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Posted by Belinda Alene on August 10, 2009, 11:22 am
Thanks for the ideas for use of rags. I do a lot of sewing and have uses for
most of the scrap, except the long thin strips less than an inch wide or pieces
smaller the 4inx4in (size used to make 9 square quilt blocks). I do more
crochet than knitting, so I will try some rag crochet. I have lap looms to try
weaving rag rugs.
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>> It has been years since i tore old clothes to knit/weave with ,,, i
>> think it time again , stuff piles up . what i can repair /recycle i
>> do ,, what can be donated was donated , and still ,,, i have my own
>> stuff and , Because people know i do it , they give me more bags with
>> stuff , which i sort out for recycling /donating/ giving to friends
>> who can use it as is or remaking it ,,, and still ,,,,, i need to do
>> more , thus maybe another round of rag knitting and weaving will have
>> a good result on my closets !!!!
>> mirjam
>Do you weave "rag rugs"? You use plain cotton thread for the warp and
>strips of rags for the weft. They turn out to be beautiful.
>DA
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Posted by mirjam on August 11, 2009, 11:47 pm
Hallo Belinda , if you are loaded with small pieces yyou can also ,
take a strong cloth as back ground , make `clusters` of several
pieces , pin them in lines , go over it with the machine , than do the
next `line` , makes for a nice rag rug , sewen by machine
Best knitting and crochet `size` cloth is when you twist it and it is
the size of 2/3 pencil size ,,,,,
mirjam
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Posted by Belinda Alene on August 12, 2009, 5:03 pm
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>Hallo Belinda , if you are loaded with small pieces yyou can also ,
>take a strong cloth as back ground , make `clusters` of several
>pieces , pin them in lines , go over it with the machine , than do the
>next `line` , makes for a nice rag rug , sewen by machine
> Best knitting and crochet `size` cloth is when you twist it and it is
>the size of 2/3 pencil size ,,,,,
>mirjam
Thanks for the idea. At the moment I don't have any small scraps because I have
been tossing them in the trash. Plans are to start cutting the next bolt of
cloth for the next round of goodies to sale tomorrow. Now I have a way to use
every scrap. Yay, Yay, Yay.......Lots of happy smiles
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Posted by mirjam on August 12, 2009, 11:41 pm
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> Thanks for the idea. =A0At the moment I don't have any small scraps becau=
se I have
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> been tossing them in the trash. =A0Plans are to start cutting the next bo=
lt of
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> cloth for the next round of goodies to sale tomorrow. =A0Now I have a way=
to use
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> every scrap. =A0Yay, Yay, Yay.......Lots of happy smiles
You are Welcome Belinda , i love to recycle , keep and reuse cloth
piecesc and threads...
I have a skirt and jacket which i call "3rd appearnace" ,,,, hahahahah
because every some years i add to the original more `patches and
embroidery hahahhah
mirjam .
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>> think it time again , stuff piles up . what i can repair /recycle i
>> do ,, what can be donated was donated , and still ,,, i have my own
>> stuff and , Because people know i do it , they give me more bags with
>> stuff , which i sort out for recycling /donating/ giving to friends
>> who can use it as is or remaking it ,,, and still ,,,,, i need to do
>> more , thus maybe another round of rag knitting and weaving will have
>> a good result on my closets !!!!
>> mirjam
>Do you weave "rag rugs"? You use plain cotton thread for the warp and
>strips of rags for the weft. They turn out to be beautiful.
>DA