Everyone's heard that old adage about reduce, reuse, recycle. I happened upon a website that gives new meaning to the notion of reuse! The site is called "Reknit," and is run by Haik Avanian. Avanian's mother, apparently an avid knitter, will accept 30 orders per month to repurpose peoples' old sweaters into a new garment! Examples of new clothing items the orderer can receive include socks, gloves, scarves and hats. You do have to pay $30, but the website's gallery shows pictures of after-products and they are certainly well-made. I think it's a really cute idea. Now you can even sign up to "be a mom" and knit for the site.
If you're interested, check it out: http://www.rekn.it/
HOW IT WORKS (according to the site):
1.) you send an old sweater to my mom
2.) she unravels & reknits it into something new.
3.) a brand new, hand-made, one of a kind item is sent back to you.
Here's an example from January:
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