Sunday, November 1, 2009

Recycled Wool Christmas Trees

I got in a felting sort of mood today...have to be in a special frame of mind to be able to get all wooly and scratchy! Anyway, I had been cutting out circles from all wool sweaters that I washed in hot water (felting them by doing so). I have been looking for all sorts of neat colored and designed sweaters to make these trees.
I "sewed" the circles together with a thin wire, two layers.

And then I topped each one with a wet felted ball (much like the acorns I made the felted balls for here http://ellenscreativepassage.blogspot.com/2009/09/acorn-makeover.html ). I used some yellow, some red, some white fuzzy roving to make the toppers for the trees.

I think they look sort of Dr. Seuss-ish...

I made the all green one first following the pattern I found online...Ithought it would look more "real" if I just used green.
I don't know what I was thinking, I like the green one a lot, but I LOVE the ones with all the colors!!
Here is the link for a great tutorial for the trees--http://thelongthread.com/?p=1656.
It is November, so I suppose it is time to be thinking about Christmas...

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17 comments:

  1. SarahNovember 1, 2009 at 6:15 PM

    I love them! They turned out great! You have inspired me to put aside everything else that is screaming "make me next!" and make these trees!

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  2. Amanda@Imperfectly BeautifulNovember 2, 2009 at 12:18 AM

    Those trees are absolutely ADORABLE!!!

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  3. Diann @ The Thrifty GrooveNovember 2, 2009 at 4:57 AM

    What a cute idea! They turned out wonderful!

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  4. VintagesquirrelNovember 2, 2009 at 3:41 PM

    These are fantastic! I love recycling old wool sweaters.

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  5. cindyNovember 2, 2009 at 8:54 PM

    Ridiculously cute! I'm so trying this. Thanks oodles for sharing this craftola :o)

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  6. Ashley @ AshleysBusyNovember 2, 2009 at 9:09 PM

    I LOVE this! my diy day post is on a felted wool dog sweater that I made. :) Your trees came out so cute. I'll have to look up how to make felted balls as I have a few sweater left to work with.

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  7. Laurel @ Ducks in a RowNovember 2, 2009 at 10:30 PM

    I love the all green one - my favorite.

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  8. Moore MinutesNovember 2, 2009 at 11:02 PM

    How cute and whimsical! Great work!

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  9. Trish @TheOldPostRoadNovember 2, 2009 at 11:12 PM

    The green is my favorite. How CREATIVE !! Thoes are all beautiful.

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  10. KeelieNovember 3, 2009 at 9:45 AM

    These are so neat! I would love for you to come share this post at my Christmas blog party--this week is about Homemade gifts. Although this would make a great gift--I think I would keep mine for myself--ha!

    Check it out : http://redswriting.blogspot.com/2009/11/twoc-homemade-gifts.html

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  11. The Whispering Creek HouseNovember 3, 2009 at 11:50 AM

    very cool idea!!!

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  12. Patti @ Pandoras BoxNovember 3, 2009 at 5:51 PM

    These are very clever...i love them!

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  13. Randi~Dukes and DuchessesNovember 3, 2009 at 9:08 PM

    Very cute!

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  14. JayneNovember 4, 2009 at 10:16 PM

    I've heard of felting, but never would have dreamed sweaters could become such cute trees! I love them and plan to follow that link.
    Keep making those trees!
    Christmas Blessings,
    Jayne at mysongwithin

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  15. CarrieNovember 5, 2009 at 3:20 PM

    How cute! I love how they look Dr. Seuss-ish! It adds to their charm! :)

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  16. JennyNovember 5, 2009 at 5:40 PM

    Oh my! I love, love, love these! Super easy and clever and adorable and different! Wow! Thanks for sharing this idea. I will definitely be making some of these!

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  17. KeelieNovember 7, 2009 at 10:03 PM

    Thanks for linking up to TWOC!!

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