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...

17 comments:

Sarah said...

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!

Amanda@Imperfectly Beautiful said...

Those trees are absolutely ADORABLE!!!

Diann @ The Thrifty Groove said...

What a cute idea! They turned out wonderful!

Vintagesquirrel said...

These are fantastic! I love recycling old wool sweaters.

cindy said...

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

Ashley @ AshleysBusy said...

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.

Laurel @ Ducks in a Row said...

I love the all green one - my favorite.

Moore Minutes said...

How cute and whimsical! Great work!

Trish @TheOldPostRoad said...

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

Keelie said...

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

The Whispering Creek House said...

very cool idea!!!

Patti @ Pandoras Box said...

These are very clever...i love them!

Randi~Dukes and Duchesses said...

Very cute!

Jayne said...

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

Carrie said...

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

Jenny said...

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!

Keelie said...

Thanks for linking up to TWOC!!