Handspun Recycled Newspaper Yarn – FREE Tutorial Alert!

Posted by Danielle | Nov 22, 2016 | Beyond Knitting, Knit Hacks | 4 |

“With enough time, patience, and newspapers you can create newspaper yarn. From the design studios of Greetje van Tiem and her ‘Indruk’ project she can purportedly spins 20yds of ‘yarn’ from a sheet of old newspaper.”

Visit Craftser.org for a tutorial.

Looking for ideas? These dogs I spotted in the Catskills are super cute and yarnspiring.

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Danielle

Danielle Holke is a long-time knitter, first taught by her beloved grandmother as a young girl growing up in Canada. In 2008 she launched KnitHacker, a lively blog and knitting community which has since grown to be a popular presence in contemporary knitting culture, reaching more than a million readers each year. As a marketing professional, Danielle advises and works with a motley squad of artists, yarn bombers, film makers, pattern designers, yarn companies and more. Learn more about her latest book, Knits & Pieces: A Knitting Miscellany.

4 Comments

Cherish Hunter on January 11, 2017 at 6:14 am

The link to the website for the tutorial is broken.
- knithack on January 12, 2017 at 6:13 pm
  
  Thanks, looks like that whole web site is gone now. I updated it with a different tutorial via Craftser.
Cori on April 21, 2020 at 6:05 pm

crafster isn’t a good link either
Danielle on April 22, 2020 at 1:18 am

Oh wow, looks like Craftser is now having major issues with their site. I updated the links to go to an archived version. Here’s the link: https://web.archive.org/web/20191204045721/https://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=203907.0