My husband had a CR knit jumper (sweater) that had a couple of wholes at the top, so he really couldn't wear it anymore. But it was such a beautiful soft knit, I just had to refashion it. Otherwise - what a waste!
I've used a hoodie pattern that I traced off another hoodie t-shirt top that I knew still fit my little boy. I cut the jumper along the seams and then laid all the pattern pieces out - using the end of the sleeves (they had a knitted cuff) and the bottom edge of the body of the jumper (again, a knitted cuff). I lined the hoodie with some navy blue t-shirt fabric and sewed the whole thing on the overlocker (serger). Quick, easy and the best part of all, reused a 100% wool jumper and created a warm, stylish hoodie for my little boy for winter.The ironic part of all this creativity is...my two year old has grown again and it's almost too short in length already (sigh). Never mind - it was a good practice run. Now I'll be on the hunt for some more wool jumpers at the op-shop to recycle into more gorgeous clothes.
