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Cashmere sweater make-over Pat in Arkansas 02-23-2006
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Posted by Pat in Arkansas on February 23, 2006, 1:06 am
One of DH's aged and venerable cashmere sweaters has a largish hole in
the bang middle of the front. Not something I can patch
successfully......

I thought about cutting it up and making something.........maybe for
one of my DGD's they are ages 8 and 3........

Is it terribly difficult to sew this sweater knit? What are the tips??

Do you have any good ideas how I could use it?? It is light grey, and
soft as a cloud.......


Posted by Doug&Michelle on February 23, 2006, 9:46 am

> One of DH's aged and venerable cashmere sweaters has a largish hole in
> the bang middle of the front. Not something I can patch
> successfully......
>
> I thought about cutting it up and making something.........maybe for
> one of my DGD's they are ages 8 and 3........
>
> Is it terribly difficult to sew this sweater knit? What are the tips??
>
> Do you have any good ideas how I could use it?? It is light grey, and
> soft as a cloud.......
>

A shrug for one of them, or both if you can manage? They are really in, or
at least they were last month. I bet they would like that.

HTH

Michelle Giordano



Posted by Sharon Hays on February 23, 2006, 2:21 pm
Pat,

I think shrugs would be cute too! There's an article in the January Threads
about sweater knits. http://www.taunton.com/threads/pages/th_123_050.asp

You might see (next time you cruise through wally world) if you could pick
up a copy. The website has a "preview" of the article. Sounds like it
would answer everything for you. (I need to get this too. I've had some
really cute sweater knit stashed for a while. Been intimidated by it to
tell the truth. lol)

Sharon

--
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It's a waste of time and just annoys the
pig.



Posted by Pogonip on February 25, 2006, 4:12 pm
Sharon Hays wrote:
> Pat,
>
> I think shrugs would be cute too! There's an article in the January Threads
> about sweater knits. http://www.taunton.com/threads/pages/th_123_050.asp
>
> You might see (next time you cruise through wally world) if you could pick
> up a copy. The website has a "preview" of the article. Sounds like it
> would answer everything for you. (I need to get this too. I've had some
> really cute sweater knit stashed for a while. Been intimidated by it to
> tell the truth. lol)
>
> Sharon
>

We machine knitters sometimes knit "fabric" to cut. Lay out your
pattern pieces on the knit fabric, mark the edges, then use your sewing
machine to stitch around the cutting line and the fabric will not
unravel. Cut outside the stitches, of course. ;-)
--
Joanne
stitches @ singerlady.reno.nv.us.earth
http://members.tripod.com/~bernardschopen/

Posted by Pat in Arkansas on February 25, 2006, 5:26 pm
Thanks!! I would not have thought of stay stitching before
cutting.......great tip!!

and thanks to all of you for the help and suggestions......



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