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!
@@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.
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. 😘
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.😂
I appreciate her showing the geometry puzzle. I wonder though if it wouldn't be better to cut along the diagonal - these strips are going to fray like crazy, no? I guess it wouldn't matter if you didn't manipulate it too much.
I think it's mostly a matter of preference! There is a bit of fraying, but once crocheted it tends to hold up pretty well vs constantly shedding. I like this method because speed of making the yarn is a higher priority for me than ending up with a final product that doesn't fray at all. But if fraying was a higher priority, then another method might be a better option. :)
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 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!
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 ❤️🐞✌️🕉️
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🤍🤍
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. 😄
Great question that I don't know the answer to! haha I think the sheet I cut in the video was a microfiber material. I would imagine cutting an elastic fabric would still maintain some level of stretch, unless the elasticity is only woven in one direction.
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
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!
I've cut up knit jersey t shirts to make fabric yarn, and it works pretty similarly! So if you've got a sheet that is made out of knit jersey, this method should still work.
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!
