Once I finished my cardigan I almost immediately wanted to start another project 😂. I’m almost finished with another baby cardigan but I put that on hold for something else..
This is a Find Your Fade shawl I made last year and goooooood gracious it was somewhat of a pain in the butt to make. Now, some (most) of that was my own fault, I had accidentally ordered two of the skeins in DK weight. I liked the colors though, so I ended up splitting the yarn and re-twisting it.
Here’s the thing though, I don’t really wear this shawl. Sure I’ve wrapped up in it a few times but I mean... eh. So I decided to unravel it. Completely.
Bye, honey, it was nice knowing ya.
I found where I had woven in the very end and started unraveling there. You want to wind the yarn into a ball as you go, otherwise it’ll get very tangled. Not fun.
Then I wrapped the unraveled yarn around a chair, tied it with extra yarn in several places, and put it in a bowl of cold water.
Lol it looks like purple ramen noodles.
I hung the yarn over the shower curtain pole to dry. Once it’s completely dry you can wind it back into a ball.
So my plan for all this yarn is to make several smaller shawls and hopefulllllly sell them.
Have you ever reused yarn?
Thanks for following along! ❤️
The photos with the shawl are beautiful, but I can understand that such a big piece may not be convenient to wear. Nevertheless, you looked beautiful with the shawl.
I often reuse yarn, but after my last two post everybody perhaps by now knows, that I am a bit lazy sometimes... so I always thought " why soaking... the yarn will become smooth again on its own, if I knit it up" But as you perhaps guess - it does not. My last sweater has clearly visible parts, where the yarn is kinky. So next time I will follow your method and will not omit the soaking.
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Thank you! And yeah, sometimesss skipping steps works out okay but then there’s the other times.. 😆
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Hi @lizgore, I just stopped back to let you know your post was one of my favourite reads and I included it in my Fiber Ramble. You can read what I wrote about your post here.
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Not yet reused any, but have thought about it quite a bit. Good to know a good method!
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Google is a big help!
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I like the photos from your original shawl--that first one is dramatic! I've reused yarn. I had Red Heart yarn, the scratchy kind (bought at Walmart, don't judge because I was 12 haha) in "Tutti Frutti" and embarked on a lap afghan using triple crochet. It was the saddest, saggiest, most lopsided and uneven thing. Somewhere later in my teen years I unraveled it and redid it properly, and put a fringe on it and everything. I just wound the yarn tightly into balls when I unraveled it, and it smoothed out all right.
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As someone who used to ignore needle sizes and used acrylic yarn, I can’t judge 😂
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this is a really good idea - I've got a couple of things knitted that just sits there never being used. :)
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Thank you! It’s especially nice not spending more money on new yarn when you can just reuse it lol
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I thought I was the only nut that did this! LOL! After all that work, when it's just not right, the only thing to do is FROG! Thanks for sharing.
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Definitely not the only nut around here! 😂
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I LOVE your shawl pictures! They look like the start of a movie and so dreamy!! Did your brother take these too?
Wow that shawl was really roomy, how long did it take you to make it? I probably would have gotten confused along the way and stopped.
Thanks for sharing your process of frogging and preserving the yarn. I have never reused yarn like this. Haaa I thought they looked like purple ramen noodles in a bowl too!
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Thank you! I actually set my camera on a timer for these pictures. It took me maybe 3ish months? I frogged it several times before it was done 😂
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You’re welcome!! Wow well you did really great on those photos! Lol we’ve all been there! 😄
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