I don’t know why I didn’t do this sooner. I have GIANT piles of fleece. You can do this with any material that you want to become yarn. First, figure out which direction of your fleece is the stretchy direction, then fold along the dotted line as shown below.
Second, using a rotary blade (or scissors for a rustic look), cut your material starting from the fold in 1/2 inch ribbons. Stop a 1/2 inch from the edge.
Then, open it us and clip every other edge as in the diagram below.
Next, trim the corners off of each turn like so:
Then, roll it up into a ball.
If you have multiple pieces of fleece to join, trim the ends and put a TINY slit in each yarn piece…smaller than shown below.
Next, thread strip 2 through the slit in strip 1 and pull its (2′s) tail through it’s own slit. Check out this post for a good picture of it.
This little cloth is an easy cable project, good to get your feet wet cabling-wise. If you don’t have a cable needle, a bent paperclip, a spare knitting needle, or the like will do.
Knitted Trellis Cloth
Yarn: Your favorite dishcloth cotton, such as Lily Sugar ‘n Cream, any color
Needles: I use size 6 circs or straights–use your preferred for dish/wash cloths
Pattern stitches:
T3L: slip 1 st onto CN (cable needle) and hold at front of work, P2, K1 from CN.
T3R: slip 2 sts onto CN and hod at back of work, K1, P2 from CN.
Cast on 36 sts.
Knit all for 3 rows.
Rows 4 and 6: K3, * P2, K2, P2, repeat from * to last 3 sts, K3
Rows 5 and 7: K3, * K2, P2, K2, repeat from * to last 3 sts, K3.
Row 8:K3, * T3R, T3L, rep from * to last 3 sts, k3.
Rows 9, 11, & 13: K#, * P1, K4, P1, repeat from * to last 3 sts, K3.
Rows 10 & 12: K3, * K1, P4, K1, rep from * to last 3 sts, K3.
Row 14: K3, * T3L, T3R, rep from * to last 3 sts, K3.
Then, roll it up into a ball.
Next, thread strip 2 through the slit in strip 1 and pull its (2′s) tail through it’s own slit. Check out this post for a good picture of it.
