T-shirt yarn is a big thing in my home country where you can find it for sale almost everywhere. It can be used to make necklaces, hats, belts, rugs, bags, etc. There are also many magazines dedicated only to crafts you can make using this type of material, I bought a few of these while on holiday and also 2 balls of t-shirt yarn to try it. I'll post pictures of what I'm making when I finish.
Unfortunately, I'm running out of the shop bought t-shirt yarn and I still have a long way to go so the only option left is to make my own. If this is something you'd like to try too just follow the instructions below.
Instructions to make t-shirt yarn
1 - Search for old t-shirts you no longer use. They can be plain or patterned, personally I prefer the plain ones.
2 - Iron them if they are too creased and lay them on a table, on the floor or use your ironing board.
3 - Cut off the bottom hem.
4 - Make a diagonal cut and then work your way round your t-shirt cutting a long, continuous strip of the fabric. Make sure it's not too narrow so it doesn't break easily.
5 - Stop when you reach the sleeves and finish with another diagonal cut. You should have something like below.
6 - At this stage, you have a flat strip of fabric that you need to curl to get a yarn type thing. To do that you need to grab small sections of the cut fabric and gently tug it. It will curl naturally as shown below.
7 - Make balls with your t-shirt yarn ready to knit or crochet with it.
Paula, this is just outstanding. Am going to try this and thanks