recycling

Re cycling can take many forms. 

I like to recycle fabrics as in old sheets and old t-shirts. 
I always felt guilty for throwing out holey, stained  shirts. I no longer feel guilty as I cut them up and turn them into rugs.  I like to knit but the price of real wool is a little pricey for me at the moment. So I took the rags -cut them into strips and knotted their ends together. The sheets I sew together the t-shirts get knotted. 
If the t-shirts/sheets are not the colour that I need I will dye them.

Cutting the sheets

placing the rags in the pot for dyeing

adding  the dye

drain and remove the rags

The rags will then get knitted into rugs. I have made a few over the past year. 
With rugs I don't have to worry about sizing or the allergies to wool. The receiver only has to decide if it is a covering for a pillow, a chair or the floor. 



I enjoy doing this craft as I have control over the end results.
                                              The variety is also nice to see.    
I have saved my husband's                                                   pants for over 10 years.

the "ball of wool"

sewing together of the strips.

one of my first attempt at the rugs. 

my mixed up strips 

my current theme of rugs

the back side of the rug

The tree of Prosperity, as found in Psalm 1:3.

Everytime I knit this rug I am amazed that it comes out so nice. Each stich comes together in the final picture.