Make Do and Mend

Reduce

Today is Earth Day.

I've always cared about Mother Earth.

When I was 10 years old I started an ecology club in grade school

called the Helping Hands because I cared about the environment.  

I care about the environment even more today

and do my best to live "green" and  follow the Three R's:

Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. 

 Reuse

So last winter, I discovered some moth holes in one of my cashmere sweaters.
(Lesson learned...I should have stored it in a plastic bin.)

Being a knitter, I just couldn't bring myself to throw all that 

luxurious cashmere away.  So instead, I decided to

 "make do and mend"

and recycled that sweater into beautiful felted flower pins.

I love that it's "vogue" again to 

"make do and mend".

Just check out the adorable Mollie Makes and

  Green Craft magazines and all the upcycled goods 

for sale on Etsy 

and you'll see what I mean.

Recycle

So now my cashmere sweater has a whole new life 

and I saved it from the land fill!