Fuzzy Sweaters

You've probably thrown a few sweaters in the back of your closet, damaged by a stain, a hole or two butterflies. Instead of throwing old sweaters and unused, to transform them into something new and completely adorable. You can also search for cheap sweaters at thrift store. Old trades sweater material, technology to save money, help reduce your household waste.

Son - If you knit, crochet or even armor, to save the son of an old sweater to use in a new project. Find sewn into the sweater and carefully cut a stitch with a very sharp pair of scissors. Use a blunt needle to remove the stitches, cutting the sewing thread for each. To knit a sweater, you want to untangle the son of the cast off peak, usually at the top of the sweater since sweaters are made from the base. Start the extraction of the last batch of no wind and carefully thread into a ball as you go. You should end up with four or more balls son from different parts sweater.

Felt - Wool Sweater that are at least 20% can be felted in your washing machine. 100% wool vests give a robust estimate for different trades. Make sure that the jersey has not been treated to make it washable, such as "superwash, as they will not feel it. Take the sweater in a zippered bag and delicate wash at high temperature. In dry high temperature, clean the lint filter frequently. Some shirts require more than a wash and dry fully. The jersey will eventually shrink dramatically and will be ready to cut each other!

Pillows - Use a pillow form to help you measure and mark the size of your throw pillow on the old sweater. You need a sewing machine for this project or a little patience with sewing them by hand.

Handles - Stitch several layers of old sweater, and add binding or trim the edges to create handles. You can also use thick quilt batting to fill the inside of your sweater upcycled potholder.

Plastic bag storage - a dog you need to clean after walks? Use the handle of an old sweater to create a medium plastic bag handy for hanging a door. The end of the elastic wrist is perfect for the bottom and you do not even need to sew the closure. Just cut the shoulder seam and sew a sharper edge. You can add ornaments such as Ric - rac on the cutting edge or "Dog Walk" in letters of fabric and applied to the sleeve sweater. Loop a piece of elastic and sew the top to hang a door.

Pin - A pin instantly adds style to any jacket, sweater or a bag. Be the first to feel the sweater prevent unraveling or double - not a form of flowers with your sewing machine. Use a pencil to mark fabric design single and double no flowers in this design. Cut out the shape of at least 1 cm from the seam line. Stitch and cut another form of flowers slightly smaller than the first. Layer the two flowers and sew with a little something.

Coffee Cup Sleeves or bottled water Cozies - Cut a strip in your old sweater sleeve to sleeve a cup of coffee, or use a bigger piece of the handle for a water bottle cozy. You can feel the sweater first to make a good material for stronger embroidery and other embellishment.

Kraft Paper - Cut small pieces of wool to embellish scrapbook pages or handmade cards. Cut the letters or a sweater or scarf, even tiny forms for the fall. Make a tree with a fuzzy angora sweater texture wonderfully old.

Blanket or duvet - If you have several old sweaters, turn them into beautiful quilt or blanket. You can cut the sweaters into blocks or different forms, and even use the ribs to the edges of the cover. Some sweaters may be too thick for the sewing machine, so you'll have to pin and hand - pieces sewn together with right sides facing and stitch 1 / 2 inch. If the seams are not flat after steam - iron hand - stitched seams on the back cover. Thinner sweaters can be sewn mind.