recycled sweater

 

 oh!  the fun you can have with a recycled sweater!  today, i cut-off the sleeves to a fisherman's knit sweater, whipped stitched the top (the part which was cut/opposite from the cuff).... and slid the wool sleeves onto my legs! 

then, after seeing this on recycled sweater (see my side bar for the link), i made an accent pillow!  i'm thinking of replacing the brown buttons with either pearl or rhinestones.

 here's another snap of my homemade legwarmers... and they really are warm!  my feet look a little pathetic and sad in this picture!

oh... and here's the back of the sweater-pillow.

did you know, way back when... on the east coast, wives of fisherman used to hand knit these beautiful sweaters, we now call fisherman's sweaters?  each family had their "own" pattern.  why?  because.... if a family member was lost at sea, they would be able to identify their loved one by the knit of the sweater.  i just love history like that, don't you?