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Post by lyn on May 21, 2014 9:56:05 GMT
As part of a recycling project, I knitted a bangle (bracelet) using stuff that could have been thrown out. I cut an old pale blue t-shirt up to make a ball of 't-shirt yarn', then used some of it combined with small remnants of 'fancy' yarns to knit a 3-stitch i-cord on size 10mm double ended needles. The part where I tied the i-cord together was hidden with a bead rescued from a broken necklace.
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Post by zed on May 21, 2014 10:08:46 GMT
That's really cool, Lyn! I wish I could knit, crochet or even weave
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Post by carole aka craftywoman on May 21, 2014 12:51:54 GMT
It's lovely, the colours and the furry look are great with the beads. Have you ever tried lucetting it's great fun too and you can add beads as you go along, as you've probably guessed I'm a bit of a beading fiend and love getting lost in different beading projects :-)
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Post by Pandagirl on May 21, 2014 13:15:24 GMT
Great recycling idea Lyn. Or do they call upcycling now when you make something new?
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Post by Shepherdess on May 21, 2014 14:15:58 GMT
Good use of scraps Lyn. I just teat up old t shirts to use as ties for my felting. Zed you can weave there are books on finger weaving. That's what the friendship bracelets are. There is also peg weaving. I've seen it but not tried it. it looks fairly straight forward and you don't need much room to do or store it.
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Post by lyn on May 21, 2014 14:59:52 GMT
Zed - knitting is really easy. Grab a how-to library book and watch some youtube 'how-to'. A pair of needles and a ball of yarn from the charity and you're off!
Carole - I'd never heard of lucetting so I youtubed it and was surprised to see that it's something we did as kids but made only using our fingers. Beads are wonderful. I don't need persuading on that one.
Marilyn - in my neck of the woods it's still called recycling. Once you start it's hard to look at stuff as rubbish. It's now stuff full of potential!
Ann - the old t-shirts are certainly handy for ties and the band around the bottom is very strong.
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Post by MTRuth on May 21, 2014 16:15:48 GMT
What a lovely bracelet and I'm sure no one would think that it's made from an old t-shirt.
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Post by zed on May 21, 2014 16:23:01 GMT
I did try it a while ago, Lyn, maybe I'll ask my mum to lend me some needles and try again
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Post by Pandagirl on May 21, 2014 22:49:02 GMT
Lyn, my mother and aunt were recycling decades before it was popular so it's in my blood. Upcycling is a new term here for used things made into new ones. Just another pop term. :-)
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Post by zed on May 22, 2014 8:54:48 GMT
Kind of going off on a tangent a bit, but I can't stand to throw anything useful away (proven by the stacks of 40+ tofu and mushroom tubs in my kitchen), and going through some VHS videos recently before donating, I ended up with quite a few cases. They are really good for small storage, I used some for felt offcuts, some for dyed carrier rods, skeleton leaves, silk paper cut outs, small resists. And they fit well on shelves.
Oh, and with the plastic where the cover goes, you can slide something in to show what's inside.
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Post by halay on May 22, 2014 11:27:22 GMT
Lyn, this is a lovely bracelet. I like the combination of different yarns and of course making your own t-shirt yarn. Can you describe in more detail how you knitted the whole thing?
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Post by lyn on May 22, 2014 20:12:06 GMT
Hello Halay - firstly you need to know how to knit an i-cord so this lovely lady will show you how: how to knit an i-cordI cut an old pale blue t-shirt into strips and tied the strips together to make 'yarn' (I pulled the knots really tight and small and cut the ends off). From a bag of yarn remnants I picked two fancy yarns that I thought looked good with the pale blue material (sorry, no labels so no idea what they were, but here's a quick snap - if you click on it, it should enlarge so you can see clearly) Using all 3 'yarns' together and size 10mm double ended needles (US = size 15), I knitted a 3-stitch i-cord until it was long enough to fit my wrist and large enough to slip on (it's a bit stretchy so it didn't have to be over big). I slipped a bead (with a large hole) over one lot of 'ends' then tied both ends together - the bead hides the knot. I hope that makes sense.
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Post by jufergu on May 22, 2014 22:43:13 GMT
Makes me wonder what I could make from my old, worn out underwear. Oh no, did I just say that??? Ha ha.
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Post by halay on May 23, 2014 3:37:34 GMT
Thank you Lyn for the link and for the instructions. It is easier than I thought.
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Post by lyn on May 23, 2014 8:17:04 GMT
Makes me wonder what I could make from my old, worn out underwear. Oh no, did I just say that??? Ha ha. Back in the day the old dears in our family used to wear knitted cotton undies and when the vests got old they were cut up to use as dusters - even though they seemed to create more dust than they picked up! Seriously Judy - it's just material - so why not?
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