Is it possible to dissolve a machine-knitted sweater. How to dissolve a machine knitted sweater from the store? Tips and photos

There is a term "frogging" among English-speaking knitters, which can be translated as "frogging", denoting uncontrolled and often emotional loosening of the knitted due to a mistake. But still, how to properly dissolve knitting and facilitate the process of creating a wonderful thing? Norwegian designer Theresa Vinson Stenersen offers not to be led by emotions, but to use such a tricky way.

A needle of smaller diameter. than those on which they knitted, you need to insert under the right handle of the loops of the row. located below the observed error. It is necessary to ensure that the inserted needle passes strictly through the loops of one row.

The second photo is how it should look from the inside.

Now we calmly dissolve those rows that remained on top, and our typed row remains on the knitting needle and nothing will happen to it now. You can knit further.

If the unraveling area is too large, the threads can be wound over the elbow, thus forming something like a skein. This skein can be washed with a special product and carefully, trying not to damage the connected part, hang to dry, you can hang a weight on a clothespin from below. Thus, after drying, we again get an even thread, from which it will be nice to knit something really beautiful!

Any knitted thing can be dissolved into threads?

Yes, almost any. The main thing is that the thing has a decent appearance and the threads are not old, with spools. I used to unravel even machine-knitted things. The main thing is that the edges of the knitted thing should not be trimmed. If a thing is knitted or crocheted, the edges are always closed there, but the machine-knitted fabric can be trimmed and the seams are sewn on an overlock machine. You can dissolve such a thing, but the thread will break at the end of each row. For knitting a new thing, threads with multiple knots are hardly suitable.

It’s impossible to dissolve my self-tied things! I crochet flower items and sew them together - it turns out very lacy, airy. Sometimes I connect the flowers with a mesh, but such things can no longer be dissolved. But to be honest, even a hand will not rise to dissolve such things.

If we talk about factory ones, then indeed they can most often be dissolved, large pieces bloom well, as for sleeves and armholes, it’s more difficult here, most often small pieces of thread are obtained and this goes into marriage, so to speak, well, or for pompoms, crafts, etc. .P.

from personal experience, in childhood, I also unraveled a lot of things for using threads for knitting - of course, you can get raw materials for yourself from purchased items, but it doesn’t work out like that with everyone, some kind of strange knitting occurs, which doesn’t ... well, there is the disadvantage is that the threads will have to be tied from such things, since they are trimmed there in the product.

It is quite problematic to unravel a product made of mohair, even the just-knitted part of the product that has not been washed and worn, but for example, not properly knitted in dissolution is very heavy, for this you have to unravel several loops and pry long villi with a thin knitting needle otherwise they get very tangled. I haven't had any problems with the other threads yet.

You can also dissolve purchased knitted items. Just before starting, you need to carefully look at the side seams (how the edge is processed (if it is cut, you will get short threads for the freeform knitting technique from parts or individual elements), if it is not cut, then there is no problem to dissolve. The complexity is a thread with long pile - maher, angora, grass ....

It can be dissolved if the parts are knitted separately, and not cut out from a knitted fabric. This is easy to determine by turning the thing inside out. Loose yarn should be wound on cardboard and steamed with an iron through a damp cloth (this will straighten it), let it dry and wind the yarn into a ball. For me, it’s worth suffering like this only if the thing is made of high-quality yarn (cotton or wool, for example) without spools.

From childhood, my grandmother taught - you can’t throw anything away!

You can release anything!

