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Thrift store hack: This woman unravels Goodwill sweaters to make her own yarn

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TikTok creator Emilee, @ourshieldmaiden, is getting attention for unraveling thrift store sweaters to repurpose the yarn. The needlework and yarn enthusiast shared a video on Aug. 26, 2025, that showed how a thrifted sweater can go from a rack at Goodwill to a ball of yarn ready for reuse. After purchasing the 100% cotton sweater for $5. 99, Emilee demonstrated how to “unsweater” a sweater by pulling a length of yarn from the garment and winding it into a ball with a hand-cranked yarn ball winder. The post went viral with 3. 2 million views, impressing TikTok users who “didn’t know this was an option.” @ourshieldmaiden/TikTok Much of the content shared on Emilee’s TikTok account shows how salvaging textiles for reuse can offset waste. In a post from Oct. 15, 2025, she revealed that plenty of clothing donated to resale shops ends up in landfills. “Only 25% of clothing donated to thrift stores actually sells,” read the onscreen text. The videos resonate with both budget-conscious and environmentally concerned social media users, learning about the cost-effective materials reuse hack. “I was having anxiety and doom scrolling and this helped. Thanks.” @lamesnyder/TikTok “Unsweatering” hack turns old sweaters into something new Emilee wrote, “Free will is making yarn balls out of a thrift store sweater” in onscreen text over clips that showed how a sweater can go from the thrift store to a fresh ball of yarn. @ourshieldmaiden Reduce, reuse, recycle ♻️ 🥰 #froggingyarn #yarntok #yarn #crocheting #knitting ♬ original sound ||•~Yoriee Dump•~|| user95460937742 “This is next level thrifting. I’m impressed. Wow.” @superstan311 /TikTok “That’s what you call repurposing.” @o3o. y/TikTok “.. Instead of throwing away a thrifted sweater no one wanted to buy, you can give it a new life.” @renizzle. 030/TikTok “Reduce, reuse, recycle”-and unravel On Oct. 14, 2025, Emilee shared the statistic that “11 million tons of clothing waste goes to landfills in the USA each year,” in a post with 893 thousand views. @ourshieldmaiden Reduce, reuse, recycle ♻️ #yarn #crochet #knit #knitting #yarntok ♬ original sound Ketso Veteran knitters in the comments shared that they, too, deconstruct knitwear to use as material or to sell as recycled yarn. “Thrift stores don’t even sell half of what gets donated to them; it all goes right into the dumpster. Maybe you can ask your local thrift store to set aside some sweaters they don’t intend on reselling.” @ekalpha/TikTok “I do this! $7 cotton sweaters = $40 of high-quality yarn. The internet is chaotic-but we’ll break it down for you in one daily email. Sign up for the Daily Dot’s newsletter here. Sign up to receive the Daily Dot’s Internet Insider newsletter for urgent news from the frontline of online. The post Thrift store hack: This woman unravels Goodwill sweaters to make her own yarn appeared first on The Daily Dot. Continue reading Thrift store hack: This woman unravels Goodwill sweaters to make her own yarn→

“Wait, that’s not washer fluid leakage?”: Subaru expert shares trick for driving in bad weather

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Subaru owners driving around with dirty backup cams might not know about this useful winter weather trick. Attention off-roaders, or on-roaders driving newer model Subarus on salty streets this winter: @youngsubaruogden revealed a feature some Subaru owners didn’t even know existed. The TikTok creator and car dealer shared that the car comes with a solution for your dirty backup camera. Manufacturers of newer Outback, Ascent, Forester, and Crosstrek Subaru models included a nozzle above the backup cam that releases wiper fluid to clean the lens when it’s covered in mud, rock salt, or anything else. @youngsubaruogden/TikTok He said drivers can operate it from inside the car. “All you have to do is twist your rear windshield washer and hold it, and windshield washer fluid will actually spray out of a separate nozzle over the camera to clean it,” he said in a video from October 9, 2025. The Subaru PSA quickly accumulated over 600 thousand views. The comments section revealed that plenty of Subaru owners didn’t know about the useful feature. “If you have a newer Subaru, you better not be driving around with a dirty camera anymore.” @youngsubaruogden demonstrated the trick on TikTok. He wrote in the post’s caption, “Best winter car feature?? Did you know your #subaru could do this?” “You might not know that your Subaru can do this trick,” @youngsubaruogden said. “So let’s say you’re off-roading or there’s snow, and your backup camera gets all dirty. All you have to do is twist your rear windshield washer and hold it, and windshield washer fluid will actually spray out of a separate nozzle and over the camera to clean it.” “If you have a newer Subaru, you better not be driving around with a dirty camera anymore,” he warned. @youngsubaruogden Best winter car feature?? Did you know your #subaru could do this? #outback #forester #crosstrek #wilderness ♬ original sound YoungSubaru Commenters react to the tip Some Subaru owners in the comments found out about the backup cam cleaner feature for the first time. “I love my Subaru bidet 💁‍♀️I found out about it months ago on TikTok and it’s a game changer for winter when my camera gets super dirty,” said @haleyeah13. @haleyeah13/TikTok “Just tried it! Wow,” said @networking_and_rich. “Cries in Impreza,” said @caitiecarrot. “Tell me why the sales guy didn’t tell me this,” said @mauiomurice. @goldenboyrb/TikTok The internet is chaotic-but we’ll break it down for you in one daily email. Sign up for the Daily Dot’s newsletter here. Sign up to receive the Daily Dot’s Internet Insider newsletter for urgent news from the frontline of online. The post “Wait, that’s not washer fluid leakage?”: Subaru expert shares trick for driving in bad weather appeared first on The Daily Dot. Continue reading “Wait, that’s not washer fluid leakage?”: Subaru expert shares trick for driving in bad weather→