting and no joining. Crochet the fabric yarn into sturdy baskets or durable rugs. Try using fabric with colorful patterns to make fabric yarn that's extra fun!
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That was a great tutorial! Using the paper as a small model for the importance of the folding process was very helpful. Thank you, I'm saving this one!
Glad you enjoyed it! I tried filming folding the sheet but it just was not working out 😂 So I'm glad to hear the paper model made sense!
Can you provide suggestions on what you'd create with fabric yarn? Love your videos!
@@laureenvinicombe6726 Since the fabric yarn is so bulky, I personally would make items that are themselves a little bulkier. For instance, I might make a sturdy basket or thick floor rug. I wouldn't use it for wearables like a scarf because it would be too stiff/bulky for my taste. But sturdy home good type items would be great projects for fabric yarn!
I think this is where a quilter has the advantage of having a big cutting mat, giant rectangular rulers, and a rotary cutter...and you just said that in your video. Lol I was also thinking that tye dying your sheet before cutting would be really cool too! (Especially if it has stains, like a tablecloth usually does.)Thanks for sharing this with us.🥰😍
Yes, tie dying would be so cool! The thought popped in my head too while I was cutting, but I don't think the materials in that particular sheet would've taken the dye. But I bet it could create some really fun pops of color in the fabric yarn.
Love the tie dye idea!
Id say painter or masking tape could alsi help. It doesn't have to be perfect. Want to try this so bad now lol😂😂
This was the clearest and most detailed tutorial for making fabric yarn. I finally understand the method!
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That's awesome! It's such a fun way to reuse old items.
OMG! You are my personal genius! Thank you for sharing this great tip! We won’t have a sheet left in the house…LOL!😂
Haha I love it! 😂
Wow how awesome is this! Never knew anything about this! Never knew this could be done! Thanks so much! Yes thrift stores has sheets for very cheap prices. 😘
It's a great way to give used sheets some new life! Glad you enjoyed this idea.
@@CraftersAutonomous yes thank u so much!
Thank you for this tutorial! I attempted this on a blanket (without instruction) and messed it up... ended up with several shorter strands that I had to attach together (I wish I had seen your hack for that BEFORE I glued all of them with fabric glue!) My second blanket went much more smoothly thanks to you :)
Thanks for the great tutorial! I can never quite remember how this works and the paper model really helped! Also, thanks for not layering terrible music over the background.😂
Great video! I love your cutting hack. You could say it is “cutting edge”! 😉😂
Hahaha good one! 🤣
My local thrift store has used sheets for very little money, I'm going to try this, thank you.
You're welcome! Great idea on a way to get sheets for this project.
Thanks for showing how to cut....
I too agree. You made the tutorial so easy to understand by illustrating with a piece of paper. Thankyou so much for sharing
This is the best fabric to yarn video i have seen. Thank you now I wont have to explain it to new crocheters
So glad to hear it was helpful!
This is so cool!
Excellent tutorial! Demonstrating on the paper made all the difference, thank you!!
Wow!!! Such a genius idea!!! Thank you so much for sharing
Thank you for sharing
Really clear, clever ways to create and join yarn. I loved this!
So glad you enjoyed!
Genius! Thank you so much for sharing this great idea!
You're very welcome!
A great idea. I was looking of a way to cut plastic bags, and this will do really well. Thanks for this. Especially for the part where you join the 2 without making a knot. I don't know this'll work with my plastic bags, but it's worth à try.
Thank you. That's a great tip.
You're welcome!
Your method is much easier than the one I tried and failed at. I wanted to make a basket with closeline and use sheets instead of yarn. Thanks!
So glad you found this helpful! Your basket sounds like such a fun project.
Thanks for sharing. I do the with old t-shirts
Ooh, yes! T shirts make great yarn too. I like to crochet baskets with t shirt yarn because they're so sturdy.
I think this is Genius my friend!! I've done it with tshirts before but never thought of using other fabrics. I'm sharing this with a FB Group Challenge Ideas in the next week or so. I hope you get more subbies from it. May you have a joyous, positive vibes with no drama kind of week my Sweet Friend ❤️🐞✌️🕉️
So glad you enjoyed this idea, and I appreciate your support and sharing my channel! I hope the end of your week goes well.
You are very good explaining
Thank you! I appreciate you watching.
