Here is a sweater from Goodwill. 100% wool from Scotland.
It had a big hole that I found later but I was able to get some usuable yarn out of it. Most of the work is separating the seams and unravelling. Only about 1/2 of the sweater was reclaimed.
Crinkly yarn ramen. Into a cool bath, air dried then wound into balls which amounted to about 90 grams of fingering weight yarn (sock yarn).
Pretty in pink but the wool is very scratchy. I bathed a test strip in some hair conditioner and water to soften it up and it was much better. For $5, I got enough yarn for a pair of socks. Really nice sock yarn can go for $30/ skein so I think I did okay.
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