Planter Basket from Cotton T-shirt Yarn

A large size planter can be quite costly to buy. The less expensive ones usually don't look very good. An awesome alternative that worth a try is to crochet one from unwanted cotton garments you have at home. The trick is to collect enough garments in matching colours to creat enough t-shirt yarn.

For this project, I created a 22cm diameter and height size planter so I can fit in a 21cm plastic pot. I use 4.5 balls of T-shirt yarn that I made from 4 cotton shirts and a skirt.

The bottom of the planter bag:

Fast forward to the completed planter bag:

I also sewed on a clear plastic liner inside the bag, just from a large size plastic bag that I kept from buying products. This is to ensure the bag is waterproof.

My T-shirt yarn stash. See my previous post on making t-shirt yarn.