Tutorial: Salvaging Yarn from an Old Sweater

As we recently wrote in our story on budget craft ideas, recycling old woolen garments from a thrift or charity shop can save you a huge amount of money. In this tutorial by Lee Merdith, contributor on Craftsylish, unraveling a thrifted sweater yields not only a beautiful new garment, but possibly a wholloping $60 on yarn! The step-by-step project covers every aspect of what to look for in a bargain sweater, how salvage yarn and how to prepare the material for reuse. This eco-friendly project is worth every minute spent unknotting and unraveling in my book.