Old Clothing
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daWorth passing on, because I know at least some of my f'list has wondered about the same thing. (yay for composting fabric?!)
http://www.grist.org/advice/ask/2006/07/05/old_clothes/
I'm wondering about the best way to dispose of old clothes and shoes -- the tired, well-loved, and much-worn items that thrift shops really don't want. I wear my clothes until the bitter end, and then I just don't know what to do with them. Old T-shirts make great rags, but then what?
http://www.grist.org/advice/ask/2006/07/05/old_clothes/
I'm wondering about the best way to dispose of old clothes and shoes -- the tired, well-loved, and much-worn items that thrift shops really don't want. I wear my clothes until the bitter end, and then I just don't know what to do with them. Old T-shirts make great rags, but then what?
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Date: Saturday, 8 July 2006 04:36 am (UTC)I've never seen somebody unravel a cotton shirt. Maybe I'll give it a shot.
What do you do about the portions with silk-screening on them? Does it get hand-scraped off the yarn?
Without trying it yet, it seems to me that you'd end up with hundreds of 2-meter long pieces of yarn, with cuts at each seam. What do you do about the stitches? Use a seam-ripper on them?