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Handpun Yarn From……

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Recycled Newspapers? Why not? We spin anything from anything, but this is truly unique. Apparantly, this person can get about 20 yds of yarn from a sheet of newspaper. You can read the article here:

http://greenupgrader.com/2138/handspun-recycled-newspaper-yarn/

She includes pictures (I’m assuming it’s a she, pretty sexist of me isn’t it?), and a tutorial. It’s cool! While not something I’m likely to try, it’s still worthy of mention.

Even if you choose not to recycle your nepapers in this way, please at least recycle them. You can make little pots to start plants in, or you can take them to the recycling center.

Ok, now I’m going to take you all the way from recycling newspaper into the modern technology age with a free felted “Pear” laptop bag. Don’t miss the irony of the choice of fruit on this bag. It’s from Classic Elite Yarns, and really cute! The designer is Pam Allen. You can see more Pam Allen designs on Ravelry. Since I’ll be getting a new laptop myself after the Christmas holiday, this one’s definitely on my to-do list!

http://www.classiceliteyarns.com/pdf/PearBag.pdf

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  1. I can’t believe how amazing the paper yarn is and I am impressed by the person that thought this up. The pear bag is awesome too and I may have to still it for the felting area.

Have you read?

Knit a Cozy Sweater with Lots of Options

If you’re looking for a sweater knitting pattern that uses up some of your stash and allows you to make just the sweater you want, the Marlina Rib by Shay Johson might be just the thing.

It’s worked with two strands of fingering weight yarn held together to make a DK weight gauge, so you can use the same two yarns throughout or change one or both regularly for an even more colorful look.

The pattern has options to make it either a crewneck or a henley style with buttons, tapered or relaxed sleeves, and a straight hemline or a split hem with buttons (which sounds so cute if you do the henley with split hem and match the buttons on both parts).

It’s also knit from the top down so you can make the body and the sleeves as long as you want. There are 10 sizes available in the pattern, with a chest circumference ranging from 32 to 68 inches, or 81.5 to 172.5 cm. It’s meant to be worn with 4-6 inches/10-15 cm of positive ease at the chest.

The pattern page on Ravelry includes tons of measurements and yardage estimates so you can make sure you’ll get a good fit for your body before you even buy the pattern. Shay also shows a few variations of the sweater so you can see how different options look before you decide how you want to put them together.

The stitch pattern is 1×2 ribbing, which is really easy to do and gives a look almost like fisherman’s rib that’s relaxed and easy to wear.

This sweater looks like a great option for people who are somewhat new to sweater knitting or those who love to have lots of customization options (because it’s like getting multiple sweater patterns in one!).

Check out all the details and grab a copy of the pattern for yourself at Ravelry.

[Photo: Shay Johnson]

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