Dot had a great time at a mystery party last night, so today you are treated to a re-run of one of Dabbled’s popular projects!

How to make a cute little elephant purse by recycling old sweaters.. I did this as a Christmas gift last year. It’s simple to make, cheap, and was much loved by the recipients. This is my own design, and I encourage you to try it yourself and add your own spin!

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Another version of the Ele-purse. (This one is sturdier and more colorful).
See all recycled sweater projects here.
A reader does her own take on the elepurse…

You remember the Ele-purses, right?

Well, this is a Baby Ele-purse, and her name is Ginny. Please welcome her into the world.
I envisioned the pattern for this one the other day, and couldn’t stop myself from attempting immediately. Except for the strap, she’s made entirely from one felted sweater sleeve. If you guys are interested, I’ll do a tutorial..

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This is the whole reason I do this blog! I love it when someone takes an idea and runs with it.
søren posted her version of the Ele-purse.

Fabulous job, great embellishment with the flower…
I think it looks better than my original creation
Original Ele-purses (including tutorial):
http://www.dabbled.org/search/label/Ele-purse

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I made another Elepurse, this time for Erin for Christmas. This one is made from thicker wool, which felted much heavier, so it’s smaller and sturdier. Also the original sweater was multicolored, and I like how that gave it a totally different look.

If you remember from before, here’s my original sweater haul:

Here is the sweater I chose for this purse, after felting*, and the process is below:

The process was pretty much the same as for the original Ele-purse. Click here for details. The only differences were that I wanted to just use the yellow for the trunk (there was an…

edit: Welcome to those who came over from Craftzine.. and Ciao to those from ri-creazione! 7/15: Welcome stumblers! We’ve done alot since December, check out some more recent stuff while you’re here!

So, I bought a whole bunch of sweaters from the thrift store the other day (half of me actually doing a project is forcing myself to buy supplies–cuz then the Guy bugs me to do the project so he doesn’t have to keep seeing the bag of supplies). But i digress… So I bought these sweaters because I want to do a sweater snake for the Boy, and i…