Yarn Harvesting Workshop From Secondhand T-Shirts

The Nest is a sustainable fashion collective on a mission to fight the toxic cycle of overconsumption and textile waste through our decluttering services, secondhand store, community events, and educational workshops.Together, we inspire authenticity and sustainability by shifting mindsets, encouraging slow consumption, and ultimately diverting textile waste out of landfills.Based in Providence, RI.

The Nest

Reclaim your closet and harvest your own yarn!

272 Carpenter St

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Drop in anytime between 12-4pm!Love the material but not the garment? Give a new life to a secondhand t-shirt (short or long sleeves) and use the reclaimed yarn in a new project! Perfect for those old worn t-shirts in your closet that are stained or don't fit your personal style anymore. Bring an old t-shirt to create one strand of t-shirt yarn by cutting it up in a circular pattern. Perfect for heavy duty crochet projects!Who Your Are: You want to try a sustainable way of sourcing yarn. You do not need any experience!Class Structure: Hands on workshop led by textile educator, Keelin Maloney. 2 hours of time required.Class Curriculum: Each workshop student will learn how to reclaim yarn from t-shirts. We will be seam ripping, sectioning, blocking and balling yarn up!Participant Outcome: Participants will leave our workshop with ready to use yarn for their next fiber arts project, by saving one more garment from the landfill!What is Provided: Space for reclaiming yarn, ball winders, rotary cutters and cutting mats.What You Must Bring: Bring your own garment (or multiple) for harvesting. If you have your own, you can bring a yarn ball winder or rotary cutter! We will also have these tools for use.

Meet your teacher <a href="https://www.instagram.com/keelinit.textiles/" title="https://www.instagram.com/keelinit.textiles/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Keelin Maloney</a>Keelin is a Providence native, textile lover, and host of our knitting club! She has a background in hand knitting, machine knitting, weaving and natural dyeing. Her years in fine art school have lead her to create knit collections and participate in local sustainable fashion projects.

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