Category Archives: wool

Hat With Ears

Posted on March 24, 2010 by sewtheday

I’ve had several people inquire about a pattern for B’s green hat since last week, so I have relocated the blog where I found the inspiration.   Chez Beeper Bebe   has this great hat tutorial!  So, check out Chez Beeper Bebe’s free … Continue reading →

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Adventures in Reclaiming Yarn

Posted on March 15, 2010 by sewtheday

Since the beginning of my journey into recycled wool sweaters, I’ve been looking for the perfect sweater to frog.  Finding a nice weight wool sweater, that hasn’t been felted, feels nice, had good frogging seams, and that wasn’t full of … Continue reading →

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A Month

Posted on March 5, 2010 by sewtheday

What a month it has been.  I left Kentucky on February 8th to go to New Orleans to visit my family.  I had intended to stay about a week there which, after smashing my car ended up being more of … Continue reading →

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Resweater Giveaway

Posted on February 6, 2010 by sewtheday

Resweater is doing a Good Karma Giveaway!  It is easy to play, fun, and you get a chance to win a sweater too!  Hooray for Good Karma! Post your favorite item from her shop to enter.Mine is this… Cashmere…. mmmmm.

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3 Pointed Hat – Crochet

Posted on February 5, 2010 by sewtheday

Mardi Gras is coming and we are going down to visit my family in New Orleans.  Naturally Bennett needed a purple, green and gold hat.  It took a while to find the right colors of yarn, in the same weight, … Continue reading →

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Dryer Balls

Posted on February 1, 2010 by sewtheday

After getting the idea from Resweater, I finally got around to making dryer balls. Here are the “naked” wrappped up balls of Wool scraps with some strips added to some to make them more round.  They are about 2 ounces … Continue reading →

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Sweater Kitty Bed

Posted on January 17, 2010 by sewtheday

One of the first shopping trips to search for wool sweaters yielded a large creamy shetland wool sweater made by Columbia.  There was this little tag on the sleeve that said “Convert.”  I thought that quite an apt label. After … Continue reading →

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Sweater Projects

Posted on December 15, 2009 by sewtheday

Taking my charity shop sweater, I tried to make a smaller sweater for Bennett, 16 months old.  I realized only after I’d cut down said sweater that I should not have felted it if I was going to make a … Continue reading →

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Wool Sweater

Posted on December 13, 2009 by sewtheday

I’ve been seeing a lot in online blogs about recycling/upcycling wool sweaters into all kinds of things. So while I was out running errands today, I stopped in to a local charity shop and picked up a 100% wool sweater … Continue reading →

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