Handspun Recycled Newspaper Yarn

May 6, 2009 by green team
Filed under Design

This I would love to try! Read today’s news and wipe our feet on it tomorrow. Anyone have a spare spindle?

nads

by Doug Gunzelmann

www.greenupgrader.com

Recently a commenter asked what they could do with all the old newspapers they had piling up. 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.