I think everyone has shrunken something wool by putting it in the laundry. The most memorable one for me was this amazing pea coat my mom bought me for Christmas when I was 15. I had been a pretty bad girl that year so it was kind of amazing that I got anything at all but, that’s not what I’m on about here. About two months after I got the coat I decided that it ready for a wash. I don’t think I had ever washed a coat before so maybe something was on it? I’ve never really questioned why I washed it. But I did! If that wasn’t enough I decided it needed drying too. Well, that was the end of that coat. (The lining so fine, which sort of made it all the more hideous.)
Last year, the washing machine struck again. A certain someone that is not myself but does live in the same house as me and might do my laundry from time to time happened to unknowingly slip one of my favourite black sweaters into the ‘felter’. It emerged child sized. I was a bit distraught. But I dried it and decided to put it in with my other materials in the hopes that I would be able to cut it up one day and give it a new life.
The sweater came out the other evening after I had enough time to morn and it was cut! I used the bottom bit, from below the arms down. That was cut into 4 equal pieces and then I used the sweating machine (zig zag stitch) to put them back together in the form of a scarf.
I was pretty happy with it but, it definitely needed some adornment. I recently bought some spray style fabric paint. So I figured this was a good opportunity to try it out. I rifled through my stencils and found the skull and crossbones. I laid out the stencil on the scarf, sprayed it, let it dry a little and sprayed it again.
The end results were pretty darn good. Maybe too go. So, I decided it needed a little more personal. I then got out some grey wool and embroidered around the outside and inside of the skull and bones. That did it.
Check it out:
Now, I know you shouldn’t go and reward such hideous behaviour as sweater or ‘jumper’ shrinking but, it is getting cold out and that certain someone did need a scarf.
Foxy.
Last year, the washing machine struck again. A certain someone that is not myself but does live in the same house as me and might do my laundry from time to time happened to unknowingly slip one of my favourite black sweaters into the ‘felter’. It emerged child sized. I was a bit distraught. But I dried it and decided to put it in with my other materials in the hopes that I would be able to cut it up one day and give it a new life.
The sweater came out the other evening after I had enough time to morn and it was cut! I used the bottom bit, from below the arms down. That was cut into 4 equal pieces and then I used the sweating machine (zig zag stitch) to put them back together in the form of a scarf.
I was pretty happy with it but, it definitely needed some adornment. I recently bought some spray style fabric paint. So I figured this was a good opportunity to try it out. I rifled through my stencils and found the skull and crossbones. I laid out the stencil on the scarf, sprayed it, let it dry a little and sprayed it again.
The end results were pretty darn good. Maybe too go. So, I decided it needed a little more personal. I then got out some grey wool and embroidered around the outside and inside of the skull and bones. That did it.
Check it out:
Now, I know you shouldn’t go and reward such hideous behaviour as sweater or ‘jumper’ shrinking but, it is getting cold out and that certain someone did need a scarf.
Foxy.
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