20 beautiful DIY sweater repurposing ideas & tutorials

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happy autumn, niceykins!

have some lovely fall sweaters you've accidently shrunk, or maybe some that are too small, too big, or that you fell in love with at the thrift shop?

how about turning them into fabulous new things/

here's a roundup of 20 of my favourite repurposed sweater DIY tutorials and ideas. (& here are some helpful tips on how to sew with knitted fabrics, too!)

1. turn a sweater into fingerless mittens

2. make a felted stuffed animal from an old sweater

3. repurpose a sweater into mary jane slippers

4. stuffed animals from kids' drawings made from old sweaters 

5. repurpose your sweater into a tote bag

6. how to turn your sweater into earrings

7. make a sweater pendant lampshade

8. turn a sweater into a beautiful bag

9. turn an old sweater into mittens

10. tutorial: turning a sweater into a coffee cozy

11. make a child's skirt from an adult sweater

12. repurpose a sweater into a charming rose pillow

13. recycled a sweater into little girl's dress 

14. sweater into child sized pants and shirt

15. or another sweater into a little girl's dress DIY

16. turn sweater into a herringbone pillow

17. make a pet bed from recycled sweaters

18. make these cashmere bunnies from your old sweater

19. how about always chrysti's 100+ ways to reuse your old sweater post! brilliant!

20.or how to  unravel a sweater to recycle yarn

happy repurposing!

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handmaking with kids: march break ideas!

well next week it's march break here in my little part of the world: a week when the kiddies are off school and i'm always looking for fabulous & fun things to do and make and learn about with little rikrak!

so i thought i'd gather a few fabulous handmaking with kids projects from around the blogosphere so all those mommies & care-givers can have a bit of a head-start on readying the supplies for these fun-filled handmaking projects!

i've included some for little hands and some for older kids, too! we all need a little handmaking on the march break!
* love ALL of high on craft's great March Break Boredom Busters, most especially this fab cornstarch clay recipe (i made a similar one last year with little rikrak - it's AMAZING!)

* moss terrarium project by artmind via poppytalk

* or artmind's fabulous paper beads
* carina's sharing beautiful free embroidery patterns in springy tones

* photojojo's fun make your own photo journal
* maya*made suggests this great kite tutorial
* and maya*made's blow art monsters look superfun!
* try this great trashion recycled mini notebooks tutorial

* fun soaps for kids to make on whipup
* get those kiddies organized with this fun cereal box storage unit from ecoetsy

* make your own finger paint from martha stewart

* or maybe learn some basic weaving with martha
* and finally, i can imagine children of EVERY age adoring these gorgeous paper wigs to add a little fantastical fun to the week!

happy handmaking!

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