Sweaters that shrink in the dryer. That tiny ball of yarn at the end of a knitting project. That wool suit you are never going to wear again. Let’s talk about creative reuse of sweaters, wool and yarn!

You can listen to my podcast episode on creative reuse of sweaters, wool and yarn in this YouTube video. It originally aired in December 2018.

What to Make with Felted Sweaters

Trashmagination’s Pinterest Board of Creative Reuse Projects with Sweaters

Trashmagination’s Hooked Rugs

Will my sweater felt? Tips from Resweater’s Wool Blend Sweater Challenge

Mittens from Felted Sweaters

Companies Who Deconstruct Sweaters or Other Materials to Make Yarn

• Adelaide Hills Yarn Company in Australia – t-shirt yarn
• Darn Good Yarn in New York
• Recovertex in Spain
• String Harvest in Australia

How Twice Sheared Sheep Unravels and Spins Sweaters at the Same Time

Community Supported Agriculture Model for Yarn Production

Using Up Yarn Remnants

Socks my sister knit with my grandmother’s yarn leftovers, modeled by my mom

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✨sunday vibes✨ I am slowly building stock for my #punchneedle update in the new year – I really enjoy making #tufting pillows, it’s like painting and it’s random and I love the challenge of combining the colours and the huge plus is that it uses up remnant 🧶✨👌🏼 #fiberart

A post shared by arounna (@bookhou) on Dec 9, 2018 at 11:39am PST

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11 of these little beauties will be listed hopefully very soon as magic yarn balls with a surprise ceramic peg doll by @pretzelpretzelshop in the middle. The are all approx. 25 yards of two-ply handspun yarns using scraps from @allyrous 😍 … by the way @allyrous DM me which skein you’d like me to send you! 😘 and as always if you seen one that calls to you before I start listing them DM me! $36 includes free US shipping. Did I mention this would make a great stocking stuffer for a fiber lover? 😉 #fiberart #yarnstagram #handspun #handspunyarn #nowaste #reuse #handmadehome #handmadechristmas #stockingstuffers #weaving #knitting #crochet #punchneedle #yarnaddict

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Creative Reuse Artists Who Use Sweaters, Wool or Yarn

Northern Smittens

Moreno de Turco

London Kaye

Interview with London on Crafty Planner podcast

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Another #petridish by #elinthomas . . . See prio post for more detail. Thanks #thisiscolossal

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International Back-to-Back Wool Challenge

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Knitter’s Pride & KnitPro International would like to congratulate the members of Team Groenewoud, who has won the International Back to Back Wool Challenge for the third year in a row! For 2014, they have improved their time by 6 minutes, with a final time of 5 hours, 26 minutes and 31 seconds. Great job, Team Groenewoud! #knitterspride #backtobackwoolchallenge

A post shared by Knitter’s Pride (@knitterpride) on Jul 28, 2014 at 10:28am PDT

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Arbor Knits – Before and after

A post shared by kathleen Green (@arborknits) on Jul 13, 2017 at 7:37pm PDT

Show Details

• Script for this podcast episode about creative reuse of sweaters, wool and yarn (not a transcript but gives the main ideas)
• The Trashmagination podcast theme music is Kitchen from the Marian Circle Drum Brigade.