Some thrift columnist talked of converting old tees into rag rugs or placemats, mentioning crochet. How in the world would you join em, even if you took the time to cut the tee into longish strips? Sounds very labor intensive. Any ideas, ladies and gents?
btw, finished that afghan - cat enjoys it daily now.
T shirts can be made into rather `thin` threads, When you make cloth threads , for knitting or crochet you should cut them so that when rolled up they will be a bit thinner than a regular pencil . You can than knit or crochet them on needles that are 14 mm.
mirjam
forgot to tell you , that you can also cut thick `threads` and crochet over them with cotton mirjam
Not too labor intensive. The directions I have seen say to cut the body of the shirt into one long spiral strip -- set aside the chest part with the sleeves for some other use. When you are ready to attach the strips together you cut a short, lengthwise slit in the end of each piece. Put the slitted end of the piece through the slit in the working piece, put the loose end of the new piece through the slit in its other end and pull to tighten. Don't pull too hard or you will have a lumpy join. continue crocheting or braiding or knitting, etc. until you get to the end and join another strip on. Very easy and quick to do, too. If you are using white *cotton* t-shirts, it's easy enough to dye the finished item or dye the shirts before starting. My Granny used to make small throw rugs this way but with her old hosiery. Cut off the foot and the heavier top part and crochet away :-). Those rugs lasted forever and were a neutral flesh tone that went with everything -- LOLOL! CiaoMeow >^;;^<
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No more labor intensive than making rag rugs, and only slightly more than knitting or crocheting a rug in the first place.
Traditional rag rugs are made of coils of braided strips, sewn together along the edges. While usually done using wool, there's no reason why you can't start with strips of t-shirt fabric.
I've seen patterns for knitted and crocheted bath rugs -- they usually call for multiple strands of bulky-weight cotton yarn. I would imagine that a single strip of t-shirt fabric would be easier to handle than muultiple strands of yarn.
jenn
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