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Posted by Kalmia on November 5, 2009, 8:13 pm
I have an old sweater I'll never wear again as it's a bit tight and
has a defect where a dog got a tooth caught in it.
I want to unravel it and reuse the wool. Do you think there would be
enough in it for a crocheted scarf? It was a 'boughten' sweater,
pullover with long sleeves.
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Posted by mirjam on November 6, 2009, 1:10 am
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> I have an old sweater I'll never wear again as it's a bit tight and
> has a defect where a dog got a tooth caught in it.
> I want to unravel it and reuse the wool. =A0Do you think there would be
> enough in it for a crocheted scarf? It was a 'boughten' sweater,
> pullover with long sleeves.
Kalmia
Ifyou have your `crochet pattern` and it sys how much wool you need,
you can weight your sweater and know if you have enough wool. [omit
the buttons weight]
Now some questiions ?
is the sweater hand knit ? or machine knit? this makes a difference to
the unraveling , !!
If it is machine knit [ and the slleves are sewn by machine , Better
check out if the Sleeves were not CUT and sewn as a part of a
sweater , and thus they will have many tiny short threads, which will
make your crochet efforts harder !!
If it is hand knit it might be easier to unravel.
find a plastic clothes hanger of the kind that has Skirt hooks,
unravel your threads, make a loop and wrap you thread from hanger part
to one skirthook , back to hanger than to second skirt loop , after
you wrapped like this the body of the sweater , taken another hok for
the sleeves,
Prepare a luke warm bowl of water with some baby shampoo , dip hooks
into water until all wool is WET ,,,,, change to clean luke water ,
and do the same , now hang the`wool hooks ` to drip in the shower ,
after 2 days hang them somwhere dry and windy Not in the sun ,, after
3 days feel inside if they start to dry , and if they did roll them
into nice balls .
mirjam
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Posted by Kalmia on November 6, 2009, 8:17 am
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> > I have an old sweater I'll never wear again as it's a bit tight and
> > has a defect where a dog got a tooth caught in it.
> > I want to unravel it and reuse the wool. =A0Do you think there would be
> > enough in it for a crocheted scarf? It was a 'boughten' sweater,
> > pullover with long sleeves.
> Kalmia
> Ifyou have your `crochet pattern` and it sys how much wool you need,
> you can weight your sweater and know if you have enough wool. [omit
> the buttons weight]
> Now some questiions ?
> is the sweater hand knit ? or machine knit? this makes a difference to
> the unraveling , !!
> If it is machine knit [ and the slleves are sewn by machine , Better
> check out if the Sleeves were not CUT and sewn as a part of a
> sweater , and thus they will have many tiny short threads, which will
> make your crochet efforts harder !!
> If it is hand knit it might be easier to unravel.
> find a plastic clothes hanger of the kind that has Skirt hooks,
> unravel your threads, make a loop and wrap you thread from hanger part
> to one skirthook , back to hanger than to second skirt loop , after
> you wrapped like this the body of the sweater , taken another hok for
> the sleeves,
> Prepare a luke warm bowl of water with some baby shampoo , dip hooks
> into water until all wool is WET ,,,,, =A0change to clean luke water ,
> and do the same , now hang the`wool hooks ` to drip in the shower ,
> after 2 days hang them somwhere dry and windy Not in the sun ,, after
> 3 days feel inside if they start to dry , and if they did roll them
> into nice balls .
> mirjam
Thanks for the washing tips. I'd never even thought of doing that.
The sweater was NOT handknit, I'll have to check the sleeves. No
matter what, that sweater is coming apart, even if I have to make a
few grannies for the soldier-afghan project. I just can't toss it out
and I know no one will buy it in a thrift shop (that dog defect
again...)
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Posted by mirjam on November 6, 2009, 9:26 am
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> > > I have an old sweater I'll never wear again as it's a bit tight and
> > > has a defect where a dog got a tooth caught in it.
> > > I want to unravel it and reuse the wool. =A0Do you think there would =
be
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> > > enough in it for a crocheted scarf? It was a 'boughten' sweater,
> > > pullover with long sleeves.
> > Kalmia
> > Ifyou have your `crochet pattern` and it sys how much wool you need,
> > you can weight your sweater and know if you have enough wool. [omit
> > the buttons weight]
> > Now some questiions ?
> > is the sweater hand knit ? or machine knit? this makes a difference to
> > the unraveling , !!
> > If it is machine knit [ and the slleves are sewn by machine , Better
> > check out if the Sleeves were not CUT and sewn as a part of a
> > sweater , and thus they will have many tiny short threads, which will
> > make your crochet efforts harder !!
> > If it is hand knit it might be easier to unravel.
> > find a plastic clothes hanger of the kind that has Skirt hooks,
> > unravel your threads, make a loop and wrap you thread from hanger part
> > to one skirthook , back to hanger than to second skirt loop , after
> > you wrapped like this the body of the sweater , taken another hok for
> > the sleeves,
> > Prepare a luke warm bowl of water with some baby shampoo , dip hooks
> > into water until all wool is WET ,,,,, =A0change to clean luke water ,
> > and do the same , now hang the`wool hooks ` to drip in the shower ,
> > after 2 days hang them somwhere dry and windy Not in the sun ,, after
> > 3 days feel inside if they start to dry , and if they did roll them
> > into nice balls .
> > mirjam
> Thanks for the washing tips. =A0I'd never even thought of doing that.
> The sweater was NOT handknit, =A0I'll have to check the sleeves. =A0No
> matter what, that sweater is coming apart, even if I have to make a
> few grannies for the soldier-afghan project. =A0I just can't toss it out
> and I know no one will buy it in a thrift shop (that dog defect
> again...)- Hide quoted text -
> - Show quoted text -
Kalmia , if it was sewn in parts [ which i want you to check !!!!
you could also cut it up into squares ,
First zigzag around the wanted sqaure size !!! than [ make same lines
for other squares , than cut between the lines of the squares , than
find some nice matching wool and crochet around those squares , until
you have the wanted size of your shawl !!!
Washing wool instructions fit all kinds of wool creations .
But if it is an item , Let it drip in the sink , than roll up in a
towel , lay on floor /flat place to dry till almost dry than let
air ,,
best of luck
mirjam
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> has a defect where a dog got a tooth caught in it.
> I want to unravel it and reuse the wool. =A0Do you think there would be
> enough in it for a crocheted scarf? It was a 'boughten' sweater,
> pullover with long sleeves.