Thursday, December 2, 2010

Refashioning the Hoodie

I was inspired by this post to refashion my Old Navy, thrifted wool sweater (and somehow inspired to photograph myself, only without a tripod).

See the hood?  Unflattering, useless, and bulky.


And I want to mend the hole, too.  It's been there for a few years, but I wear this sweater pretty often.

I intended to open up the hood and then fold it on itself into a collar, but when I did the first little hem with a zig zag stitch, it turned into a pretty lettuce-edge.  So I let it go.  And used a scrap to mend the hole.



Now the sweater-that-used-to-be-a-hoodie just needs a barber date with my mother-in-law's fuzzy shaver.  I love that thing and I love that we share it back and forth. 



I may also have built up enough confidence to turn my lambswool crewneck sweater into a cardigan.

12 comments:

life in this 1880 farmhouse said...

It looks great!
Also to mend the hole you could just weave some wool through it, do some invisible mending. Seems I have been doing that all week with socks. I refuse to buy new socks when the great part of the sock is just fine.

I have been following you for some time. Beautiful blog and very creative.My old blog went haywire due to the "background' company I had and I have had to begin all over again.

Unknown said...

I love the way your collar came out! Glad you shared pictures - I've been seeing a lot of sweater refashions lately too. I have a couple sweaters that have been languishing in the back of my closet...may have to do something about that : )

Christian - Modobject@Home said...

Oh, I adore that ruffled collar... so much cuter than a useless hood! Nicely done, as always.

You Can Call Me Jane said...

Amazing job, Margo. I love it.

Tracy said...

That collar is very pretty. Nice job!

Crystal said...

That's awesome!

Karena said...

gorgeous! i love reading your blog.

Deanna Beth said...

Hey! That looks amazing.

Beth said...

Very clever! Looks great!

Melanie said...

I would love to compensate you for your services in this very area of expertise, should you ever be interested in taking on such clients! I have three sweaters...no make that four...that I can think of off the top of my head that would benefit!

AmyK said...

Quick question about the fuzz shaver - can you tell me more about it? I have sweaters in need of de-pilling, but haven't been sure of what to get.

Margo said...

AmyK, my fuzzy shaver is a pass-on from my mother-in-law. It looks like this one http://www.frys.com/product/6489432?source=google&gclid=Cj0KEQjw7vmgBRDdnLPZp7aBlroBEiQA7_NmV1eH9M0NSegOF1zN83Z5a1q3h9Y8PsM_UVQGT8jy-rwaAj-18P8HAQ

I love it, so it's worth it to me to have this gadget around. Hope that helps!