anyone recycle sweaters?

Anyone go to a thrift store, and buy a $2 sweater, and unravel it? Super cheap way to get a couple skeins worth of yarn!

 

thats a good idea. i should try doing that.

 

yeah!

you can get some reallllly nice wool that way. a couple of years ago when i had negative cash inflow, i made some really warm winter hats out of reclaimed yarn.

 

cool, may do that, i often get swetaers for like 50p!
great charity shops down my way!

 

I got 2 sweaters at half price from the local thrift store today! Unravelled them both and got a ton of yarn. 1/3 of it I overdyed, with koolaid...

I think I have a addiction.

 

hmmmmm this is a great idea i'm teaching myself to crochet and am attempting my first scarf as i type this

dying with koolaid? hmmmm.... sounds cool, specially for faded yarn i guess? i think i need to start frequenting thrift stores now

 

koolaid only works on animal fibers... so, wool, angora, mohair. it is super easy to do though!

 

I've undone a few cheap scarves I bought at Winners and reknit them, some great wool!

 

wow thats a great tip..i have a local thrift store that let you stuff a bag for 1$......

 

yeah i have bought a few and asked my lovely mum so nicely to unravel them

 

EPIC IDEA, thank you<3

 

brilliant!

I could have endless yarn this way!

 

I did this for the first time. Awesome fun and amazingly cheapppppp. LOTS-O-YARN.

http://sugarandlace.blogspot.com/2009/10/dyeing.html

 

I am in the process of making myself some nice, thick slippers from a frogged sweater.
Winter is coming...