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7 Ways to Reuse Old Sweaters

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7 Ways to Reuse Old Sweaters

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.

>>Next: Turn an adult sweater into child’s leggings.

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Becky Striepe

Becky Striepe is a freelance writer and vegan crafter living in Atlanta, Georgia. Her life’s mission is to make green crafting and vegan food accessible to everyone! Like this article? You can follow Becky on Twitter or find her on Facebook!

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3:57PM PST on Dec 21, 2012

Thank you

4:24AM PST on Dec 18, 2012

Thanks.

8:29PM PST on Dec 16, 2012

Thanks for the ideas.

12:42PM PST on Dec 15, 2012

good ideas

11:31AM PST on Dec 9, 2012

i like the look of pillows made from old sweaters. you can also make something like the snake but use it to stop drafts under doors. if you know how to knit, i like color blocking using old sweaters to make new ones.

2:24PM PST on Nov 9, 2012

I like the mittens idea.

5:14AM PDT on Oct 8, 2012

Thanks for sharing , love the ideas .

9:38PM PDT on Sep 26, 2012

Nice . Thanks

9:40AM PDT on Sep 13, 2012

Great ideas! Thanks!

1:03PM PDT on Aug 11, 2012

some good idea's ..but too many pages

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