Sometimes I get the urge to dye, but I don’t want to dye my handspun, and I don’t have a stash of yarn yet. When these times occur, I head out to the thrift store (in my case, Value Village) and look around to see what sweaters they have. I keep my eye out for any labels that have wool/angora/cashmere/etc.
The sweater pictured above cost me $6CDN. It is 90% lambswool, 8% wool, 2% angora rabbit. I will probably get six skeins of wool from it, one for all the pink, one for each sleeve and the back and front, and one small one for the cuffs and trim. It’s so soft!
This is my second sweater I am deconstructing. The first one was a less nice wool, 60% wool/40% acrylic, but it provided me with just under 1200 yards of 2 and 3 ply, and dyed surprisingly nicely:
Hallo,
This is intriging as the jumper doesn’t look like a hand-knit….is it machine made?
Sue
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Hello Sue, I do believe it was machine knit. It was very even and consistent.
Wow…that is food for thought…I would’ve thought it impossible to upick…..
Will look out for similar,
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