Lots of laughter with this wool jumper upcycle as the beanie attracted comparisons to attire worthy of a Dr Seuss character. It was created from the sleeve of a hand-knitted wool jumper, which I unpicked from the body of the jumper and simply tied a knot at the end.   

The body of the jumper was then turned upside down to become the skirt after the sleeve opening was hand-stitched together.  I harvested strips of fabric from a dated blue silk dress – one strip was used to form a narrow waistband, others were used to trim the bottom of the skirt, while the long bottom frill of the dress was knotted to become an elongated scarf. There were several holes in the body of jumper (probably the reason it ended up in the opshop for me to salvage) which I darned with grey wool and they are barely visible in the complex patterned knit. See photos below. 

While the winter sunshine was beautiful at Noosa today – and we did have a swim earlier in the day – this wool skirt and beanie was cosy warm. This is one of several jumper to skirt conversions that I’ll be taking to Warwick for the jumper-to-skirt workshop on July 25 at Abbey of the Roses during the Jumpers and Jazz Festival. If you’d like to be part of that workshop, the booking details are here.