A blanket made from sweaters without felting. 20+ ideas and a master class

I love quick and simple projects - you can sew a blanket or a blanket from sweaters without felting, with different compositions. Felting sweaters for blankets can be a challenging task. This is a labor-intensive process that takes time for felting and drying, preparing things, and caring for the washing machine after washing the wool.

How to sew a blanket from sweaters without felting

It is not at all necessary to cut the fabric into squares; a blanket made of sweaters will look interesting with both stripes and triangles - a flight of imagination will suffice.

Machine knitted sweater before work.

We remove the sleeves. There’s no point in trying to undo the seams if they’re overlocked. But if the knitting is done by hand, you can unravel the seam and you will save the fabric from “spilling” the edges.

In this jacket I didn’t have to unravel the side seam. Sweaters can only open one side seam.

Prepare a template for cutting out motifs, so the work will go faster, and the squares without distortions will be much easier to sew. A roller knife is an ideal tool for this kind of work, but safety precautions should come first - it is very sharp.
A ready-made square motif for a future blanket.

Loose sleeves. We also try to cut out as many squares as possible from it, we try to leave the side seams on the canvas untouched.

Ready-made motifs for a blanket.

Lay out ready-made motifs before stitching, combine. You can outline a schematic drawing of the blanket in advance and follow it - counting the number of motifs that will have to be cut.

We combine the motifs, preferably with a double line.

Ready-made blanket with lining. The back seam can also be hidden under the lining, to suit your taste. This blanket has seams facing out and will probably fray a bit for a while.

You can use a lot of old things for a blanket:

Skirts and jackets in endless sizes from second-hand stores, dresses and trousers. Often, such things are made of Scottish wool, but their colors have long gone out of fashion, there are abrasions and the fabric has faded a little (that is, it can no longer be used for wear, it cannot be altered).

Some great ideas for blankets and blankets made from sweaters and old woolen items, all photos are enlarged: