anemone (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} _anemone_) wrote in ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif){kind=small} trash_collector,@ 2007-02-23 18:51:00 |
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recycled sweater
this post is much overdue, since i started this reconstruction almost a year ago... but here it is finally, since i just mangaged to sew the buttons on last week.
felted, fitted, reconstructed cardigan from a found men's pullover sweater.
with crocheted border from handdyed found wool and salvaged buttons.
open
as you can see there are a few moth holes... next step is to learn how to needle felt. i want to patch the holes with felted polka dots made from more of the roving i used to crochet the border with.
essentially it was wash and dry at high heat to shrink and felt it up, slice down the front to make it a cardigan, then blanket stitch the border, crochet the overlap, add buttons. I love it so.
this post is much overdue, since i started this reconstruction almost a year ago... but here it is finally, since i just mangaged to sew the buttons on last week.
felted, fitted, reconstructed cardigan from a found men's pullover sweater.
with crocheted border from handdyed found wool and salvaged buttons.
open
as you can see there are a few moth holes... next step is to learn how to needle felt. i want to patch the holes with felted polka dots made from more of the roving i used to crochet the border with.
essentially it was wash and dry at high heat to shrink and felt it up, slice down the front to make it a cardigan, then blanket stitch the border, crochet the overlap, add buttons. I love it so.
