Green Options » cigarette butts http://greenoptions.com/tag/cigarette-butts Posts tagged 'cigarette butts' Thu, 28 May 2009 17:30:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Yearn Worthy Yarn: Cigarettes http://craftingagreenworld.com/2009/05/28/yearn-worthy-yarn-cigarettes/ http://craftingagreenworld.com/2009/05/28/yearn-worthy-yarn-cigarettes/#comments Thu, 28 May 2009 17:30:40 +0000 Kelly Rand http://craftingagreenworld.com/2009/05/28/yearn-worthy-yarn-cigarettes/ We’re a little slow sometimes around this blog, as news of this yarn and clothing hit the internet in early January, but it is still worth a mention here as a yearn worthy yarn.

Alexandra Guerrero, a Chilean designer discovered that by using found cigarette butts, she could clean them and then spin them with wool to produce a yarn to knit and crochet into clothing.

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