Sock Sweater Turned Out Alright

 

So this went together really quickly once I decided what I wanted to do.

I had to play with the layout to make things fit and get the favorite motifs where I would see them more often.

I used the coverstitch machine to seam the pieces together.

This was a pain in the patootie, but it worked out.

Inside guts

Outside without trim. It looked....like it was missing something

It needs black trim. Like a ringer t shirt.

I have been altering and hemming my t-shirts, so I have an assortment of mostly black 3 to 4 inch circular pieces of prewashed cotton knit for these cuffs and the hem. 

I needed to make sure the heart was in the heart spot, so I patched an extra one in the heart spot.

I am a little worried the seaming will fail, but it fits and its comfy (yes I wear a t-shirt under it cause itchy) so I'm test driving it around the house.

I will report later.

I do have many more socks......

Sock sweater and sweater cutting up and remodeling link party (2023)

 So the ex had a lot of socks he didn't want and I have a bunch as well 

https://www.threadsmagazine.com/2018/09/12/make-hats-recycled-sweaters

I like the examples of the zig zag stitches used. That and the upcycled sweater article (no free links yet but it's here at https://www.threadsmagazine.com/2020/10/21/how-to-upcycle-a-sweater). I think the latter kinda skipped over the bigger issues with collaging sweaters; the unraveling seam edges. 

You know how when you steek a sweater, you stitch down the future seam before you cut the steek?

You don't?

https://blog.tincanknits.com/2014/09/18/steek/

I'd at least machine sew down those edges first. Wool knits will behave, but poly cut edges can explode.

https://erniekdesigns.blogspot.com/2021/12/sweater-remodel-number-christmas.html

It's a lot of socks to use

Let's get slicing!

I will stitch the heels closed, stack them in a tub and think about them for three years

And finish this post in September of 2026 and post again next week with the finished project.