Recycling And Upcycling Yarn
March 10, 2009 by Noreen Crone-Findlay
Filed under Techniques & Stitches, bags & scarf & mittens & hat, crochet, tutorial
I am making a cap for a friend. He wants it in synthetic yarn, and it has to be quite thin yarn, so I went mooching through my stash looking for the perfect yarn.
I had some discontinued Caron Shadows that I had used in another project that was rejected, so I figured I would be eco friendly and recycle and upcycle the yarn.
By splitting it, I was able to divide out the color shifting sections and use them in the design of the cap.
Splitting yarn is a pain in the neck if you don’t have the secret to doing it painlessly.
Here’s a quick tute on how to split yarn without tearing your hair out:
Take the ball of yarn and unroll a few feet of yarn. Stick a small crochet hook or turkey skewer into the ball to hold it together:
Now, split the strand of yarn into 2 strands and let the ball hang freely. It’ll spin like crazy.
DON’T do this while your cat is watching!
Wind the 2 strands onto bobbins or into their own separate balls, right up to the original ball.
Release more yarn from the original ball and keep on going. Don’t release more than 2 yards of yarn at a time.
Voila! soon your ball of yarn will be 2 skinnier happy little balls of yarn!
(image source: photo by Noreen Crone-Findlay. Copyright, not to be used without permission)
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