T-Shirt Yarn
The second example is purely crocheting T-Shirt yarn. The other examples are T-Shirt yarn that is essentially wrapped and held together by a simple crochet stitch. As mentioned in an earlier approach, I discovered this technique on a Russian website (see post Olga from Odessa). For this couch cover, I used scraps of both regular yarn and T-Shirt yarn to create a much softer fabric than can be had by using T-Shirt yarn alone. The pillow in the picture is purely single crochet with a border, again using scraps of yarn.
At some point I started to use super bulky yarn as a replacement for the T-Shirt yarn which created an incredibly soft fabric that I have used to create pillow covers and would also be perfect for a small blanket or scarf. I will post pics of this approach soon.
Crocheting T-Shirt yarn (rather than wrapping with a lighter weight yarn) creates a very dense finished product suitable for a rug. It would also make an awesome doormat perhaps crocheted as a no space, giant granny square.
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