How do you recycle a sweater?

[leaette]

I was just reading a knitting blog and she makes hats and mittens out of the yarn she unravels from old wool sweaters.

How do you unravel a sweater?

I have a yarn winder so that would help.

TIA

[leaette]

maybe i should have googled this first. i just found this website:
http://www.az.com/~andrade/knit/thrifty.html

[buggaboosmommy]

This is one of the best tutorial's I have found.

http://neauveau.com/recycledyarn.html

I love to use old sweaters for many things...sweater arms can become leg warmers and last year I made all new Christmas stockings for my children from old sweaters (just cut out a stocking pattern and stitched it up).

Donna

[cjansen]

Originally Posted by buggaboosmommy

This is one of the best tutorial's I have found.

http://neauveau.com/recycledyarn.html

I love to use old sweaters for many things...sweater arms can become leg warmers and last year I made all new Christmas stockings for my children from old sweaters (just cut out a stocking pattern and stitched it up).

Donna

This site looks very good. I use old sweaters all the time. I get lots of yarn I could never afford that way!

[leaette]

that is a good website! i was looking at it earlier.
i'm going to do this after xmas. i'm too busy making gifts right now.