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 Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 10:44 am
Anyone else do this? I love going through the sweater racks at Goodwill and picking up wool(or other nice fibers) sweaters. I have a pile of sweaters that need unraveling including a blue superwash wool. And the sweaters are only $3.50, so if I find one with the half-off tag it's only $1.75! Awesome 3nodding
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Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 11:03 am
I have just recently heard of this and I'm definitely going to keep it in mind next time I'm in the thrift store. Sounds like a way for my cheap self to afford some decent yarn, lol.
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Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 11:07 am
AmigurumiJain I have just recently heard of this and I'm definitely going to keep it in mind next time I'm in the thrift store. Sounds like a way for my cheap self to afford some decent yarn, lol. Oh yeah, plus if you're into dying you can just dye/overdye any colors you don't particularly love. A couple of my favorite stash sweaters that I love to touch: Lambswool/angora blend Silk/angora/lambswool blend ETA: Another perk of recycling sweaters -- buttons. I've built up a nice little stash of buttons already.
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Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 2:00 pm
I tried doing that a few years ago actually. I ended up getting 13 billion balls of this really nice dark blue and black variegated yarn. There was however a problem with some of the sweaters I bought from goodwill - the fabric they were made of was actually knit in giant sheets, and then the sweater was cut from them, leaving yarn ends on every row and making it pretty much impossible to use. If it's possible, check to make sure it's not one of these doozies gonk
Ooo buttons. Love crazy vintage buttons.
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Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 4:41 pm
Firrerreo There was however a problem with some of the sweaters I bought from goodwill - the fabric they were made of was actually knit in giant sheets, and then the sweater was cut from them, leaving yarn ends on every row and making it pretty much impossible to use. If it's possible, check to make sure it's not one of these doozies gonk Typically, you can look at the seams to see if it's a "good seam". I think the link I posted shows the difference between the two.
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Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 11:16 pm
I was worried about that myself. I think that link shows what a good seam looks like but it doesn't show what a bad seam looks like. I wonder if I could find a picture somewhere... maybe tomorrow.
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Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 6:53 am
Yeah, I could tell with most of them, but some of the weird a** lacy super fuzzy sweaters were so pilly it was really hard to look at the seams without ripping them apart. Oh well.
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Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 8:43 am
A bad seam will pretty much look something like this(please ignore my pj's redface ):  That was from a cardigan I unraveled yesterday....all the seams were good except for the front panels where it buttons, look like the front was just knitted as one piece and then cut down the middle. evil But I still got a good bit of yarn from the sleeves and back piece so it was still worth it, lol.
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Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 10:18 am
Oh awesome, thanks for the picture. That makes much more sense to me now. (cute pj's haha)
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Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 10:48 pm
wow i'm glad you posted this topic because i heard about it a while ago, and had an old poncho that i never wore.. i was lucky though, they were made out of two rectangular pieces, and even though they were sewed together with a maching a good 30 minutes of picking at it gave me enough yarn to make some kids toys out of and then some. it was great. only problem with doing this is that you cant go out and buy substitute yarn if you run out.
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Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 12:55 am
Woah Its Azure Anyone else do this? I love going through the sweater racks at Goodwill and picking up wool(or other nice fibers) sweaters. I have a pile of sweaters that need unraveling including a blue superwash wool. And the sweaters are only $3.50, so if I find one with the half-off tag it's only $1.75! Awesome 3nodding Oh I've so done this! Goodwill sweaters in my area are usually $8 but I caught a sweater clearance sale so only paid $4 for my 100% wool sweater. It's now a very nice, thick, crocheted shawl to keep my back and shoulders warm.
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Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 7:06 pm
That's an excellent idea. Instead of throwing out old clothes I don't wear anymore, I could salvage some of them for yarn.
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Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 1:27 pm
I never thought about that before, but it's a great idea! And a good way of recycling. I'll look for old sweaters next time I'm in a thrift store...
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Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2008 8:07 pm
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Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 12:49 am
That one is my favorite tutorial. The pictures of the good seams vs. the bad seams are really clear.
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