I got the idea from a book called The Feisty Stitcher by Susan Wasinger. The jumpers must be woollen so that they will matt and felt together and not simply unravel when they are cut up. So before starting, I put the jumpers through the washing machine and dryer a few times so that the fibres shrink and stick together - everything that you shouldn't do if you're trying to keep your woollen garments perfect.
I cut a template 9 x 21cm and cut out 29 of these rectangles from the various jumpers.
Then it was simply a matter of lining them up end to end in three rows. One row of 9, the middle row with 10 and the other outer row with 9. This is so that, like bricks, the seams would be staggered and not all level. As it turned out, I decided to only go with two rows, as I thought with the third row, the scarf was getting too wide and bulky. So I already have plenty of cut out pieces for another one. I sewed the pieces together using an overcast stitch on the sewing machine, and then cut away any excess fabric from the seam. The great thing about felted wool is that seams won't fray and so they don't need neatening.
You can see the three rows ready to go there even though I only finished up using two. After I joined them, I trimmed off the threads and it was ready to go!
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