Posts under ‘Recycling’

Hi there everyone, as you all know, I love an afternoon op shopping, looking for cheap interesting bits and pieces for my crafting and yarning habits. I also love to search for vintage patterns. There’s something about looking at vintage stuff whilst listening to “Magic 693″ on the overhead radio that is very [...]

Hi everyone . . . yesterday I bought my first ever sewing machine !! Yayyeeee !
It is a very simple machine, fairly inexpensive, bought on sale at Spotlight. It has 15 stitch patterns, a 4 step button hole maker, and can apparently sew thick items (according to the maker), oh and part of the [...]

Hi there ! Today is a miserable day here in Victoria . . . raining, cold, windy. Definitely an indoors day.
I have finally started to “frog” (this means “unravel” in wool speak) the op shop jumpers I took home. Yarn, yarn and more yarn ! We can’t get enough LOL ! [...]

Hi there. As you know I’ve been experimenting with recycled yarns, jumpers and sweaters, and I just bought a sewing machine. So, what does all this add up to? After sewing the recycled handbag in my previous post, I wanted more. More more more !
With no fabric at hand, I [...]

Today I went Op Shopping, (call it a thrift or charity store if you will), specifically to buy knitted garments to frog (unravel), wash, and make into recycled balls of yarn. Sharon from Laughing Purple Goldfish calls it a “frog pond” which I think is fabulous !
Here’s a pic.

Op shop knits reading for unraveling.

My dad [...]