Yarn on a Budget: Upcycling Sweaters

Thursday, March 13th - 1pm-5pm

Unraveling knit sweaters can provide you with plenty of high-quality yarn (up to a mile!) at a very low cost, but not all sweaters are made equal. Learn how to choose the right sweater to unravel, de-seam a sweater (the hard part!), and unravel it (the fun part!). Share your bounty with others in the class and learn how to spin the different sweaters together to make a new yarn, completely unique (no previous spinning experience required). Every student will be provided with one thrift-store sweater to keep. Feel free to bring a sweater from home to learn more about it. There will be tools to share, but feel free to bring a ball winder if you have one and any tools that might help you see detailed work.

Materials Required: Students can bring a sweater from home and a ball winder if they like.