Unraveling History

I've taken up a new knitting endeavor: unraveling old sweaters for the purpose of recycling the yarn. A few weeks ago I found some awesome sweaters at Goodwill, each for $2.99, and brought them home. So far I have unraveled two of them (almost) and have at least four times as much yarn as I could have purchased for the same price. 

It is a time-consuming exercise, and your home does tend to get covered in little yarn fibers. Hubby keeps wondering whether it is really worth it - is it really useable yarn? what about all the hours it takes to successfully unravel one long knittable piece? Honestly, I'm not sure if its worth it yet - but I am making one assumption: this being my first time may be a waste of money, but I will only get better at choosing eligible sweaters and at unraveling with speed. Even my second sweater came apart with much greater ease than the first one! 

I guess we'll have to wait and see what comes out of the balls and balls of yarn I have accumulating. At that point, maybe we'll asses and decide whether the final product(s) are worth the $2.99.