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I have thrifted sweaters, cut them apart to make new sweaters and coats. Very fun. I serged the seams together. A serger works great for any sweater reconstruction. It stretches with the knitting and creates clean edges.What a sweet thing to do for your friend. Love it.
I really like your attitude about things that you have made. Not all things I make turn into something that pleases me. Adapt or be gone is how I'm handling things now.
Cool job, it looks great! Something must be in the air because I’ve been looking lately at sweaters that I’ve bought over the years that I want to re-purpose. I vaguely had the idea of cutting them up and sewing them together - I have quite a few cashmere sweaters that have gone at the elbows or under the arms and I thought of cutting those all up and sewing them all together into one long jacket. I bought a batwing sweater a couple of years ago that I hardly have wear because it’s just not cosy but it’s beautiful yarn and in a beautiful blue grey and I’ve already had that out a couple of weeks ago thinking about how I could redesign it. So that’s in my queue for sure. Your video has been very inspiring!
There are machine knitted fabrics available at big box fabric stores now, and sewing videos that demonstrate how to cut them out and assemble garments. Those videos may have made you feel more confident when cutting into your beautiful knitting!
Hi Mark! Hi to Ned too! 😊 I love that you were able to re-purpose this sweater. Watching you do this makes me think that if I came across a sweater, perhaps a knitted sweater at a thrift store that I can do the same thing and have it fit me.!!! Great job Mark!
I love this, she looks so happy in it. I haven’t done anything this big with knits (although I do sew). But I made a hat that I absolutely loved. It had crazy nostalgia vibes like something my grandmother would give me. It was way too big and I was sad for like 2 weeks, and then I chopped the top off and adding ribbing. It’s now a beautiful cowl. I feel like watching you cut stuff and change it in previous videos gave me the courage to do it. I’m super excited for you to do more complicated stuff like this because it means I probably can too.
Good job! It fits Rhianna very well and she seems happy with it. I did this at least twice on my own sweaters because they turned out to be too large, even tho I made a swatch that was right. After taking it on and deciding how much to substract, I first sew my new seams. Try it on again. If ok, I cut the excess fabric.
🤣 I absolutely do need to! It's on my list to get to the store and purchase thread in a good general range of colors for future steeking, sewing, and repair work. Thank you for the reminder!!
What an adventure! You certainly took command of your knitting and did a wonderful job of repurposing it for your friend. I noted how well your seams looked and the sleeves were adapted nicely. This project shows how adaptable and forgiving knitting can be. Fearless sweater making -perhaps a new extreme sport! As always thanks.
I sew and think you did a great job "winging" it. The first time I did something similar was with an Alice Starmore sweater I knit for my husband in gorgeous Hebridean yarn of hers. I ended up having to seam the sleeves also as they were way too wide. Over the years all the raw edges have felted with wear and sweater is even more cozy! Well done!!
Wish I could have known about this before you started. It would have been easier to handle if you had unpicked the sleeve then undone the sleeve seam so everything laid flat when you came to sew it up. That is if the felted wool allowed for this. It looked great on Rhianna so great job well done. Looking forward to seeing you do the cardigan one as I’ve got to change a sleeveless jumper into a cardigan.
I discovered your channel through Clément of "Monsieur Knitting" and really love what you are sharing ..this latest vidéo is really inspiring , love the idea of reshaping a garment to gift someone dear to your ❤ ..it fits your friend really well ❤
This is amazing. You are so brave with the scissors… My grandmother, who was an expert seamstress from the age of 12… Got terrified of cutting the goods as she called it when she was in her 80s she was afraid she would make a mistake! So I was on an emotional adventure watching you cut that sweater up. The result is very very successful and I so appreciated seeing it on Rihanna, thank her for modeling. It looks fabulous.
What a cool endeavour, and it turned out so well! I loved watching you puzzle and then get it - don’t you think that’s the best part of learning something new: when your brain finally clicks 😊?
Pretty brave!! Kudos to you for hacking it up, and ending up with a treasure for your friend!! It was a good design to try this process, and your use of huge seam allowances before final cuts was really smart.
A raw cut edge will eventually felt if its a non superwash wool (which this one is). But one reason I trimmed so close to my sewn seams was to help keep those edges tidy. But yes, if one is working with cotton, acrylic, or superwash, if you leave a large seam allowance, those stitches would fray!
Hello Mark. So many times I have wanted to wave hello and tell you how much of a fan I am. . Forgive me if I am being too forward. I just noticed that your patreon subscription is $388.9/month. I am not sure if this is a type error. I am just a little confused. But that’s my nature anyway. I want to help if it is an error. With admiration Kindly hugs beth
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Ned did a great job as your man-nequin. 😊 Well done on the sweater surgery! Rhianna looks lovely in it, and so did Ned. ❤ ~Brenda
I have thrifted sweaters, cut them apart to make new sweaters and coats. Very fun. I serged the seams together. A serger works great for any sweater reconstruction. It stretches with the knitting and creates clean edges.What a sweet thing to do for your friend. Love it.
I'd LOVE to learn how to use a serger. For now, I'm intimidated!
It's an easy learning curve. I recommend the Baby Lock. It threads itself. It will literally seam, overlock and cut the knitting all in one go.
I really like your attitude about things that you have made. Not all things I make turn into something that pleases me. Adapt or be gone is how I'm handling things now.
Loved the moment when Ned showed up like out of a magic box. My mind went „oh, hey Ned!“ ❤
Congratulations! Good job. Brave and stalwart, our Maker Mark!
I love the scissor sounds! I also love the sewing box that Ned gave you, it’s beautiful.
