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Clothing items are probably the easiest to reuse since they can have a wide range of applicability besides the function for which they were designed in the first place. Consider for instance some ways to recycle wool sweaters! This may look like a challenge but it could be both fun and totally rewarding if you show some good will and imagination. Thus, when you recycle wool sweaters you can actually make some excellent mittens for instance: the sleeve areas are the ones to be used best for the matter. Cut the shape of the mittens into the sleeve, then sew them together, and you’ve got a nice and clean way of re-using some items that would have otherwise been thrown away.

Another way of recycling wool sweaters is by turning them into different apparel items by simple redesign techniques. You can take the sleeves away, and play other tricks with the seams. There are cases when you should have a look at the many clothes re-use tricks that you can find on the Internet. Sometimes, step by step indications are available to allow one make the best of the clothing item by merely transforming it into a totally different model.

The need to recycle wool sweaters is a lot larger given the fact that every year we lose some more items to insects, despite special storage measures that most of us take. If you can no longer turn your wool sweaters into some other clothing item, you can very well re-use them for interior decorations. A great way to recycle wool sweaters is to use the larger parts in order to make throw pillow covers; they are both soft and easy to clean, not to mention that the aesthetic effect is easily achieved. One large wool sweater should be enough to make a good pillow case.

When you recycle wool sweaters, felting them is very often the biggest challenge. The whole point is to be able to get the sweaters in such a way so they don’t start to unravel the moment you cut them. Many home designers choose to make the wool fabric a lot denser by washing the wool sweaters in hot water; the material that results afterwards is a lot easier to work with. Therefore, once you get to try it, you’ll realize that the process to recycle wool sweaters is neither hard nor impossible to achieve. Good luck!

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Muna wa Wanjiru Has Been Researching and Reporting on Recycling for Years. For More Information on Recycle Wool Sweaters, Visit His Site at RECYCLE WOOL SWEATERS

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