From old sweaters

In the wardrobe of each of us there are things that you do not want to throw out and feel like reluctant. This especially applies to sweaters - they often stretch, lose color and lie for a long time, taking up space in the closet. You can not throw your favorite sweater, it can still be vilified at home, at the dacha or somewhere else. If you have such things, do not rush to throw them away, you can give the sweaters a second life. What can I do with the old jacket, except how to throw it away? In fact, from old sweaters you can do a lot of necessary, useful and interesting ones. And we'll tell you about this in this article.

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Preparing the sweater

Before starting to rework your old "friend", you need to wash it in hot water, dry it at high temperature, and then iron it. In this case, the sweater will greatly decrease in size. The fibers of the wool roll down and will not crumble during work. If possible, it should be disassembled, if not - just cut at the seams.

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Sewing a hat

It's very easy to make a hat from an old sweater with your own hands. On this you do not need a lot of time and any special knowledge and skills.

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

For the cap we need the breast and the back from the sweater:

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

Important! Do not forget to leave a couple of centimeters on the allowances. The length of the petal will depend on the model of your hat.

1. Sew petals with each other on the sewing machine.
2. The final step is to sew a strip of rubber. Cut out a strip of fabric from the sweater, equal to the girth of your head and sew it into a circle. The width of the strip is approximately 5-6 cm.
3. Sew a strip to the bottom edge of the cap.

That's it, the hat is ready. Patterns for such a hat from an old sweater with your own hands can be found for every taste.

Important! Some suggest instead of a sewing machine to use a glue gun, that is, the parts do not stitch, but glue together.

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We sew mittens

We can sew nice sweatshirts from the sweater that are very comfortable in the cold season:

1. Cut a rectangle, 30 by 20 cm, from the edge of the sweater.
2. Cut it to the seam to get two parts.
3. Place these two parts face-down and mark a 6 cm wide hole for the thumb.
4. The edge should be retracted approximately 5 cm.
5. Stretch both parts in length, leaving a hole for the thumb.

Important! You can also sew and mittens, just by making a pattern on the hand, just bypassing your thumb, take it a little to the side - so the mittens will be more convenient.

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Knitted leggings

It is easy to sew knitted leggings - this can be done by a child. Just cut off the sleeves from the sweater and suture the edges. Fashionable, stylish and warm leggings are ready.

Important! You can wear them under boots or from above on ankle boots.

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Puffs and pillows

Puff bags are now in fashion. They are very light, comfortable and soft. You can sew them yourself. It's easy, you'll need:

• unnecessary old sweater;
• thick fabric for the bottom;
• fabric for the inner case;
• packing.

Getting Started:

1. First you need to sew an inner case and fill it with some filler to your taste. It can be a sintepon or a holofiber, well, or something else.
2. From the sweater cut off the sleeves, we sew holes from them.
3. Push in the prepared padded case, and from below sew the bottom of a dense fabric.

The ottoman is ready.

The cushion can be made as follows:

1. Put the pillow on top of the sweater and by its size cut out a square or rectangle. Do not forget about seam allowances.
2. Next we sew the sides of the pillowcases, leaving room to poke in the pillow.
3. The resulting pillowcase is turned out, we put the pillow inside and open the hole carefully.

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, you can sew a plaid from your old sweaters:

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

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

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Bag

From an old sweater you will get an excellent bag:

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

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

1. Smaster the inner case with pockets for small items.

Your designer bag is ready.

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A lot of different little things

In fact, nothing restricts you to needlework when you have 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 house and make it more convenient. We offer at your discretion a few more ideas that you can further improve.

Pencil Case

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

Cover for diary

As a rule, covers of notebooks, if it is not leather, wear out pretty quickly. Sew a sheath of a thin sweater with a bright coloring for him. You can decorate it in addition.

New Year's toys in a fur coat

Even New Year's toys can be made from old sweaters by oneself. More precisely - to update, you just need to cover them with rags from old things. Such toys will warm you with one kind, and surely will enthrall your children.

Bottle cover

For bottles you can make fur coats, such "dressed" bottles will decorate the New Year table and not only.

And more on trifles:

• Add to the collection of your accessories a new fashionable woolen bracelet.
• Give the old lampshade a new stylish design, covering it with a cut from the old sweatshirt.
• You can make original flowers from pieces of wool
• Use covers from cans and pieces from old things, make coasters under cups.
• Sew clothes and soft bed for "our smaller brothers".

It all depends on the flight of your imagination: you can sew potholders, cases for phones or tablets, coats for glasses, flower pots and stuff. Begin with simple models to make sure of your abilities, and create different things to give a new life to your beautiful old sweaters.