Unfortunately, it's way too big for me or Mr. Deplume, so it will need work. But I cannot decide what shoud be done. i leave it up to you, dear reader, to decide this fuzzy fate.
Friday, November 14, 2008
Help!
It's cold and damp here, which is perfect weather for shopping for a few more wool sweaters for the winter. I had no luck finding items I could actually wear this winter, and was going to go home empty handed (young son, however had fallen in love with some Ninja Turtle figures). Then this soft and squishy lambswool sweater jumped out and begged me to buy it, as it was lonely among all its pilly acrylic and faded cotton neighbors. What could I do? It looked so sad, and was so cute, with its little red stripe across the middle.
Unfortunately, it's way too big for me or Mr. Deplume, so it will need work. But I cannot decide what shoud be done. i leave it up to you, dear reader, to decide this fuzzy fate.
Unfortunately, it's way too big for me or Mr. Deplume, so it will need work. But I cannot decide what shoud be done. i leave it up to you, dear reader, to decide this fuzzy fate.
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Felt it! ...hmmm... slippers, cushion cover, bag.
ReplyDeleteAch - I'm boring with the ideas, but it would be a shame to take it apart as then you'd lose the cute wee red stripe!
I like egrets better than ducks....
ReplyDeleteI like egrets better than ducks--ducks are nasty. (I thought it first, but eryn beat me to it in writing!)
ReplyDeleteI think you should felt it and then sew something warm out of the fabric.
Methinks it would be good to make it into a bag or a stuffed toy or some sort of interesting decoration.
ReplyDeletehe he. I said methinks. I have no egrets.
advent calendar pockets on a hemp cord or a stocking
ReplyDeleteI said to felt it. I have a friend who makes awesome felt flower out of old felted sweaters.
ReplyDeleteOr you could make a bag!
Felt it and make a bag.
ReplyDeletehmmm the red stripe does nothing for me. but fulling it in the washer might yield useful fabric
ReplyDeleteTreat it like fabric, measure out the size of sweater pieces you would like (use favourite sweater as a template), mark on the reverse, machine stitch around them (plus seam allowance) then cut out. Stitch together and sew on sleeves (do the same for the sleeves) and pick up stithes around the neck or crochet a neat edging. You'd have a new knitted sweater in an afternoon.
ReplyDeleteThat's assuming you can't unravel it and recycle the yarn. It doesn't look like you can from here.
Why not felt it down just enough to fit you or Mr. Deplume? Put it in the washer, check often... Voila, a really warm sweater!
ReplyDeleteAnd if it screws up and felts too much, well, then you can make something out of it. Right now my toes are suggesting slippers.
I like duckies best. Or you could felt it and make something like a winter purse with it. Oh wait, that's what I'm doing with a sweater. NM. Carry on.
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