Online Sellers: 8 Ways to Sell a Ruined Sweater (DIY Crafts)

Posted by Big Brand Wholesale.com on 18th Jul 2021

For those of you who absolutely love buying store returns, liquidations and salvage inventory to sell, chances are you’re going to end up with a sweater you simply cannot sell. Here’s a handful of ideas

CUSTOM PILLOW CASES - Everybody loves buying limited edition or custom items. You can make a pillowcase from a sweater with little sewing knowledge. You can also check out the Recycled Sweater Throw Pillows tutorial or GatheredInTheKitchen's YouTube video guide below.

MITTENS - Yep, you can turn that sweater into MULTIPLE pairs of handcrafted mittens! Of course this project requires some knowledge of sewing:

RebeccaMaeDesigns also has a gorgeous tutorial for this project that is located here.

HATS (or hats and mitten sets)! - If you want to make a matching set with a hat and mittens, here you go! Alternatively, you could just make a bunch of awesome knit hats.

JustTheWoods has a beautiful guide to making the wonderful hat shown above.

FINGERLESS GLOVES - And of course you could also make the mittens and matching hat to offer your buyers an incredible custom set! This is especially amazing if the sweater you have is something extra special! FiberArtsy has a super fast, 5-minute tutorial for making these!

60 SECOND PROJECT!!!! BOOT CUFFS / LEG WARMERS - Awe yeah baby! You really CAN make an incredible set with mittens, a hat, gloves and matching boot cuffs! Take a peek at BeautyBlondie.com or FaveCrafts.com’s guide!

SCARF - You already know what I’m going to say here! Heck yes; custom winter set! You can also make a Hooded Scarf!

NECK WARMER - Yep, yep! Incredible YouTube tutorial provided by MadeByFate.

PIECE PARTS! Any garment can always be sold for material, especially if the material is something people really want, such as Wool, Cashmere or Silk Blend. Crafters always want to score insane deals on high quality material compositions, so your damaged sweater is a blessing to them!

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