I reclaimed about 170 grams of lace weight cashmere from a men’s sweater I got on Vinted for 1 euro! It’s super soft and I can’t wait to start knitting with it! I will probably need to hold about 4 strands together to get a proper yarn.

So for my first unraveling project I got too excited and wasn't paying attention, I picked up a woven blanket by mistake!! I''ve been working through millions of little bundles of thread like the one in center ever since, that's two threads held together that I'm separating to make sock weight yarn.

I used a darning needle to join the threads at their ends without so many knots and wound them on an old quilting bobbin. I'm using this to make more socks for my household because his commercial ones are always too tight and don't stay up well and I don't feel like darning the old ones that don't fit well in the first place!! Once I've practiced enough then I'm going to make fancy ones!! I'm so excited this absolute fuck up is turning into a fun project. I also used a bunch of it for a goblin costume I'm making for a larp.

I’m getting rid of a lot of sweaters and wondered if these would be worth giving to an unraveler?

Gray - cashmere Pink - merino wool Light green - 100% cotton White - hand crocheted so ? Dark green - cotton blend with large hole

I’d like to get them to someone who would use them, rather than tossing due to small holes.

Recently bought a knitted sweater at a charity shop. It had clearly been washed wrong: the thing had shrunk a bit, lost its shape and the fibres looked like they had started to felt a little bit. Carefully wet blocking the sweater twice did help it a bit, but it never totally got it's shape back. The color and shape are also not entirely my thing, so now I am thinking about taking it apart to try and salvage the yarn. According to the tag it's made form a 100% royal alpaca.

I have been able to pry loose a small bit of yarn from a seam and it looks good, see picture. The yarn feels soft and plyable, not at all felted. Much better than the actual sweater really. Having never tried this before: do you think I should continue? Will the rest of the yarn come out like this? Would love to hear your experiences and thoughts!

Also: bonus points if you can tell me if there's a chance I would have succes dying this yarn as it has allready been dyed industrially. I would love to dye it in a colour that looks better on me

I’m a newbie to this game and wonder what makes a sweater a good candidate for unraveling besides from esthetics. The seams must be important. What am I looking for?

I am looking to reclaim yarn from this beautiful sweater that no longer fits me. It is a commercial sweater from early 2000s Banana Republic , 100% merino wool and I have two that I am looking to turn into one nice flowy top. I have never harvested yarn from an old sweater and I am wondering if it even is possible with these type of stitches. I think I don’t see the chain stitches that most videos describe.

So I picked up this lovely gradient sweater, can't wait to get it back on the needles! One issue- the yarn is slightly felted together (tag says 80% acrylic 20% nylon, appears to be blown yarn) . I'm able to unravel easily by hand but struggle using my winder. I'm getting tired of pulling a few rows, winding, rinse, repeat. Does anyone have any tips for yarn that fights back like this? Any tips would be much appreciated 🫡

I recently unraveled a wool/cotton blend sweater that was constructed with two different color strands of yarn held together. The yarn is now in hand-wound center pull balls but I'd like separate the strands for individual use.

As I'm pulling apart the two strands, the yarn twists tighter and kinks up where it comes off the ball and is generally a pain in the ass, especially since it's a bit fuzzy and likes to cling. It's possible to manually separate them ,(they are not felted) but quite tedious.

Can anyone recommend a good technique to separate the two strands? Maybe a way to spin the ball or strands the opposite direction so it separates easier? I have a swift and winder on order but they won't be here till next week and I'm not sure how they would help in this situation anyway.

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Edit: Ha! Just saw the post below mine about twirling it around a toilet paper tube held in each hand. I don't think this will work for my yarn (fuzzy/clingy) and I think my arms and wrists would be screaming for mercy pretty fast. Any other methods you've used or heard of?

Saw this on Instagram and figured I'd share!

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C4t7c_jJMD6/?igsh=ZWI2YzEzYmMxYg==

I just went to a thrift shop and for $50, got several sweaters I can either wear or unravel. Someone just donated a ton of wool, cotton, and cashmere blends and I scored big time. I’m feeling a little guilty since buying nice yarn isn’t out of my price range (except 100% cashmere, I doubt I will ever buy that). How do you all think about the ethics of snatching up the good stuff that someone else could potentially wear?

so i messed up and put a sweater in the dryer that i shouldn’t have😭💔 and now it’s pilled and very difficult to unravel!! is there anything i can do to make the job easier or am j just doomed to fight with it 🥲