Recycled T-Shirt Scarf

This is a super simple way to use up some old t-shirts that you have lying around. It really only takes about 10 minutes to turn an old t-shirt into a super cute scarf! So here is the step by step!

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Step 1: What You'll Need

What you need is an old t-shirt (with no seams down the side), a good pair of scissors, and a big tapestry needle.

appy678 says: Jul 9, 2012. 7:17 PM

I made this, and a bracelet with on of the sleeves :)

iamkeebler (author) in reply to appy678Oct 14, 2012. 9:36 AM

Looks fantastic!!!!

monket says: Dec 27, 2011. 1:24 AM

This is awesome! Mine turned out kind of huge, but I just folded it over twice and it looks okay. Thanks for the instructable!

iamkeebler (author) in reply to monketDec 27, 2011. 7:56 AM

Looks great! Mine turned out the same so I just folded it twice as well!

KissOfLife says: Dec 15, 2011. 2:13 PM

This is a really cool idea!

jamileena says: Dec 3, 2011. 12:56 PM

I made this with an old tie-dye T from my heyday, I couldnt bring myself to throw it out, so I made this scarf with it this morning in about a half hour. The colors from the front curled into itself, so the pink and green dont really show up, but when its twisted they uncurl here and there, I am SO happy with the results!! A lot of the loops broke, so I tied them together and used the same kind of knot on step 10-12, didn't have a needle, I just worked it out and buried the second knot-didnt want it to look *too* home made ;) I like wearing it both ways, long and stringy for summer as a 'neclkace' with a t and jeans, flip flops would compliment the airyness of the scarf. And in the fall/winter (now) its great looped around twice as a neck warmer with a t and sweater, or a long sleeved T.. I love this and will be digging out more old tshirts, adding yarn, fringey things, beads...Christmas is coming!!

jamileena in reply to jamileenaDec 3, 2011. 1:00 PM

And forgive my manners, THANK YOU for the instructable!!! I stumbled across it, bookmarked it and came back .. its fab! Thanks again for the inspiration.

iamkeebler (author) in reply to jamileenaDec 3, 2011. 7:45 PM

Wow that turned out great! Glad I could help to inspire!

baconrocks says: Nov 22, 2011. 6:54 PM

I made one of these and it turned out pretty awesome! :)

iamkeebler (author) in reply to baconrocksNov 23, 2011. 5:10 AM

Great to hear! You should share a pic!

doormatyay says: Nov 17, 2011. 12:49 PM

this is cute and innovative!

iamkeebler (author) in reply to doormatyayNov 18, 2011. 2:54 PM

Thanks!

NatureGeek24 says: Nov 18, 2011. 7:17 AM

I just had some big white t-shirts given to me this morning that I was thinking "what can I make with these"...... quite serendipitous to run across this. :-) I think I'm going to ombre dip-dye it first, then make it to get the colors all mixed up and blended. Very nice.

iamkeebler (author) in reply to NatureGeek24Nov 18, 2011. 2:54 PM

Ooooooo that would be really pretty!

supersoftdrink says: Nov 18, 2011. 11:08 AM

Beautiful scarf! How warm is it?

iamkeebler (author) in reply to supersoftdrinkNov 18, 2011. 2:54 PM

With just one, not so bad, but because you can control how thick or thin you want it you can make it warmer or cooler.

susanrm says: Nov 16, 2011. 9:12 AM

I like it! Great idea. The one thing I would say is that the first photo confused me because of the edge effects on the photo, making it look like the fabric was frayed. I thought that was how it was going to end up looking.

iamkeebler (author) in reply to susanrmNov 16, 2011. 7:33 PM

lol... sorry about that. I use the same pics on my blog so ya, they have that photo edge on them. I'll keep that in mind next time I post an instructable though!

susanrm in reply to iamkeeblerNov 16, 2011. 8:20 PM

What do you use to make/edit them? Other than that, it's a cool effect.

iamkeebler (author) in reply to susanrmNov 17, 2011. 6:57 AM

I do a variety of things. If I have the time I'll use my Paint Shop Pro program. Or if I'm lazy I use this site: http://www.phixr.com/ It does pretty much the same thing as my photo editing program, just can't get quite as detailed with it. But the website is what I did to edit these photos.