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Up cycled Purse from a ruined (shrunken/felted) Sweater

April 18, 2012 by Linda Lanese

Mary posted a very pretty purse she made from a shrunken sweater mistake on “instructables.com”.  She has downloadable PDF instructions for you to follow and also pictures showing you how it is made.  She is a very creative up cycler and I think you will enjoy her ideas and talent. Mary is retired now and has time for all the creative things she has done since she was a child. So far the only thing that has stumped her (all though several people have TRIED to teach her) is knitting! She may make “learning how to knit” her goal for 2012!

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  1. Mary T8M says

    April 18, 2012 at 6:40 pm

    Linda, thank you so much for your kind words and posting the links to the PDF on your site…..it’s a first for me! Mary

  2. Annette Crain says

    April 19, 2012 at 8:06 am

    Hi Mary,
    I really loved your tutorial on the recycled sweater purse. I have several ruined sweaters now that I can use to make them. My question is this, Do you have to buy a membership to Instructables to be able to download your PDF?
    Thanks for the info.
    Nettie

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