Post 004: Cream and Olive Gray Deconstructed Sweater: Sunday Sweater Decon

Happy Sunday to you all today! The day has started off as any other Sunday--the fiance made a big morning breakfast for the family, and I began my jumpstart of morning coffee.

A little later, it was laundry time and then some time to get this sweater decon finished. I chose a combination sweater for today. It's more of a sweater wrap, but it had a significant hole in the front. This would require patching/mending or I could reclaim the yarn. 

It's an acrylic wool blend, and I saw merit in a simple mend, but I more so saw this as an opportunity to acquire some shiny cotton yarn for upcoming ornament crafting for the end of the year (I didn't mention the holiday, it's too early for that kind of talk, although it does sneak up on us as crafters--does it not?!?).

So I began the decon. The white cotton with shiny bits is perfect for the ornaments I intend to make later in the year. The olive-gray tones are acrylic and held together with a cream acrylic and shiny bits. I usually do not go for acrylic sweaters and typically reach for more organic fibers when doing a decon (wool and natural fibers are expensive otherwise, but time and reusing items are also important to me) but as you can see...

They're quite lovely!

And I am quite partial to the variety in the thickness of the white cotton strands, as it gives the yarn a very natural feel.

When I am finished, I believe I will likely get the ball winder out and create center pull balls for these, as it will not compromise the shape or tension of the yarn much. In other projects such as wool sweater decons, I will finish the yarns into hanks, soak them in water and gently hang to dry to even out some of the crimp to the yarn. I always prewash garments before a deconstruction because I like to work with clean things and a majority of items are secondhand so I like to ensure that there is nothing in the fibers that I dont want there.

Anyone out there do any sweater deconstructions to save the yarn? Happy creating, thanks for looking!