Sweater Renewal

This past week I received a new book in the mail.

Sweater RENEWAL

Felting Knits into new Sweaters and Accessories

by Sharon Franco Rothschild

I was inspired to give felting a try.

So I read the first couple chapters on which fibers are feltable.

I searched my closet and resale boxes and came

up empty handed.

Well almost empty handed.

I do have one sweater I paid over $100 for that

I intend to make a pillow out of, but I don't want

to start with that project...I want to practice

with something less expensive and

that has less emotional attachment to it.

I bought this moose sweater right after my daughter

 landed a job as an Audiologist in Maine.

My hubby shrunk it a year or so ago,

but I'm not ready to part with it.

I thought it would make a nice pillow

or his and her matching Christmas stockings.

What do you think?

So I took a trip to our local Salvation Army

looking for some wool sweaters to start my

experimentation with felting.

I thought it would be easy to locate wool sweaters, but

found out it wasn't easy at all. 

I did find three, but they were around $5.00 each

and the colors clashed with each other, so I left

empty handed. 

I intend to go back when they are willing to practically

give them away... soon I hope.

**Note to family and friends.

If you have any wool sweaters you are

throwing out or see some at garage sale for $1.00 or $2.00

pick them up for me.

Feltable fibers - must be 85% (or above) wool, cashmere,

 alpaca, lamb's wool or angora.

Anything less may not work.

Any size ---kids, adult man or women's sweaters.

Any colors, solids or patterns.

In the meantime, I'll keep reading and dreaming of future projects.