Phildar Creativ’
Phildar Phil Creativ’ is a super bulky weight T-Shirt yarn made from recycled fabric reclaimed from the garment industry. T-Shirt yarns are generally great for home projects, they are especially popular to making baskets! ‘Tarn’ is extremely good for crochet, and also works extremely well for wall hangings.
- 100% Recycled Fibres (50% Polyester, 50% Other Fibres)
- 400g/ 90m to 100m
- 10mm/US15 to 12mm/US17 needles/hook
- Knitting Tension: 9 sts & 13 rows = 4″/10cm
- Made in France
Projects for T-Shirt Yarn
Here are a few searches for patterns that feature “T-shirt Yarn” or “Tarn” :
- Ravelry Search: T-Shirt Yarn
- Ravelry Search: Tarn
- FREE Patterns by Yarn & Chai
- Just Wall Hangings!
Mandala Floor Mat
Materials
- Phildar Phil Creativ’: 2 cones
- 10mm to 12mm crochet hook (depends on how tight you want it to be)
- tapestry needle
- FREE Pattern
Nest
Nest is exactly what it looks like – a nest for your pet (or someone else’s pet). I would make one of these in a second, but unfortunately small enclosed spaces encourage breeding behaviour with birds (which comes with hormonal shifts), and Gruau has already getting a little too personal with my lunch bag.
Materials
- Phildar Phil Creativ’: 3 cones (2 for a smaller nest)
- 8mm crochet hook
- tapestry needle
- FREE Pattern
Grasslands Hanging Basket
The hanging basket is a new-ish idea for me, but I quite like it, as it serves a dual purpose of oragnizing stuff (getting it off the floor) and decorating.
Materials
- Phildar Phil Creativ’: 3 cones (depending on the size you want)
- 12mm to 15mm crochet hook (depending on the tension you prefer)
- tapestry needle
- FREE Pattern
T-Shirt Yarn Basket
How much do you want to fill your house with little crocheted baskets? This pattern is from the UK, so the terms are slightly different than north America, so here’s a UK/US a Chart of US vs. UK Crochet Terms . The only difference in this pattern is that dc (double crochet) means sc (single crochet).
Materials
- Phildar Phil Creativ’: 1 to 2 cones (depending on the size you want)
- 8mm to 10mm crochet hook (depending on the tension you prefer)
- tapestry needle
- FREE Pattern
So You Wanna Make your Own T-Shirt Yarn …
If you are feeling inspired to make your own t-shirt yarn, I unfortunately don’t have a lot of insight for you – I’ve tried it a couple of times but didn’t get very far. Here is a tutorial for you, and a few of my insights:
- You need A LOT more material than you think you do. Like WAAYYYYYY more. In the tutorial they suggest 7 to 8 XL sized t-shirts to make a basket. So it’s probably a good idea to collect your materials ahead of time and then start cutting.
- The quality of the fabric matters. The really inexpensive t-shirts fabric fray, I suggest passing those over.
- The fibre content makes a difference. You know how some shirts have more give than others, some flows and some are stiff? That’s going to be a factor for your t-shirt yarn, because the yarn will behave differently, stretch more or less, and end up different thicknesses.
- It also goes that if you want to make something that is stiff and stands up, like a basket, you’ll want to start with fabric that is stiffer and has less give.
