In an effort to reduce our household waste, I am always looking for ways to reuse and recycle things. So when I finally decided that it was time to retire a sheet set from my linen closet I was left with a few choices. Donate it? No … After years and years of use — starting in my husband’s bachelor pad, then as our guest set, then as camping sheets — these sheets weren’t in any shape to donate. Throw them out? No … I hate wasting fabric. Recycle them … Yes!! And since I always have yarn on my mind, it was an easy decision what to recycle it into …Yarn! In this tutorial I will show you how to turn a flat sheet into one continuous ball of fabric yarn.
- flat sheet
- scissors
Making Fabric Yarn
Cut off the sewn edges from around the sheet (Fig. 1). Fold the sheet in half from top to bottom and smooth fabric so that there are no creases or bumps. Cut strips approximately 1-inch wide starting from the folded end of the fabric and stopping about 1-inch from the other end (Fig. 2).
Fig. 1
Fig. 2
So far, so good?
Fig. 3
Now, starting from one of the corners that was just cut, start rolling the strip into a ball. You should have one continuous strip of fabric (Fig. 4).
Fig. 4
Thank you SO much for this tutorial! Our fitted sheet from our king size bed recently started tearing. Rather than simply throwing it out, I want to make something useful with it…there’s plenty of fabric there for making yarn.
I’d read someone else’s description of making an item out of cut up sheets, but she tediously sewed together the strips after cutting them straight. I knew there was a way to do this as one continuous strip…thank you for explaining so clearly, step by step! 🙂
what a great idea,thanks for explaining it,making much easier to do. I will be doing this, always looking for storage ideas,this will cost be nothing but my time.
Thank you so much for a great idea to use my sons baby sheets from his first bed.
I love this idea… I have some fabric I’m going to do this with! Thanks for posting this and making it look so easy!
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If you stitch the fabric together exactly one row offset, and clip through all the lines, you’ll end up with a continuous loop and no corners. If you use a rolled-hem seam (say, on a serger) to do the seam it will be a minimal-bulk join.
Great ideas!! Thanks for sharing!
THanks so much for the tutorial. IT is very easy to understand. Can you tell me where can I find the pattern for the basket?
I am so glad you found it helpful and easy to understand. Here is the link to the nesting baskets pattern. Hope you enjoy it! http://www.petalstopicots.com/2012/03/green-crocheting-fabric-nesting-baskets.html
Great tutorial.
Very helpful tutorial, thanks so much!!
Thank you so much for this! I think I got it, I just need to find a sheet to sacrifice lol
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