My sisters buys a lot of wool garments at thrift shops to use for hooked rugs. The response she gets from some of the cashiers are something. Why is she taking perfectly good clothing off the rack that someone could use? And to cut it all up no less! Well, it is on the rack, for sale, and once she pays for it, it is hers to use. She washes it, cuts it up, removes the buttons and linings. She's got a terrific button box, and she does beautiful work as a rug hooker.