Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Ravelry and learning to knit.......

I can't help myself, I have a go at everything! I recently became inspired by a fantastic knitting resource called Ravelry . This site has free patterns for everything you could ever want to knit or crochet. It's unbelievable! I have done knitting over the years but my repertoire has been limited to very basic patterns such as scarves, beanies and basic pullovers. Now I have this amazing resource but I don't have the cash to buy new yarn. As our budget is limited and I like to be as eco-conscious as possible, I decided once again to use thrifted or recycled materials. Op-shops are a great source of so many things, and yarn is one of them. Sure you can pick up odd balls of yarn, but a great way to get lots of the same sort is to harvest it from ready made items. Men's jumpers are great for this. I started to unravel this one before I thought to photograph it but suffice to say it was a large basic jumper. It was hand made so the seams were pretty easy to unpick. Once that was done it was just a matter of rolling it into balls.
Wow! I got 15 balls, 900 grams of what appears to be pure wool. For only $4! Can't get better than that!!!!!!!

3 comments:

Rustic Tarts said...

Ah Mon - what a thrifty woman you are! You did a good job rolling the wool into lovely looking balls.
Enjoy your knitting - I noticed in Spotlight yesterday that there are knitting needles with lights in them so that you can knit in the dark. My mum takes her knitting wherever she goes - even if she goes to the movies (doesn't happen very often) and she knits there - in the dark- so that she doesn't fall asleep....lol!
Christina

Monica said...

Those needles sound so cool! Might be good for knitting in bed when my insomnia gets bad.....

simple~needs said...

you did great!! i cant wit to see some projects!!