Thrifted Sweater Project, à deux
I'm not sure how many things I can make from that one five dollar sweater but it was pretty big. Well, before felting it was...
I blogged about in the first project in the Wool Gathering post.
The first pair were very easy. I cut the sleeve to the length I wanted and used the sweater's natural cuff as one end. The last step was simple embroidery done in wool yarn.
The second project is another pair of fingerless gloves. These started as a flat rectangle of cut wool (as opposed to using the sweater's natural sleeve). I hand sewed the edges together using wool yarn so the glove became a solid piece on re-felting.
When sewing the seam I left an area open for my thumb, sewed on some vintage buttons that "go but don't match" and I'm aflutter over them.
Could be I like them more then the first ones...
Yep, I do. I'm sure I like them best.
The thumb hole works great, I was worried that would make the gloves look like a craft project; uneven and wacky but nope. It's great. Measuring probably helped, a pattern would have been even better but I work organically.
And I love the vintage buttons.
They look great, are VERY warm, and I love being able to use some of the cool singles I've collected.
Stay tuned for Thrifted Sweater Project #3!
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