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Do you have a pile of old sweaters that no longer fit but you just can’t bear to throw them out? How about reusing and upcycling them into something else?
Here are ten crafty ways to reuse old sweaters.
One thing you can do is make a sweater pillow. Pillows are pretty easy to make – just grab a pillow form and turn the sweater into a cover for it. Here’s one DIY tutorial from The Budget Fashionista.
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Hi there! I'm Becky Striepe, a green crafter and vegan foodie living in Atlanta, Georgia with my husband and two cats. My mission is to make eco-friendly crafts and vegan food accessible to anyone who wants to give them a go.
Hello! My name is Bonnie Getchell and overall, I'm a craft nerd! I love making crafts, re-doing furniture, and anything along those lines. I especially love creating items that are from recycled materials like toilet paper rolls, bottles, etc.
I'm the lucky momma of two little blonde daddy-clones--we spend our days doing elaborate art projects, trashing the house, eating cheese cubes and oranges, and waiting for my partner to get home from his day job so we can pester him.
Kelly covers visual arts in and around Washington, DC for DCist and is editor of Crafting a Green World. Kelly has also been published by Bust Magazine and you can find her byline at Indie Fixx and Etsy’s Storque and has taught in Etsy’s virtual lab on the topic of green crafting.
Anther good way to recycle sweaters (WOOL) is felt them anmake them ino great purses ,tote bags and hand warmers…..just a few things…….Felting wool sweaters is good since I live in Az………and also if you don’t knitt…..or want a faster way to do it..
Great post about re-using your sweaters. I love the idea of making pillows from my old sweaters. Thanks for the tip!
Recycled Sweater Bag tutorial:
http://whipup.net/2006/05/24/30-minutes-to-a-recycled-sweater-bag/
This is so adorable!
Found great sweater refashioning ideas on AllFreeSewing.com:
http://www.allfreesewing.com/Refashioning-and-Upcycling/page/3
I used about 10 old sweaters I bought at a garage sale for the following projects:
vests for all the boys-cut out sleeves, cut to fit lengthwise and crochet a neat tidy edging around sleeve edges and bottom…I also added ribbing, but I had a lot of time and yarn in my stash!
sleeves became leg warmers for a friends baby twins!…and I made them cute little hats out of some of the bottom parts of the sweaters I cut off for the vests.
a couple of the sweaters were kind of a velour type, so I cut them into squares and made cell phone cases, coin purses, eyeglass bags…
I had a blast with 2.00 worth of sweaters…am thinking I should look for a couple and unravel them for the wool…
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Another sweater hat tutorial: http://www.craftstylish.com/item/28927/how-to-make-hats-from-recycled-sweaters
I’ve used a wool sweater to make legwarmers. They look awesome!
I love the look of the sweater pillow!
I have a few sweater recycling tutorials on my blog.
Legwarmers from christmas sweater
Beret Style Hat