Knitting is one of those things we really want to learn how to do ... someday. Until then, we buy our scarves and sweaters or ask our craftier friends to make them for us. Now, when we're looking for something knit, we might try a new company we just discovered—Reknit. Here is the concept: send in an old sweater and a real live person will unravel that sweater and knit it into something new.
This month, January, your old sweater will be knit into a scarf for $30, and then shipped back to you.
You can vote on what will be knit next month—.beanie, iPod case, gloves, socks.
The concept is awesome and the website is way simple and charming.
We're sending something in asap. We've got plenty of old sweaters to choose from.
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Comments (4)
do they have rules about what kind of knit item you can send in? Some sweaters are seamed up the side, and when you unravel them, you get 100s of separate strings, not just a long, continuous piece. So I wonder if they work with this?
Unraveling a thrifted or old sweater isn't new...very thrifty knitters have been doing this for awhile. It's a great way to pick up really great yarn for a good deal. You just have to shop smart.
If you really want to learn to knit, try www.ravelry.com for some inspiration...
It's a knitting & crocheting community, and the thing that got me hooked on it was the sheer number of patterns available there, combined with how good the advanced pattern search is. The search even has an availability tab, where you can select just free patterns, and even then there are SO many. There's also personalised sections of the site, where you can input details of projects you're working on, what yarns you have (and you can search for projects using just those yarns) and so on, in addition to forums where you can get any and all questions answered.
Disclaimer: I have absolutely no affiliation with Ravelry, beyond being a very happy regular user of the site.
Unravelling a sweater is a lot of work, and so is knitting. I wouldn't do that for only $30.
I am with Melissa- I know some people who sell the yarn for that, but otherwise it is not worth the time for the money (even if done on a machine)! They need to specify yarn size too- otherwise they will be getting laceweight cashmere sweaters, and those are a b*tch to unravel, and the sample looks like a bulky yarn.
But...awesome idea. I hope it works out well for them!