Skirt made from an old sweater. 3 master classes

A skirt made from an old sweater will be a stylish companion to leggings. Even a child can easily transform a sweater into a skirt, and in 40 minutes you will have an unusual, comfortable item for every day, completely free of charge. Now I’ll have to pull out one of the sweaters I’ve been collecting for blankets and blankets and sew myself something using the instructions below.

Altering a sweater into a skirt

Model 1. This option uses a bulky button-down sweater. Remaking such things can be a headache - you can’t felt it, you can’t cut out a large canvas, you can only unravel it (if that’s even possible). The skirt made from an old sweater turned out to be interesting!

1. Cut the sweater according to the level of the armhole.
2. Sew with a straight stitch, then with a zigzag so that the threads do not fray.
   
3. Measure the elastic at the waist and sew it along the edge of the fabric.
4. Fold the belt inward and secure with pins around the entire perimeter.
   
5. You can use a free stitch on a machine, but the author of the instructions carefully stitched the belt with a needle from the inside, prying up the internal knitting threads.

A couple more photos of a similar model of a sweater with buttons. The knitted belt is connected to a knitted fabric using a zigzag or an overlocker.

Model 2. You can sew a set from an old sweater - a skirt and leg warmers from the sleeves. It’s good when a sweater can be felted a little, then it will be much easier to work with it

1. Cut off the sleeves at the root.
2. Cut off the neckline at the shoulder.
3. We remove the sides of the sweater according to the figure, process them with a straight stitch and zigzag, or overlock.
4. We process the edge with a zigzag, insert an elastic band and sew with an elastic stitch.

Model 3. A bold decision - a snood skirt with a contrasting zipper. The same thing can be done with a sweater, only its bottom elastic can work better at the waist, and the bottom can be tied up, or tucked up and a loose elastic inserted only to fix the shape. The author of the idea says that the snood she received for Christmas looks much better as a skirt. It’s hard to argue with her))).

1. Mark with chalk where the zipper will be sewn.
2. Without cutting, we stitch with a zigzag on both sides of the supposed location of the zipper and the cut.
3. Attach the zipper with a straight stitch.
4. We rip it open where the zipper opens and process the edge. That’s it, you’ve made a stylish designer skirt!

Using similar methods, you can make a skirt from an old knitted T-shirt .