1. If self-tying - there are few problems, the main thing is to figure out which side you finished on. If the threads are worn out and become thin, another thread is added, of any color. And so it turned out melange. And in the heels on the toes - so sure!
2. If the thing is store-bought and machine-knitted, look at the seams. It can be connected in parts and sewn, or the fabric itself can be connected and the details cut out of it - then the threads will all be cut. But more often, even if the threads are not cut, the side seams were made on a typewriter from cotton threads and the seams themselves tear the fabric. But even short threads are useful for pompoms, fringe, embroidery on an already knitted fabric or for multi-color knitting. And knit details from the hook, and then sew them together - so small threads are just a godsend! Tie them in bunches and hang them on clothespins, under the influence of gravity they will straighten out.
3. More often, store items are knitted from several very thin threads (from 5 to 10!) Don't be scared! Of course, take a lot with knots, but if you also knit with fluff, all your knots will be invisible, because everything will fluff up. You can also knit a thing with a smooth color transition: start with 6 threads of the same color, then every 5 rows change one of the threads to another until all the threads are of the same second color. I never tie knots in advance - it may turn out to be on the front side. It is better to knit several rows and only then tie (so the knots will always be from the inside out).
4. If the thread is very fluffy and tangled (fluff, mohair, grass), it is not placed in a basin with a small amount of any liquid hair balm (shampoo in extreme cases) and dissolved directly when wet (threads will slide, not fluff). Then the threads are dried, and then the thing knitted again is washed.
5. If it’s impossible to dissolve even in a wet way - it rolled up a lot, then they scroll it in boiling water in a washing machine (so that it doesn’t shrink anymore) and cut it. So my son had a warm suit made of blue wool and white down - he rolled up into felt, and the child grew out of it. I cut the pants along the outer seams and sewed stripes there connected with a jacquard pattern of white and blue threads, and also lengthened the legs. The sweater was also cut at the side seams and the center of the sleeve and jacquard was also sewn in. It turned out - a feast for the eyes! The clinic asked how to order the same.

Train and experience will come! This beauty can be crocheted from small threads of three colors: white, pink and red!

Before unraveling the old thing, wash it. Loose straps, pockets, buttons. Then dry the item, but not dry.

Determine how the thing is connected - from the bottom up or from the top down. In the first case, the collar is first torn off, then the sleeves, the shoulder and side seams are ripped open. On each part, the end of the thread is found, and dissolution begins from it. If the thing was knitted from top to bottom, then the end of the thread will be at the bottom.

When unraveling, wind the thread first into loose balls, and then rewind into skeins. Separate less durable threads immediately - it is better to use them for the back, and more durable threads for sleeves and front. Throw away the worn places, tie the rest with a flat knot, as indicated in the diagram. The ends of the threads must be at least 2 cm so that they can be crocheted when knitting.

You can connect the ends with a needle: stitch the end of the thread with a needle, remove the needle and cut the ends of the threads. But this method is only suitable for thick yarn.

As for the felted woolen things, the matter is more complicated. It can be impossible to restore their original appearance, it is difficult to dissolve a thing in order to tie a new one. But still try to soak it for 15-30 minutes in this solution: 10 liters of water, 3 tablespoons of ammonia, a tablespoon of turpentine, 2 tablespoons of vodka. If that doesn't help, then nothing else will.

How to straighten used thread

Woolen knitted things are very practical, they are worn for a long time, old clothes can be loosened, skeins made, washed yarn and used again for knitting. If after washing the thread continues to curl, then it is necessary to straighten it, otherwise you cannot knit from it: the loops turn out to be uneven, loose and the knitted fabric will be sloppy.

To straighten the thread, tie wet skeins to the rope and hang a weight from each bottom. Change the position of the skein from time to time: gradually move the lower part up - the thread will straighten out under the weight of the load.

There is one, in our opinion, a very witty way. It is necessary to thread the end of the thread into the spout of the kettle (using a hook), pour water into the bottom of the kettle and bring it to a boil. And then rewind the threads, stretching them in this way over boiling water. In order not to burn yourself, the kettle must be closed with an inverted lid. In this case, things go faster, and the threads become fluffy.

How to comb things knitted from fluffy wool

Since the fibers of the yarn will cover the pattern, it makes sense to comb only a flat surface.

It is done like this. First, the thing must be moistened by wrapping it in a wet terry towel, leaving it in this form for about half an hour. Then, with a metal brush, begin combing the surface of the canvas from top to bottom, from bottom to top, from right to left and from left to right. When there is enough pile, comb it for the last time in the direction you need.

