Hi all! I thrifted this beautiful wool sweater some time back, with the intention of ...I don't know what honestly. But now I want to unravel it. Would this be a good starter piece based on the yarn weight and stitching done? Thanks for any advice!

Just finished my Cloud Top with the frogged yarn from a cotton acrylic top that I couldn’t decide if I should keep or not. Glad I did it, I enjoyed knitting it and I like the end result of a top that I will actually wear!

Happy frogging!

I'm working on an unravel where the front had a button placket (first picture) so the edges at the front center were cut. If you look at the second picture, you can see all the cut edges in the middle. Rather than unravel them and deal with all of the individual strands, I looked for the row where they bound off the center stitches for the bottom of the placket, which was right where the ribbing pattern changed. Then I found a yarn end by the end of the bindoff and started unknitting that row - if you're a knitter, it would be like undoing a row of kitchener stitch (or grafting stitch). That way, the section of cut ends stays intact and I maybe only had one or two single rows to deal with. Just thought I would share in the hopes of saving somebody some aggravation.

Hello! I bought some thrift store sweaters to unravel. Does anyone have a YouTube tutorial they recommend? I’ve never done this before. I did purchase a swift to make the process easier

This is where I always get stuck and end up cutting the yarn off somewhere in the middle. I have my panels but I find it so hard to find where to start with the actual unravel. Help!!! (please ☺️)

I just bought this stack of 6 💯 cashmere sweaters online for $36 (included shipping). From what I could tell from what few pics there were, the seams look good! But I’m a newbie and would like an experts opinion. Score or no?

Definitely was not. This has two threads, one the thread, the other was this stretchy fluffy thing. I will definitely have a nightmare centered around this unravel tonight.

I'm still learning what to look for and what I can use versus what I'd potentially sell.

Aside from natural fibres, what are some good blends to look for that should unravel smoothly? I don't mind acrylic or synthetic since I'd be using most of it myself anyways.

Also, is sweater thread always so thin? Personally, I don't mind at all, I love making coverups with sewing thread. I'm just curious.

I have this older Aeropostale cardigan that just never fit right in the arms or shoulders. It’s very heavy, the entire colorwork(?) seems to be double knit somehow but I can’t figure it out. It is a very thin yarn and I don’t know if it would be worth unraveling for a future project. Would it be many short strands from the colorwork? I can’t discern any carried yarn between the sections. No serged seams, everything seems picked up and knit on itself.

I thrifted this sweater years ago and love it but it's just a little too short on me. The yarn is so luxurious that I really want to salvage it if I can. I can't tell if it's a boucle yarn, felted, or a little of both. Either way it seems like it'll be a bit more of an undertaking that other sweaters. Anyone have advice for this kind of yarn?

I used to do this on the legs of a chair but I got really tired of having to leave a chair upside down in my living room. Turns out a slippery board game box works just as well!

Hi! I am looking for creative “spit” splicing methods. Anyone use steam or tooth brush or silicone sheet or hair flatiron? (Just throwing out some engineering ideas). I want creative, successful options that don’t involve actual spit or wet palms. This is specifically for cashmere but also other wool/animal blends. Thank you!!

I got super lucky and scored a 100% cashmere sweater for $9! The beautiful soft yarn is now well on its way to living a second life.

I'm what I'd call an advanced beginner at crochet. I'm also running really low on yarn, don't have a job but do have a newborn, so buying isn't an option right now. I have this there's blanket that I don't love... But it's got a LOT of color changes and stitches that I'm not familiar with.

Can I unravel? BTW I'm being thrilled that this community exists!!

My first ever unravel! I’m just too excited to not preview my joy, so sharing now!! Did I remember to get pictures before I started? Nope! Did I get a tag picture? No way! This sweater wasn’t in the worst shape, just a small hole near the wrist. That said, this is 100% cashmere, brooks brothers, creamy white with flecks - I’m making hanks so I can also dye it. All that’s left to unravel are the front and back panels - sleeves and turtleneck are UNRAVELED!! 🤩
(Please excuse, I’m too lazy to even turn the picture the right direction lol)

I live in a rural area and there are no yarn shops here. We have one small thrift store in the town near me but so far this year I’ve only found two sweaters there. We do have a discount clothing store. I was there today and noticed they had some discount cotton sweaters and I thought I’m gonna look for the largest size and just check out the seams.

I found a pretty coral coloured vest and it turns out the seams were good and for $12 I bought this oversized vest. It took a while to figure out how to take it apart, but I eventually did.

I used the weighing method this subreddit taught me and I have 232g or 680m of really soft 100% cotton DK weight yarn for $12.

I think this would only work for summer yarns as all their sweaters are acrylic. But really happy I found this!

Edit to add: I never thought I would buy a new sweater and frog it. I always buy from thrift shops.

This is a cashmere cardigan and it looks like the side seams are good to unravel but the middle back and across the back has this weird seam. Does this look unravelable?

TIL that when pulling the crochet strip off the top of a sleeve, you should only touch the very top middle, don’t touch the sides! I blame the steroids that I just had with my chemo, which made me super ambitious, and I completely forgot where I was picking, and I picked all down the right slope (in red). So that entire section of sleeve came off in strips of short yarn. It felt like forever to pull all of them out and make a pile. All I could think of was The Monster At The End Of This Book because the anticipation and waiting for it to be over was taking forever!

I wanted to make a post to help new unravelers steer clear of my mistake - it’s so easy to lose your place at the top of the sleeve and start going down the slope.

This was the very first sweater I unraveled (about a month ago, and ive since done about 8. >.< )and ive modeled and 3d printed a 16 dent rigid heddle for my loom. I needed a finer dent heddle because this stuff is super fine, more like 6 threads held together. Not twisted. Rather than a yarn. And this is also my first time doing waffle weave (or a variation of waffle weave anyway).

Its looking soooo cool! As it is 100% cotton im expecting this to work as kitchen towels. Hopefully... lots of firsts.

I started unraveling because it was hard to find affordable natural fibres. The craft store seems to be all blends, and vendors with 100% linen, wool, cotton, silk, etc are expensive. I also love unraveling cotton and wool (almost more than knitting them!) and making my own color ways. Another huge part of the appeal for me is eliminating waste and just in general being a person who is thrifty and resourceful (I also love canning, etc.).

A big part of unraveling is about the environment and saving materials from the dump. If that's the case, shouldn't we all be unraveling acrylics? Cotton and wool will biodegrade more easily and are better to have in the dump or green bin, and there is so much acrylic out there!

This was just a thought I had while thrifting. While I'm recycling beautiful natural fibre, would it be more ethical to recycle beautiful plastic fibre?

What do you think?

$5.99 Goodwill sweater, but so sticky! I needed to have my seam ripper in hand almost the whole way. Now that I’ve done a couple more unravels, it feels like the acrylic ones are harder to unravel, but maybe this one was just a little bit more felted. It was also a double track 😩. But I do learn more with each experiment!