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I do applaud their reuse, but there's not a lot of art in these. The effect is, I hate to say it, kind of gross. It just looks like a pile of rags.

I agree with sissy - ugly to my eye.

UGLY! they should have AT LEAST organized it in color, like a rainbow or something...

I wasn't going to say it--but I agree. These could have been really cute and the idea is great, but there's too much going on and it's all very random.

It looks like a sock drawer.

Would look a lot cuter if all the scraps were from a single color.

This so reminds me of a beloved rag doll I was given when I was small. Her arms legs and torso were made like this, though not of wool, but calico squares instead. I carried that doll around for years - I've often thought I would love to find one like it for my daughter. What a happy memory!

Those are...not attractive. Etsy has many wonderful, quality, beautiful products - but it also has far more ugly, uninspired ones. I can't believe anyone would actually hang those in their homes.

Not to jump on the bandwagon, but...

They remind me of a clutter "before" picture. Before the Cure, before Peter Walsh comes in and helps you clear out your house, etc.

My son made a mini (5" inch diameter) version of these in his preschool class, and I hate to say it, but my four year old's wreath is nicer than these. Although, I am a bit biased :)

I think they are interesting, not my favorite - wouldn't purchase one. But the comments?? a lot of negativity for a "thing"...how about posting something you like better along with your dislikes - initiating a conversation. Too many critics out there!

A wreath of rags, no.
A wreath of ragdolls, maybe.

Horrible!

Dodo,

If we didn't have people willing to criticize art, music, food, design, sweater wreaths--we would never aspire to high standards in these aesthetic pursuits.

In the case of these crafts, there is a conversation going--you just don't like what's being said. And if you're worried about hurting the feelings of the people who made them, maybe you should look at it another way. They are trying to make money selling these things. If they're not willing to receive feedback--and respond to it if their sales of the wreaths aren't good--they will find themselves with a lot of sweater scraps and no way to make money off them. I could put the handwoven table runners that I used to make on Etsy, and they wouldn't sell. They just weren't that nice, even though I put a lot of work into them and think I have a good eye. Needless to say, my loom has sat in my attic for more than 15 years, and I have moved on to other creative challenges.

Wow..harsh comments! I'm all for re-using items to make new objects. This is a creative and cute idea.

Sissy is right in every respect.

You've gotta be kidding me. It doesn't matter what they're made out of or how spirited or clever the intention, the end result still looks like a pile of rags.

Mad Sarah,

I enjoyed your response, though we disagree it was a conversation. My complaint is about the mean spirited snark - put downs, clever or not- may keep people from entering the community of AT. I didn't make the wreaths or know the people who did but I would certainly think more than twice about sharing something I did or thought was interesting given the responses I see. For the longest time I never even looked at the comments but a friend posted something - to good reviews - and I started looking at the comments. I must say, it has dampened by enjoyment of AT and so, as I am sure someone will point out to me I should, I will stop reading them!

I appreciate that you want a thoughtful and uplifting positive response to everything they trot out here on this site, but a lot of it is crap and deserves no such treatment. A lot of it is useless and expensive or just plain bizarre, made of recognizable trash, unnecessary, poorly executed, and possibly drug-induced. What you want is for the general public to clench up and keep things to ourselves, but it's quite a lot of fun to get into the spirit when necessary, like when something appears to have been lemonaded from the scraps of an incident where the dogs have gotten into a laundry basket of pajamas.

I think the creator of this wreath may possibly have been encouraged by someone well-meaning to go ahead and make several of them, but a good friend would have sat down and said nice effort, but how about something that's not awful.

It looks like a thrift store threw up.