Sweater bags

We have talked a lot in the last two weeks about our food and the challenge it is to eat real food in today’s modern world of pre-packaged processed fare. Today I am going to switch gears a l…

Discover creative ways to upcycle your old sweaters and transform them into something amazing, beautiful, and practical.

Of all of the fabrics that I work with I have a special fondness for wool. Raw, roving, yarn, but most especially felted vintage goodness. I love the feel of a beautiful skirt or sweater felted and ready to cut. There is just so much to create with it and once I get cutting there is no stopping me! After I felted this cable sweater, the gorgeous pattern in the center screamed "make me a bag" to me and so that is just what I did (mostly because I find it hard to ignore the screaming in…

DIY luxury bag with old sweater-An oval bottom lovely knit tote bag | sweater

There are plenty of wool sweaters out there just waiting to be turned into something! Make this cute recycled sweater tote bag and save a sweater!

Sharing 30 Upcycled Sweater Tutorials that are not only great for warmth but would make some amazing handmade gifts for Christmas this year.

Since today is the second, or "cotton" anniversary of this blog, I thought I'd pick out and write about some off-beat ways to work with cotton for this post. For instance, it appears it's possible to make yarn out of drugstore cotton balls (the pure cotton ones, not the synthetic kind), using wire hair brushes, rubber bands, and a couple of old CDs or DVDs. Let me know how that works for you. It's possible to make art yarn like that depicted above out of yarn reclaimed from old cotton…

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Turn an old sweater into a fun gift! Find out how easy it is to make a felted wool sweater handbag at Sparkles of Sunshine.