Granny Square Challenge - Week One

As most of you know,

" My name is Sara, and I am addicted to yarn".

I Love the way it looks all lined up in the shelves,

I love all the different textures, and colors.

I Love to think of all the projects and things I could make....

  I have a bunch of "Stash yarn" and decided to

challenge myself to make 7 granny squares a week.

Learn some new Styles and and make fun things out of them.

Here is what I accomplished this week.

I actually crocheted

 12 different Granny Squares.

Now do you have any ideas of what I should make with all the

granny squares?

The New Craft (or Yarn) Room Is Done!

We have lived here in Parker, CO 

for about a month now.

I have finally finished getting my craft room

( or yarn room, as my Hubby refers to it) 

organized!

So come on in!

I really love the French doors.

The Sewing Area

(It took me 3 hours  just to colorize the thread!)

The Yarn Area

Who needs this much yarn!

ME!

It's not my fault, Micheal's was having a sale!

The Test Section  

I bought and still buy lots of stuffed dogs,

so I can see all the hats I have designed.

 I always try to keep one of each style.

(Believe me this isn't the half of them.)

My Baubles Area

I tried to get this pic to save right,

 but it just kept saving it side ways.

So, If you don't mind, tilt your head to the left. Sorry :O)

This is were I keep all my beads, buttons, and Baubles.

Over stock and Storage Area

We have a storage area behind the Craft room,

so my hubby set up these shelves to hold

 plastic bins for my stuff.

Yarn, yes more yarn, Test items,

Fabric, Flowers,and many other crafty things.

Thanks for Stopping by!

Learning How to make T-Shirt yarn or "Tarn"

I wanted to learn how to make
 T-shirt Yarn or "Tarn" 

By Sara Sach of Posh Pooch Designs

I made a Video, which you can see 

At This LINK

What You need:

 Old T-Shirts - washed and dried

A Good Pair of Fabric Scissors

A Tape measure if you want to measure your strips

Let's Get started!

The first thing I did was raid my husbands

 T-shirt drawer. Once I picked the colors I wanted,

I laid the it on the counter  flat, and cut  the hem off

and cut  across the chest, right under the sleeves,

I The turned it side ways so the folds were on the top and bottom.

 I folded the Top down about 2 inches. 

 (Now, I did not measure anything,

I eyeballed it all.)

 I cut from bottom to top  about 1 inch strips,

stopping short of the fold. I did this all the way across the the T-Shirt.

I  opened the end of the T-shirt the  I did not cut, and make a cut 

from the first, strip to the next strip. It will be  a slanted cut.

I was struggling a little with cutting the next slanted cuts,

so I got out my big tea pitcher, and laid it the T-Shirt on top.

 This really helped a lot.

As I cut each strip, I unwound it and let it drape to the floor.

Isn't it pretty?

Once I had the "Tarn" all cut, It need to be stretched to look like yarn.

I gently pulled on the yarn to get it to stretch,

but not to hard or it will break.

I ended up making three different colors. I had to stop,

 because all the cutting was rubbing a blister on my finger.

(yes, I am a big baby!)

With Tarn I made this yarn Bowl.

I think is is lovely.

See it at This LINK