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Post by mountainma on Dec 8, 2022 10:10:06 GMT -6
Old sweaters can be used to sew mittens, using the "good" parts of the sweater.
The arms can be cut off and sewn into fingerless mittens.
If the sweater is knitted, the yarn can be pulled and wound into a ball and used for another craft project.
A plain sweater can be dressed up by sewing the collar and top part of a button-down shirt at the top of the sweater to create a layered look. The shirt tail can also be added to the bottom of the sweater, if desired.
Old sweaters can be cut up and used as swiffer covers.
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Post by ginakay57 on Dec 8, 2022 11:45:48 GMT -6
Great ideas!
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Post by eyeofthestorm on Dec 9, 2022 5:49:50 GMT -6
I've never done it, but I've read in books about recovering yarn from sweaters - especially hand made ones that might possibly have been made with one, long, unbroken length of yarn (knit as one piece instead of separate pieces).
Anyway, even though I haven't done this (yet), the author made an interesting point. He said to unravel the yarn gently (which made sense), and then hand wrap it in a ball with the tail coming out of the center (kind of like the result of current ball winders), and work from that center pull tail. He said that yarn will be very kinky because of being in the knitted stitch shape for years. Winding the yarn this way gives it time to relax. The part you pulled last, which will be on the outside, gets the additional time to relax. I've always thought about this wheneven I make a ball of yarn.
Another interesting thing: the author of that article wasn't a yarn or knitting expert - he was an expert in antiques. How interesting he even took an interest in antique yarn!
I've made mittens the way you describe. I found I needed to make them bigger than I thought I would.
And - one more thought - even though I've never recovered yarn from an old sweater, I frogged a wrap that I had made and worn quite a bit. But I didn't really need it, and I needed the yarn for something else. Because it was my own work and I recalled what I'd done, it came apart fairly easily and the yarn worked great in re-use. (I was actually wishing I had that wrap the other day... but I know it went to a good use!).
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