Greetings, dear readers of the site!
As the once popular singer Zemfira sang, “I didn’t do it on purpose, it just happened”: in my closet I found several cotton sweaters at once, which were hopelessly outdated, and the spring-summer 2016 season turned out to be rich in models knitted or decorated with a crochet hook. So I thought, why not dissolve these sweaters, but not put the resulting yarn into action?

In general, me and needlework are two parallel universes! At an early age, my grandmother showed me the basics of crocheting, and that is, perhaps, all the skills that I have.

Having discovered that crocheted things are now relevant, I decided to recall an old hobby and freshen up some clothes from my wardrobe.

This is where cotton sweaters came in handy, which I no longer like and are frankly outdated, but I did not dare to get rid of them.

Well, a person who grew up in the Soviet Union cannot simply take and throw away a thing just because it is not fashionable, tired or even looks worn. Not torn!

In general, my old sweaters, mentality and crochet fashion converged at one point in the universe.

So, we have several store knitted sweaters. Threads - 100% cotton.

Before you start unraveling, you should make sure that the thing is connected, and not cut out of knitted fabric. In the first case, the details of the sweater or jumper will be sewn with a regular seam, and the edges will remain unfinished.

Seam in the center of the photo, to the right and left of the seam of the edge of the product

In the second, the seams of the product will be overlaid so that the parts cut from the knitted fabric do not crumble.

It can be seen that the detail is cut out, the seams are "waving"

It is, in principle, possible to dissolve such a thing, but this is impractical: the threads will turn out to be too short, from cut to cut

We take a sweater and rip it apart at the seams. Usually, things are sewn with the same threads from which the product is knitted, so you need to look carefully so as not to accidentally cut the threads of the fabric, instead of seams.

Most things are knitted from the bottom to the top, therefore, they must be unraveled from the top down. The neck of the sweater, on the contrary, from the bottom up.

My sweaters were knitted from thick yarn, folded with five thin threads (about #30). I decided to divide the thick thread into 5 thin ones. To do this, I first broke the common thread into 2 (in one 3 threads, in the other 2), then unwound the ball of three threads into 2 balls (2 and 1 threads, respectively), and then divided the remaining balls of 2 threads.

The threads are twisted, so from time to time I clamped the thread on the ball with a clamp (so that the ball does not unwind) and let it unwind in free flight.

To straighten the yarn, we wind it loosely on the back of a chair or any other stretch from which the yarn can be removed without difficulty. Having wound a ball (or several balls, here you already need to look at the density, a too thick skein will dry for a long time) we tie the threads in four places to fix the yarn in the skein.

Next, the yarn must be gently washed by hand, rinsed and hung to dry. For better straightening of the thread, it is worth hanging a load on the skein. (I hook a hook onto one of the fixing threads, and already a load on it).

When the yarn dries, it remains to cut the fastening threads, find the “tail” of the skein and wind the yarn into a ball.

That's all!

If the collar of the sweater is not very stretched and has a presentable appearance, the best way out is to make it shirtfront for the cold winter. A hat cut from the bottom of the sweater will create a winter ensemble.

An interesting solution would be to make a warm, cozy sweater skirt . Most likely, this skirt will suit my daughter - it will turn out not very long and maybe not wide enough for you.

popular now and knitted covers both for household items and for various gadgets.
It is quite possible to make a cover for a heating pad from a small sweater - it is very convenient when it heats evenly, and does not burn.
A cup in a knitted cover will keep the drink warm for a long time. And the cover is easily made from a regular sweater sleeve.

And if you want to do more fundamental work and you have a lot of unnecessary sweaters, I advise you to do warm, cozy blanket . Cut your material into identical squares, sew, combining by color. The lining will give the plaid a finished look. I want to give one piece of advice. Before cutting the sweaters, wash them in hot water in the washing machine. You will lose a little in size, but the cut squares will definitely not bloom :)

And finally, one more idea that I came across on the Internet. Thin wool sweaters turn into yarn . No, not unraveling the thread, but cutting into strips and subjecting to simple processing. Watch the video, it explains everything in detail. Such thick woolen "yarn" can be used for knitting exclusive items. Look at this skirt. Is it really original? Made from an old sweater.

Here is a video on how to turn an old sweater into yarn.