From old do-it-yourself sweaters

In the wardrobe of each of us there are things that are both a pity to throw away and a reluctance to wear. This is especially true for sweaters - they often stretch, lose color and lie for a long time, taking up space in the closet. It's a pity to throw out your favorite sweater, you can still vilify it at home, in the country or somewhere else. If you have such things, do not rush to throw them away, you can give your sweaters a second life. What can be done with the old jacket, except how to throw it away? In fact, you can make a lot of everything you need, useful and interesting from your old sweaters with your own hands. And we will tell you about this in this article.

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Sweater preparation

Before you begin remaking your old “friend”, you need to wash it in hot water, dry it at high temperature, and then iron it. The sweater will greatly decrease in size. Wool fibers roll up and will not crumble during operation. If possible, it must be disassembled into parts, if not, simply cut at the seams.

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We sew a hat

It’s very easy to sew a hat from your old sweater. For this you will not need a lot of time and any special knowledge and skills.

Important! In order for the hat to be neat and fit nicely, you need to cut out 3 or 5 petals (parts). This applies to both female and male models.

For a hat, we need a chest and a back from a sweater:

1. Cut 5 petals. To determine the width of the petal, you need to measure the circumference of the head with a centimeter and divide the resulting number by 5.

Important! Remember to leave a couple of centimeters for allowances. The length of the petal will depend on the model of your hat.

2. Sew the petals together on a sewing machine.
3. The final stage is sewing on the elastic band. Cut a strip of fabric from the sweater equal to the circumference of your head and sew it into a circle. The width of the strip is approximately 5-6 cm.
4. Sew the strip to the bottom edge of the cap.

That's all, the hat is ready. DIY patterns for such a hat from an old sweater can be found for every taste.

Important! Some propose using an adhesive gun instead of a sewing machine, that is, parts should not be sewn together, but glued together.

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We sew mitts

From the sweater you can sew excellent mitts, which are very convenient in the cold season:

1. To do this, cut a rectangle, 30 by 20 cm, from the edge of the sweater.
2. Cut it along the seam to make two parts.
3. Lay the two parts face down and mark a 6 cm wide hole for the thumb.
4. Approximately 5 cm should be retreated from the edge.
5. Sew both pieces in length, leaving a thumb hole.

Important! You can also sew mittens by simply making a pattern on the hand, only by tracing the thumb around your hand, take it a little to the side - this way the mittens will be more convenient.

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Knit leggings

Sewing knitted leggings is easy - a child can do it. Just cut off the sleeves from the sweater and hem the hem. Fashionable, stylish and warm leggings are ready.

Important! You can wear them under boots or on top for ankle boots.

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Poufs and pillows

Poufs are in fashion now. They are very light, comfortable and soft. You can sew them yourself. It is not difficult, you will need:

• unnecessary old sweater;
• dense fabric for the bottom;
• fabric for the inner cover;
• stuffing.

Getting started:

1. First you need to sew the inner cover and fill it with some kind of filler to your taste. It can be a synthetic winterizer or holofiber, well, or something else.
2. We cut off the sleeves from the sweater, sew holes from them.
3. Pull the prepared cover with stuffing inside, and from the bottom sew on the bottom of a dense fabric.

The ottoman is ready.

The pillow can be made as follows:

1. We put the pillow on top of the sweater and cut a square or rectangle according to its size. Do not forget about seam allowances.
2. Next, we sew the sides of the pillowcase, leaving room in order to then stick the pillow there.
3. We turn out the resulting pillowcase, stick the pillow inside and gently sew up the open hole.

Important! You can decorate the pillow, for example, with flowers or buttons from a sweater.

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Plaid

If you have accumulated a lot of unnecessary old clothes, then you can sew a plaid out of old sweaters with your own hands:

1. Cut the sweaters into square pieces of the same size, arrange them in colors. You can even pick up some pattern.
2. Sew these pieces with a sewing machine. You can do this gradually, first stitching two parts, then four, and then stitching them together.
3. You can cut out the flannel lining of the same size as the resulting blanket.
4. Sew the edges of the blanket with a buttonhole stitch.

Your blanket is ready, it will perfectly warm you on cold evenings.

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A bag

An old sweater will make a great bag:

1. Make handles by cutting off the sleeves and neck.
2. Sew the bottom of the sweater by connecting both sides.
3. Then twist the bag.

Important! You can sew ready-made handles to the bag, then they will be stronger.

4. Make an internal cover with pockets for trifles.

Your designer bag is ready.

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Many different little things

In fact, nothing limits you in needlework, when you need to figure out what to make of old sweaters with your own hands. Only your imagination can become an obstacle to creating new original gizmos that will decorate your home and make it more convenient. We offer at your discretion a few more ideas that you can further improve.

Pencil holder

You can make a cute pencil. Sew a glass or coffee can with a piece of cloth from an old sweater.

Daily cover

As a rule, notebook covers, if not leather, wear out pretty quickly. Sew a cover for him from a thin sweater of bright colors. You can further decorate it.

New Year's toys in a fur coat

Even Christmas toys can be made from old sweaters with your own hands. More precisely - to update, you just need to sheathe them with scraps of old things. Such toys will warm you with one look, and will surely delight your children.

Bottle case

Fur coats can be made for bottles; such “dressed” bottles will decorate the New Year's table and more.

And on the little things:

• Replenish your accessories collection with a new trendy woolen bracelet.
• Give the old lampshade a new, stylish design by lining it with a cut from an old jacket.
• You can make original flowers from pieces of wool
• Use can lids and pieces of old things, make cup coasters.
• Sew clothes and a soft bed for “our little brothers.”

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It all depends on the flight of your imagination: you can sew gloves, covers for phones or tablets, fur coats on glasses, flower pots and more. Start with simple models to convince yourself of your abilities, and create various gizmos to give new life to your beautiful old sweaters.