10 Ways to give your old sweaters a new life
Filed under: crafts, staying green, sewing
By now, you’ve probably pulled all your winter sweaters out of storage. Are some of them in slightly worse shape than you remember? A gap here, some pilling there? Well, here are some ideas for what to do with your sweaters when they’re beyond repair.
1. Follow Craft Addiction’s simple instructions for using sweater sleeves to build extra enlarged gloves (via Craft)
2. Use Write Mama Write’s tutorial for fabric mittens to sew knit or felted mittens
3. Or use this tutorial from Whip Up, or these instructions from Canadian Living to invent a felted bag
4. Craftster user maize has a tutorial for a recycled sweater coin purse
5. Last winter, Knitty gave us directions for turning an old sweater into a scarf
6. Sew Green has a tutorial for house slippers that could be made from a felted sweater. (via Craft Leftovers)
7. Use that free pattern from Totally Stitchin’ to sew a knit purse (via Craft Gossip)
8. Another one from Craftster: a tutorial for turning an old sweater into a hat from user tickleagangster
9. Betz White has a pattern for turning old sweaters into adorable stuffed bunnies
10. Last, but by no means least, Digs Magazine has instructions
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Original post by Farrah Parkes
