I opened up my Austin American-Statesman this Thursday morning to find an article titled, “Artist turns old sweaters into new fun.” Needless to say, I was excited to read more. This is right up the alley with what Yarn Harvest is doing. It is too cool to find out other nifty things artists are doing with second-hand products.
The artist, Sarah Bird, takes her second-hand sweaters and tumbles them in a washer, turning them into pieces of felt. She then takes those felt scraps and crafts hats, scarves, slippers, and other wearable pieces of art. And this year, she’s been invited to participate in the Armadillo Christmas Bazaar… congrats to her for that!
The coolest part about what she does is that she finds her sweaters way down in Laredo, at huge warehouses full of discarded clothing. This clothing is packed up and exported to developing countries, where they are sold in markets. Now that you think about it, I imagine that this is one reason why you find Nike shirts in every country of the world.
We’re always on the lookout for new sources of sweaters, and hopefully we’ll be able to make a trip down to Laredo ourselves, to dig through this mountain of second-hand clothing before they get shipped away from our shores.
And speaking of digging, it is definitely time to dig in for the winter. Snow is forecast for the weekend here in Central Texas! Yarn Harvest will be up in Canton, TX for their Trade Days, and we are going to make sure we bundle up. Packing for our trip, I feel like we are heading out on an arctic expedition or something. We’ll be back in Austin on Sunday though, for the HOPE Farmer’s Market. Hopefully, it will still be crisp, wintery, and full of holiday cheer down here.
Your excited to be in Austin this Holiday Season blogger,
Greg
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