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- Becky Striepe
- January 16, 2012
- 4:01 pm
- 258 comments
Did you accidentally put your favorite sweater in the dryer? Or maybe you’ve got a collection of ugly Christmas sweaters that you can’t bear to part with. If you’ve got old sweaters that are shrunken, stained, torn, or otherwise unwearable, there are lots of crafty ways to breathe new life into those old knits!
1. Potluck Dish Cozy
Over at Craftzine, you can learn how to turn a couple of those sweaters you accidentally shrunk into a cute, handy potluck dish cozy.
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Becky Striepe
Becky Striepe is a green blogger and independent crafter with a passion for vintage fabrics. She runs a crafty business, Glue and Glitter, where her mission is to use existing materials in products that help folks reduce their impact without sacrificing style! She specializes in aprons and custom lunch bags. Like this article? You can follow Becky on Twitter or find her on Facebook!
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+ add your ownCool, love upcycling.
Thanks.
Sweaters make me itch. But, some of these ideas could still be used with other materials, lke sweatshirts for instance. I like the scarf idea and the Potluck Dish Cozy.
I donate mine to charity
Thanks!
I donate them to various Op Shops for Intellectually Disabled People or Animals :) but thanks.
Fun and easy!
Ingenious ways to recycle sweaters, thanks.
like the mittens.
How convenient! I JUST recently ruined one of my favorite sweaters! yay!
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