This is the first part of three of the project “Complete Sweater Upcycle” in which I’d like to show how I upcycled a whole sweater into a winter beanie, a handbag and a spring beanie. The winter beanie was made from the collar of the sweater where the material was the thickest but it can …
I really enjoy upcycling. You take something that would otherwise be considered for throwing away and you make it into something useful. When my husband decided to throw away his old pair of jeans, I prevented this horrible act of waste:) and because they were not completely torn, I decided to make handbags for our …
What’s great about upcycling is that feeling that you don’t just throw away an older thing, you give it new life and make something new from it. I had a sweater I loved which shrank very mysteriously (no way I grew bigger, no way!). I felt so sorry to throw it away…so I decided to …
