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4.18.2007
A (recycled) Cardigan for Merry
100% cashmere in DK weight harvested from a pullover. I used only the 2 sleeves -- I still have the front and back of the original pullover to play with!
"A Cardigan for Merry" -- a free pattern available on the 'net (though you'll need the Interweave Knits issue mentioned in the pattern in order to do the cable.)
This was a gift for a friend's baby -- it took me longer than it should have. Largely 'cause I stopped in the middle (amazing how something drying overnight FORCES knitters to cast on for something else,) to knit a pair of socks. Anyway - it was a fun knit and the cashmere was LUSCIOUS to work with.
More details on my blog
4.06.2007
Here's my biggest project so far from recycled yarn! It's Ester, from the latest knitty. I used a cotton/wool blend from a sweater I found at the Salvation Army thrift shop on the forty-nine cent rack.
Now that I've finally learned how to unzip the seams instead of cutting them apart a stitch at a time, and found a source for really cheap sweaters, I keep going back to look for more.
3.21.2007
More recycled socks
I've made yet more slippers from the cardigan I posted about a while back, and I have been trying out Earth Palette dyes. These are my first experiment with making self striping sock yarn. I have sent them to England for my daughter who is spending some months there (and I am knitting up a second pair in different colours now). Mary
3.13.2007
recycled yarn socks
Yarn from a Laura Ashley pullover. The plies were twisted and not stranded in this one - so I thought I'd give it a try and see how it did for socks. I have enough yarn left to make another pair... at least.
Margo
3.06.2007
Yet another "curly" scarf from Scarf Style
made with recycled cashmere/lambswool blend -- the very last! I've made so much from this yarn, I'll miss it.
My daughter and I dyed this in Kool Aid lemonade flavor with a quick dip for half of it in Orange.
Then I knit it up on size 7 needles using Intarsia method to switch between colors.
This is for my very best friend who admired mine in 2 shades of blue and wanted one in her favorite colors.
I hope she likes it!
Recycle on!
Margo
1.20.2007
2007 recycled knitwear!
This first picture is a scarf and hat I knit for my daughter. She wanted yellow, so I had ripped out part of a bright golden yellow pullover that was double knit. It was a pain to rip, so I abandoned and discarded most of it. Which I regret now because I'd love to knit her a matching pullover. The scarf is "branching out" from Knitty and the hat is a baby beret from a baby knits book that I enlarged.
This is a soaker I made my girlfriend's new baby. 100% recycled pink merino from a Banana Republic pullover. The cream is a gorgeous lambswool/cashmere blend. I've been using it forever - have dyed some blue and knit a scarf. Have used bits of the white in other projects. I'll be so sad when it's all gone - and it almost is. The last bit is due to be dyed with Kool Aid so as to become a yellow scarf for my best friend.
Recycle On!
1.03.2007
2007?
We seem to have largely petered out here... and the Kal does say 2006. Are we continuing on into 2007? What shall happen to us??
12.10.2006
Birthday cardigan, year 3
3rd recycled wool cardigan for my daughter - she gets a new one annually.
This one is a gorgeous 100% merino from a Banana Republic pullover. The pink is also from a Banana Republic sweater, though a different one.
Buttons are new, as is the tassel.
Gosh, I love recycled fiber!
(Video 'cause I just couldn't photograph the black very well.)
Margo
11.12.2006
Another cardigan...
Well, I was travelling through country New South Wales when we happened on an op shop in Holbrook, a little town I had never seen before. The shop had loads of haberdashery and it had this lovely cardi going very cheap ($A2.50). Small stain right on the front, but otherwise lovely pure wool. I couldn't resist, so it spent the rest of the trip under the drivers' seat in a plastic bag!! Mary
10.22.2006
Recycled yarn swap anyone???
Hi all! I hope it's ok to post this here - I've started a blog where people can post their recycled yarn that they don't seem to know what to do with - I've got a few bags full myself - where we can swap! If you'd like to join, email me at neotericyarns at gmail dot com. Hope to see you there! And keep on frogging!