Thank you for doing this on a sheet. I've seen how to do it on plastic bags to make strips of plarn a while back(like 7-8mo.ago),& didn't wind up making the plarn that way(wanted to twist & make it look like real yarn,so held onto my bags. Last wk.just ordered a drop spinner that is supposed to arrive any day now tho,so I may finally get around to it,lol).Anyways,I have been wanting to make my own chunky/jumbo chenille yarn for a long time now & realized the only way I can think to do it that is monetarily feasible,is to buy & cut strips from something like some microplush fabric for sewing maybe..If I have to,I may just buy (or use one i already have)an inexpensive microfleece/plush blanket(I know how crazy it may seem to destroy a blanket to make yarn that I turn around & arm knit into another blanket,lmao)..That's where this video comes into play..If I can't figure out how to make any of the chenille yarn this way,then I thought about cutting tee shirt or fleece sheets that I don't use anymore,into wide strips to make tube yarn. The problem there is sewing the tubes & then stuffing them..Polyfill would need to be kinda spun/twisted into long thick strands maybe..If not that I could maybe use some kind of soft cheap fabric like rope or cord (strips of cloth/more fabric,or Xtra yarn stash),to fill the tubes if I have to..I'm mentioning all this cuz I hope other ppl.may see it & have ideas that they can then share,since there isn't a video about doing what I'm talking about,yet that I know of..Thanks 4 this great video whatever the case,& sorry 4 the long-winded novel! Ashley
Hey Ashley! I love hearing your ideas. For real, the chunky yarn is SO PRICEY! I totally get finding alternative ways to get your hands on some chunky yarn.
The idea of stuffed tube yarn sounds so cool! I've seen some tube style chunky thread others have made, but not sure how they went about it and many of them turned out lumpy. I hope you're able to get some good ideas from others!
Very cool but how on earth did you figure out that that would work! I loved the mistake as it showed how to make an even larger ball of fabric, if necessary. So clever, thanks!
So glad you enjoyed this video! The idea came to me while I was watching another video where someone cut sheets into long strips and tied them end to end. I was thinking "if only there was a way to avoid connecting all the pieces" and then worked backwards from there. 😄
When you foad it?
i keep thinking about how this would be good for a mummy halloween costume
thank you for the tutorial! i knew this was possible but its hard to wrap my head around it unless i watch it being done🤍🤍
Ooh, this would be perfect for a mummy costume! So glad you enjoyed the video.
I would have have rounded those square edges…they even that had seems…but otherwise great tutorial! I’m subscribing!
Certainly an option! I was personally okay having the little corners sticking up a bit, but I bet rounding them would give a really clean look!
What sized hook did you use?
The hook at the end is an 11.5mm size P plastic hook by Boye
What did you make with this yarn?
I haven't made anything with it yet, but I'll probably turn it into a storage basket. This would also work great for a sturdy crochet rug.
What material is the sheet? Im looking for something similar
I believe it was a microfiber sheet? Which make it most likely a poly and perhaps nylon blend. I do know it was made from synthetic fibers. I'd hoped to repurpose the sheet for a tie dye project, but the tie dye I had on hand doesn't work well on synthetic fibers. So I opted to turn it into yarn!
What is the size of hook?
I used an 11mm hook. I bought it a few years back, and it looks like Boye now sells an 11.5mm hook instead of an 11mm hook. But something in that range should work well for crocheting with the fabric strips!
I don’t understand how this is supposed to work up to look good with all of the square edges sticking out? You would have to round each one off individually.
I tried it just to see how it would look, and I wasted a whole piece of fabric. Knitted on a loom, this way looks terrible, (with all of the square turns sticking out) and is really hard to work with. Looks much better, and is so much easier if you lay the sheet out flat, round off the 4 corners, then cut into one big long winding circle. For me anyway, but to each their own. And also, I’m a knitter, so maybe it work’s different than when crocheting with it.
The long winding circle is definitely a better approach if you’re going to loom knit.
I do like your reattach tip!!! Thank you!! Happy crafting everyone!!!!
I think a lot of it would just depend on what you want to make! I use this for making baskets or rugs. Chunky items where I don't mind the added texture from the edges. For me, my hands hurt if I cut with scissors too much, so I like how it saves me some cutting. But it's just a personal preference, so do whatever you like best 😄
oh yeah this is definitely not a knitting yarn lol. i use fabric yarn for baskets, rugs and bags and they all look great since crochet gives such thick stitches, and if there is something poking out you can just push it into the stitch and boom it’s gone
Very complicated...video is unclear
i think the only way the video could be clearer is if she came to your house and cut the fabric for you lol. this is a very well explained video