Recycled Vintage Knitting Needles – Knitwit Necklace
Always colorful and fun, designs from Liana Kabel are sure to please your eco-friendly heart. She inherited her style and talent from her Mom who was a tupperware lady and her Dad who was a jeweler. Liana is recycling and repurposing while chopping, melting or grinding her plastic treasures.
Necklaces are $50.00 each at LianaKabel’s Etsy Shop
February 16th, 2009 23:50
amazing, simply amazing; i wish i wasn’t broke.
February 17th, 2009 04:47
Simply stunning and stunningly simple! And eco friendly too.
Very inspirational.
February 17th, 2009 04:51
Liana’s jewerly is simply beautiful and I would be delighted to win this drawing and wear it with bulky sweaters and jeans in the winter till the summer with breezy dresses!
February 17th, 2009 13:30
It’s fantastic! So colorful and original, They are pretty with any kind of style!!!
February 17th, 2009 22:36
This is an interesting idea.
February 18th, 2009 00:12
Oh I love it! Great use of colour,they look good enought to eat. I also really like how the whole necklace is thought about, including the button as the clasp. Very cute and clever!
February 18th, 2009 09:42
What a beautiful piece of ART! And when you wear it, it’s definitely going to be a conversation piece… which will bring up recycling and make more and more people aware of what can be done to save this earth of ours!
BRAVO!
February 18th, 2009 12:55
As a high school sculpture teacher I am always looking to create assignments using recyclables.Have had students make jewelry out of rolled paper, old masking tape cores, paper clips. Love this, everywhere you look there are materials to use, just have to know how to look and thin outside the box.
Love it!
February 18th, 2009 17:05
Absolutely beautiful.
February 19th, 2009 00:08
I love simple yet beautiful products like this. Is it just the ends of the needles cut off?
February 19th, 2009 09:44
This is so creative! I love how being resourceful can be so cute and useful!
February 19th, 2009 10:09
Reminds me of a windchime, this necklace will inspire cnversation, promote curiosity, and be a favorite of the lucky recipient, I’m sure…
This is not a yarn…completely true, ask my close-knit family!!
February 19th, 2009 10:22
It’s lovely. My mom would adore this.
February 19th, 2009 11:03
I love these necklaces! Unusual, colorful and eco-friendly….what more could you ask for??
February 19th, 2009 11:05
This is beautiful. I love that it is recycled. My knitter sister-in-law would love this.
nicholakleyle at hotmail dot com
February 19th, 2009 11:09
Very cool and original!
February 19th, 2009 11:13
Being a knitter this is such a different and beautiful way to use vintage needles.
February 19th, 2009 11:39
I love that this is recycled materials.
February 19th, 2009 13:18
I love these necklaces! What a fantastic idea! I’m so following you on facebook!
February 19th, 2009 14:20
This is so cool! Why don’t I think of these things first!
February 19th, 2009 19:18
Quite eclectic and eccentric!! Now I know what to do with my old knitting needles once they are worn out, or I get new ones.
This would be a perfect accessory to a knitter like myself.
February 19th, 2009 19:25
These are very pretty, I love to knit, so this is so me!
February 19th, 2009 20:00
What an awesome way to reuse plastics. Well done!
February 19th, 2009 20:32
What a clever idea! Please enter me in the contest.
February 19th, 2009 21:31
love the bright cheerful colors and that it’s recycled. it would be the purl-fect (haha, so punny) gift for the knitter!
February 19th, 2009 21:36
Cool necklaces! There pretty and I love that there made out of recycled needles how neat!
February 19th, 2009 21:39
This is lovely. I’m a knitter so this is especially perfect in my eyes
thank you!
February 19th, 2009 21:46
I found this on StumbleUpon, that website never fails to find me something as interesting as this page!
February 19th, 2009 23:20
These are totally awesome and I love that they are eco-friendly!
February 20th, 2009 00:21
Even as a knitter, I wouldn’t have recognized the needles in such a beautiful form! I really like the blue one – it’s beautiful!
February 20th, 2009 00:52
wow whet a good idea. it gawjuss and recyled, perfect !
February 20th, 2009 01:27
so unique and creative.
February 20th, 2009 11:27
This is a wonderful idea. I am looking for items made of recycled material. This is definitely not what I expected to find, but appreciate the use of used knitting needles.
February 20th, 2009 11:30
LOVE it!
February 20th, 2009 12:40
so pretty and such a great use of old needles!!
February 20th, 2009 14:26
These are amazing! Wow!!! I love them!
February 20th, 2009 14:27
I am a facebook fan!
February 20th, 2009 17:07
These are so colourful and Vibrant! It’s a great way to show fun stylish/craftyness!
February 20th, 2009 18:10
I love recycled jewelry ideas—I don’t generally pull them off well myself, but I love that other people do!
February 20th, 2009 22:20
So unique. I am in love!
February 20th, 2009 23:03
It’s amazing to see how a gifted artist can transform an everyday item into a beautiful piece of art!
February 21st, 2009 00:24
knitting and handmade jewelry. two of my favorite things!
February 21st, 2009 03:17
The vibrant colors of the necklaces are what drew me at first. The fact that they have a story to go with them is what’s really unique about them. Wish Liana all the best with her craft!
February 21st, 2009 10:11
Gorgeous colors!
February 21st, 2009 10:33
Creative and eye appealing!
February 21st, 2009 14:39
Way cool…and I bet they sound wonderful in the wind!
February 21st, 2009 15:15
Those are really pretty. Count me in!
February 21st, 2009 15:35
I love it! Beautiful colors and a lovely idea!
February 21st, 2009 16:08
Lovely. Oh how I wish I had a budget for fun, energetic jewelry. (okay, or for anything other than groceries and utilities)
February 21st, 2009 18:33
Go green by wearing recycled jewelry!!!
February 21st, 2009 20:25
This necklace is TIGHT!!!! I hope I win it!!!
The little kiddies in my clinic will think I am waaaay coool!
February 21st, 2009 20:29
these are gorgeous! i’d love to win one for my mom!
February 22nd, 2009 00:44
Magical and so perfect for my darling MIL! : )))
Thanks so much for this fabulous give~away! : )))
leahita[at]gmail[dot]com
February 22nd, 2009 00:44
I also subscribe! : )))
leahita[at]gmail[dot]com
February 22nd, 2009 14:05
Very unique! Please count me in! ~
Thanks!
February 22nd, 2009 19:02
Oh my goodness! I cannot believe these necklaces! they are amazinggg!! I am a huge fan of reycling! It would be awesome if I won!!
February 23rd, 2009 03:56
Wow! Beauiful and Eco friendly… I love it!!
February 23rd, 2009 16:55
Thank you for all the lovely comments!
Thank you Liz for your great site, and all your ongoing support.
March 3rd, 2009 16:08
I love this idea, a great way to recycle any broken knitting needles you have!
March 3rd, 2009 23:08
What a clever and smart idea! I wish I’d thought of it!
March 4th, 2009 08:07
So much material so little time. Your designs are brilliant and the upcycling value always makes a new piece justified – exactly what everyone wants. Beautiful and inspiring.
March 12th, 2009 10:13
I love the name! I would be proud to wear a KnitWit necklace.
October 29th, 2009 09:18
While beautiful, yes, I would have loved to have bought the original, un-altered needles! It’s hard to find sets of old bakelite/plastic needles in good shape these days (especially with interesting tops!), and I love working with them and collecting them.
Still, lovely pieces.