The Husband is convinced that buying old sweaters at thrift shops and repurposing the yarn would be a fantastic business. It's low overhead, environmentally sound and has a thrill of the hunt twinge to it when tracking down the right sweaters. Could be fun. I'm pretty sure there's one or two folks who do pretty well with it on ebay. I've always wanted to try it out, but the thrift sweater shopping in Texas is incredibly limited. I take a peek through the sweaters every time we cruise through Goodwill, but I've yet to find even one sweater made of anything other than acrylic. For now I'll just envy all of you with access to cold weather thrift shops.
I was incredibly happy and surprised yesterday when I checked the mail to find Michelle (yarn recycler extraordinaire) had RAOk'd me with some fun black and red recycled yarn. I was not expecting this at all! She even labelled each ball with the yardage. How sweet is that? Thanks Michelle, you made my week!
Hi Caro :) Yeah, my thrift stores are hit or miss. I find a lot of acrylics and cotton blends, and sometimes I am really lucky to get an awesome wool or silk blend.
It is quite a good entrepeneurial pursuit, however... I know some people do it on Ebay...
Hope you have a nice weekend!
Posted by: Lolly | April 15, 2005 at 08:07
Keep checking out the thrift stores. In Texas, it's a matter of what season you're shopping in. You can find almost unworn wool sweaters in Texas thrift shops, sometimes nice handknit ones that someone was gifted by a Northern-dwelling relative and they won't wear them here so they end up at Goodwill and the like. Most Texans won't buy them either - not even when they're cheap. We have some real issues here with wool - I think it's a cultural bias. It's amazing that we actually raise a ton of sheep in this state.
Posted by: Julia | April 15, 2005 at 11:22
Just wanted to say I really enjoy your Blog.
You are very talented! I hope to get shopping with you soon.
Regards,
Laura
Posted by: Laura | April 16, 2005 at 09:59
Would this really work? Everytime I've unraveled anything knitted, it looked like old ramen noodles...
Posted by: PaMdora | April 28, 2005 at 11:51