Dress+Shirt=Beanie

I made another beanie and created a stop motion time-lapse so you can see the process. After the third crocheted hat I finally got the hang of it and it doesn't take much time anymore (an estimated 3 hours: two nights, two movies and you'll be done ;) ). So this is a wonderful way to repurpose your unwanted clothes.

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From Jumper to Beanie

If you want to make yarn out of a shirt or an old jumper, have a look at the instruction sheet. What you then do with the yarn is up to you. With this jumper I crochet a beanie and because it was so much fun, I tried another one with three shirts:

If you want to know how to crochet a hat, just have a look on Youtube, there are a lot of tutorials.
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I had a little workshop with 2 of my fellow students and this is how one of their hats turned out.

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Rug rags

I have countless old T-Shirts in my wardrobe that I don't wear anymore (and I am sure I am not alone with that) and I couldn't believe how easy it is to reuse the fabric in a really nice looking way!

Click here for an instruction to crochet a rug rag.
And maybe you even want to carve your own crochet hook.

No crochet hook at hand? Here you learn how to plait one.

And here is a weaving technique without the need of any fancy supply.

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