http://blog.yarn.com/31-days-to-get-organized-how-to-recycle-yarn/ Follow Owners Kathy & Steve Through Their Adventures in Yarn And Life Sun, 19 May 2013 02:15:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://blog.yarn.com/31-days-to-get-organized-how-to-recycle-yarn/comment-page-1/#comment-14077 Cathy @ ImpassionedYarn Fri, 18 Jan 2013 02:53:00 +0000 http://blog.yarn.com/?p=12646#comment-14077 Why can't you just unravel it and knit/crochet as you go? Why can’t you just unravel it and knit/crochet as you go?

]]> http://blog.yarn.com/31-days-to-get-organized-how-to-recycle-yarn/comment-page-1/#comment-14014 Global Bag Project Thu, 10 Jan 2013 21:02:00 +0000 http://blog.yarn.com/?p=12646#comment-14014 I also got so much old yarns on my room, perhaps I'll just recycle them like what you did here. Thanks for the tips. I also got so much old yarns on my room, perhaps I’ll just recycle them like what you did here. Thanks for the tips.

]]> http://blog.yarn.com/31-days-to-get-organized-how-to-recycle-yarn/comment-page-1/#comment-14013 jen Thu, 10 Jan 2013 14:28:00 +0000 http://blog.yarn.com/?p=12646#comment-14013 I did that with a sweater I found at a thrift store. It was a nice wool tweedy color. Didn't have a swift so used a chair and it worked fine. I did that with a sweater I found at a thrift store. It was a nice wool tweedy color. Didn’t have a swift so used a chair and it worked fine.

]]> http://blog.yarn.com/31-days-to-get-organized-how-to-recycle-yarn/comment-page-1/#comment-14011 Dena Childs Thu, 10 Jan 2013 13:28:00 +0000 http://blog.yarn.com/?p=12646#comment-14011 See my answer to nah's comment, same question as yours. See my answer to nah’s comment, same question as yours.

]]> http://blog.yarn.com/31-days-to-get-organized-how-to-recycle-yarn/comment-page-1/#comment-14010 Dena Childs Thu, 10 Jan 2013 13:27:00 +0000 http://blog.yarn.com/?p=12646#comment-14010 The weights are handles to my pull-up bar. Adding weights during the drying step isn't essential. If you do weight your yarn, don't use anything too heavy since you don't want to stretch out the yarn getting rid of its elasticity. The weights are handles to my pull-up bar. Adding weights during the drying step isn’t essential. If you do weight your yarn, don’t use anything too heavy since you don’t want to stretch out the yarn getting rid of its elasticity.

]]> http://blog.yarn.com/31-days-to-get-organized-how-to-recycle-yarn/comment-page-1/#comment-14008 Barbara Gombos-Reynolds Wed, 09 Jan 2013 03:08:00 +0000 http://blog.yarn.com/?p=12646#comment-14008 On the photo where the yarn is hanging to dry, what weights are you using? Thanks! On the photo where the yarn is hanging to dry, what weights are you using? Thanks!

]]> http://blog.yarn.com/31-days-to-get-organized-how-to-recycle-yarn/comment-page-1/#comment-14006 nah Wed, 09 Jan 2013 01:43:00 +0000 http://blog.yarn.com/?p=12646#comment-14006 It appears that you have some sort of weight(s) hanging on the bottom of your skeins drying - what do you use? It appears that you have some sort of weight(s) hanging on the bottom of your skeins drying – what do you use?

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