Purple Sweater Eater
So I was as the Scrap Exchange’s Swap-o-Rama. People brought in their old used clothes and got to swap for new ones. Some folks from the Durham String Thing were there to demonstrate how to make clothing into other things. My friend Sara cuts up old t-shirts and makes them into dish rags. I was doing my re-yarn stuff. I found this GREAT purple sweater to destroy. It has great texture and there is a TON of it. It was truly a giant sweater. It has mohair in it. Mohair sweaters are quickly becoming some of my favorites to destory because the texture is so great. This is some yarn I spun at the SE during the Swap-o-Rama. It sold the first day I put it on Etsy. Whoop whoop
Cashmere Rainbow
This is a slightly cheesy named yarn, to add to the cheese say it as if Doug Henning was saying it. “CAsssshhhmmmere RAAAIINbow” That makes both cheesy and ironic. This is some really nice stuff. It was spun using a 100% Calvin Klein cashmere sweater. I spun the rest of it using llama, bamboo, marino and corriedale . The colors are lovely. Andy actually picked them out. Sometimes we collaborate for fun. 
Oops I Spun it Again
This yarn is a homage to classic Brittany Spears. I was at the Scrap Exchange and they were selling these little Catholic school girl dresses. They were so freaking cute and I think it cost like 10 cents. I cut this little baby up and made is some delicious yarn. I much prefer to spin up the bits of sweater, fabric is a bit of a pain to spin and isn’t as soft and gushy. Nonetheless this is some really lovely stuff. 
Three Girly Friends!
This might be the most girly yarn I have ever spun! It is a mix of three (!) sweaters. A mohair sweater with sprinkles and buttons (all in the yarn), a cashmere sweater- which I had to admit- I didn’t want to rip out and this really lovely wrap. I cut them all up and spun them with a bit of CJ Kopec’s roving, some superwash marino, fake fur (subtle but in there), and a good bit of soy silk. Oh yeah, and some sparkles. I do love me some sparkly stuff- I can’t help it. I am my mother’s daughter. This is some really beautiful and girly yarn!
Here are a few photos, plus some of the sweaters that I chopped up!
NOT What Ann Intended
Hello! This is my first post on my new blog! This lovely handspun yarn was made from a repurposed Ann Taylor Sweater. The sweater is 100% cashmere. I mixed it with some Border Leichester fleece (from a sheep named Deborah).
The yarn is super chunky. The is a lot of cashmere in it. I also spun a thread around the outside to give it a areas between the blue and black a little.
