Give Old Sweaters New Life with This $2 Craft
By Woman's Day Staff
For our second DIY Challenge, we asked you to show us creative new uses for old sweaters. The winner? This woolly wreath from Anna Chase of DeSoto, TX. Photo by Sarah Anne Ward/Studio D; Prop styling by Gerri Williams.
Anna, who blogs at LassotheMoon.Typepad.com, cut six sweaters into 4" x 4" squares, folded them in half and strung them onto a 26"-long piece of 12-gauge aluminum beading wire. Then she twisted and interlocked the ends of the wire to secure.
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TIME 40 MIN
COST $2
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Materials
6 to 8 old sweaters
Scissors 12-gauge aluminum beading wire
Wire cutter
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Directions
1. Choose your favorite sections of each sweater. Using the scissors, carefully cut 4" x 4" squares from the sweater sections, keeping each design or color in a separate pile. Continue until you have roughly 130 pieces (more pieces, if your sweaters are thin; fewer, if they're thick).
2. Measure a 26" piece of beading wire and snip using the wire cutters. Twist one end into a 1" loop to create a backstop for the fabric pieces.
3. Taking from alternating piles, fold each square in half and thread it onto the wire-the wire should be thin enough to easily pass through knitted material. (If you're having trouble, cut a small hole in the middle of the folded sweater to fit the wire.)
4. Continue until the wire is full. Pull it into a wreath shape and twist the ends several times to interlock. Use the original 1" loop to hang.
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