Have you ever made a scarf by using straws before?

Yes, straws—you know the big smoothie or Boba straws!

I’m not crazy. I’m telling you, it’s easier than you may think. And the best part is that it is perfect for tweens to try. I know I amazed my girl when I showed her how to do it.

I used big straws, the thick kind without any bendy part in them. As you can see, I found this bag at Big Lots for less than $2.

Then I used really thick fluffy yarn to make a fluffy hand knit scarf.

First step is to turn your straws into knitting needles—not the traditional type of needles, but more like weaving needles.

I used the tip of my X-ACTO knife to create a slit at the end of my straws on the front and back. Make sure your slit it towards the bottom, but doesn’t go all the way to the edge. The slit is where you will put your weaving strings into.

Cut a long piece of yarn DOUBLE the length that you want your scarf or knitted item.

You will need one long strand of yarn per straw.

How many straws do you need?

As many as you want, but also as many as you can hold in one hand.

String your long strands of yarn on on each of your straws like this:

Now, this is where the magic happens.

When you have all the straws you want ready and with weaving yarns attached, tie the end of your yarn ball to one of them. Then, simply weave the yarn in and out, over and under, making your way up your straws.

Keep pushing your yarn down to create a compact woven pattern. Soon you will be able to push your woven yarn straight off the bottom of the straws onto your weaving strands attached to the straws.

I like to keep a couple inches of woven yarn at the bottom of the straws while I’m knitting. It helps hold the straw knitting apparatus in place while you keep weaving and pushing down, weaving and pushing down.

Just make sure to leave about 6-8 inches as the bottom of your straw yarn strands to finish off your piece.

It doesn’t seem like it should work, but it does. Trust me.

This is what an up close detail looks like:

You can also use different colored yarn, but cutting an end of one yarn and tying another onto it. Then just continue to weave in and out, over and under your straws.

When your scarf is long enough, push off your woven bundle completely off the straws and tie off the end of the yarn to one of your weaving strands.

Cut off the end near the straws and knot them together too to secure your woven masterpiece.

I’m not kidding, making this scarf took less than an hour and my tween was happy to try it herself.

You can wear your creation as a fluffy fashionable scarf…

…or we made a smaller one and tied it together to make a knitted head wrap.

Lovely!

Enjoy and happy crafting!

 

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