Cool job, it looks great! Something must be in the air because I’ve been looking lately at sweaters that I’ve bought over the years that I want to re-purpose. I vaguely had the idea of cutting them up and sewing them together - I have quite a few cashmere sweaters that have gone at the elbows or under the arms and I thought of cutting those all up and sewing them all together into one long jacket. I bought a batwing sweater a couple of years ago that I hardly have wear because it’s just not cosy but it’s beautiful yarn and in a beautiful blue grey and I’ve already had that out a couple of weeks ago thinking about how I could redesign it. So that’s in my queue for sure. Your video has been very inspiring!
There are machine knitted fabrics available at big box fabric stores now, and sewing videos that demonstrate how to cut them out and assemble garments. Those videos may have made you feel more confident when cutting into your beautiful knitting!
Oh that's fantastic!!
OMG!!!!
I just fixed my bamboo summer top like this.
It us so much better!
Thank you.
Hi Mark! Hi to Ned too! 😊 I love that you were able to re-purpose this sweater. Watching you do this makes me think that if I came across a sweater, perhaps a knitted sweater at a thrift store that I can do the same thing and have it fit me.!!! Great job Mark!
Absolutely! That's a great idea to keep in mind :)
I love this, she looks so happy in it.
I haven’t done anything this big with knits (although I do sew). But I made a hat that I absolutely loved. It had crazy nostalgia vibes like something my grandmother would give me. It was way too big and I was sad for like 2 weeks, and then I chopped the top off and adding ribbing. It’s now a beautiful cowl.
I feel like watching you cut stuff and change it in previous videos gave me the courage to do it. I’m super excited for you to do more complicated stuff like this because it means I probably can too.
Good job! It fits Rhianna very well and she seems happy with it. I did this at least twice on my own sweaters because they turned out to be too large, even tho I made a swatch that was right. After taking it on and deciding how much to substract, I first sew my new seams. Try it on again. If ok, I cut the excess fabric.
Hi Mark...I commend your bravery in cutting up a sweater! Moving forward I would recommend you use thread that matches the color of your sweater.
🤣 I absolutely do need to! It's on my list to get to the store and purchase thread in a good general range of colors for future steeking, sewing, and repair work. Thank you for the reminder!!
I did not know you could do that GREAT JOB!, It looked great on Rhianna!
What an adventure! You certainly took command of your knitting and did a wonderful job of repurposing it for your friend. I noted how well your seams looked and the sleeves were adapted nicely. This project shows how adaptable and forgiving knitting can be. Fearless sweater making -perhaps a new extreme sport! As always thanks.
Great fit on repurposing this sweater for a friend!
Great job, love that you are willing to have a go
I sew and think you did a great job "winging" it. The first time I did something similar was with an Alice Starmore sweater I knit for my husband in gorgeous Hebridean yarn of hers. I ended up having to seam the sleeves also as they were way too wide. Over the years all the raw edges have felted with wear and sweater is even more cozy! Well done!!
Wow! That was fascinating to watch and ended up looking great. Bravo!
This was fantastic! You're so brave. Maybe I will try this someday.
Turned out great
cool I have never done that to a sweater
Wish I could have known about this before you started. It would have been easier to handle if you had unpicked the sleeve then undone the sleeve seam so everything laid flat when you came to sew it up. That is if the felted wool allowed for this. It looked great on Rhianna so great job well done. Looking forward to seeing you do the cardigan one as I’ve got to change a sleeveless jumper into a cardigan.
THIS IS A GREAT ONE
I discovered your channel through Clément of "Monsieur Knitting" and really love what you are sharing ..this latest vidéo is really inspiring , love the idea of reshaping a garment to gift someone dear to your ❤ ..it fits your friend really well ❤
Well done!
Brilliant!!
This is amazing. You are so brave with the scissors… My grandmother, who was an expert seamstress from the age of 12… Got terrified of cutting the goods as she called it when she was in her 80s she was afraid she would make a mistake! So I was on an emotional adventure watching you cut that sweater up. The result is very very successful and I so appreciated seeing it on Rihanna, thank her for modeling. It looks fabulous.
Nice work! 🎉
I love your videos so much!!
Wow! That was fun to watch. You are brace!! And it turned out great!
Hi Mark, You did a great job in tailoring that sweater to fit Rhianna!!
What a cool endeavour, and it turned out so well! I loved watching you puzzle and then get it - don’t you think that’s the best part of learning something new: when your brain finally clicks 😊?
Pretty brave!! Kudos to you for hacking it up, and ending up with a treasure for your friend!! It was a good design to try this process, and your use of huge seam allowances before final cuts was really smart.
I was definitely nervous, but nothing crazy happened!
You are so brave! 😊
I was nervous to mess it up...but I'm glad I ended up with a decent result!
Poor ned!! Must have been hard to let it go!
I think it looked really good on him after the transformation!
Genuine question will the seams not fray over time?
A raw cut edge will eventually felt if its a non superwash wool (which this one is). But one reason I trimmed so close to my sewn seams was to help keep those edges tidy. But yes, if one is working with cotton, acrylic, or superwash, if you leave a large seam allowance, those stitches would fray!
@MakerMarkKnits thank you.
Hello Mark. So many times I have wanted to wave hello and tell you how much of a fan I am. . Forgive me if I am being too forward. I just noticed that your patreon subscription is $388.9/month. I am not sure if this is a type error.
I am just a little confused. But that’s my nature anyway. I want to help if it is an error.
With admiration Kindly hugs beth
Totally worth it!
Hi Beth, you're so kind! I think that's the total of ALL people who contribute to my Patreon :) The individual levels of support are $3, $5, and $7