More clothing recycling

(This is cross posted over at Raya's Thrift too)

I started with a $3 100% lambswool sweater from the thrift store. After giving it a good felting I cut it apart at the seams. I used the front and back panels to make soakers custom fit to baby (yes the carpet needs vacuumed, and it's a lousy pic, but you can see how it fits her). After giving them a bath with wool wash that has lanolin in it, they'll make awesome covers for her cloth diapers. Then I used the sleeves to make her a pair of pants. There is quite a bit of growth room left in them so they should still be fitting by fall.

So that's 3 diaper covers total, for $3. Well, $3.33 if you count the yard of elastic I would have had to buy for the pants, but I grabbed a small piece from stash. Even if I purchased recycled from sweaters covers straight from a wahm, I would spend around $35 for all three of those. Hand knit would more than triple that amount. I couldn't knit one myself for that amount.

Once again, I've posted the tutorial over at Homeschooling Life.