How to make a skirt from an old sweater

First, take your waist measurements carefully. Lay the sweater out on the table. And then...

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How to make a skirt from an old scaled sweater

The sweater is old and you don't use it anymore. Your measurements have changed and you can't wear it. It's a gift, with a lot of imagination, but you just don't like it. What to do? To avoid wasting it, a good and simple idea could be to transform it into a skirt. Follow this procedure:

  • First, measure your waist.
  • Two options: you can take the tape measure and pass it around your waist (not too low also because you will then wear the gonna almost certainly with a belt) and divide the measurement taken by two; or take the measurement of a skirt or trousers with the waist that best suits you.
  • Now spread the sweater out flat on the table.
  • The bottom hem of the sweater will become your waist, so mark the measurement you just took in the center of the hem.
  • Then cut the sweater just below the sleeve seam and from the edges of the waist you just marked to the cut you just made as in the figure. 
  • At this point, simply sew the two sides, hem, and, if necessary, add elastic at the waist to help the fit. 

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