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<\/p>\nMake a chunky cable knit skirt from an unwanted sweater. It’s as easy as adding a waistband and you’ll have a new skirt perfect for the cooler seasons, with no knitting required.<\/p>\n
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Do you like cable knits<\/strong>? I do. I love the chunky texture of the cables, and the way they automatically evoke the feeling of ‘cozy’.<\/p>\n I’m not a knitter but appreciate the skill involved in making all the patterns and designs, so sometimes I wonder why knitters spend so much effort making such labour intensive projects with less than pleasant yarns?<\/p>\n The sweater I’ve refashioned here was once a sad, shapeless and unloved acrylic sack, passed onto me by a family friend who no longer had a need for it.<\/p>\n She knew that I like to felt knitwear, so thought it would be useful for one of my projects. Because acrylic doesn’t felt, this sweater has sat around in my sewing room waiting to be remade into something wearable.<\/p>\n Now that the weather is cooling down in Melbourne, it was the perfect opportunity to refashion the sweater into an Easy Cable Knit Skirt<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Both easy to make and easy to wear, I’ll be sewing up a few more before the season is up.<\/p>\n You may also enjoy:<\/strong><\/p>\n Tip: I’ve actually used two unwanted garments in this refashion. I have a little pile of damaged clothing (not worthy of donating) that I set aside for things like trims and ribbing, that way I don’t need to go to the fabric store for a few inches of fabric.<\/em><\/p>\n Cutting<\/strong><\/p>\n 1. Cut the bottom half of the cable knit sweater off just under the arms. Be careful not to pull or stretch whilst handling as stitches may unravel.<\/p>\n 2. For waist band I have used an unwanted woolen ribbed top. Cut the waist band off then cut a 4″ wide band from the body. (If you are using ribbed fabric, cut a long rectangle 4″ wide and the length slightly longer than your waist measurement. Sew ends together.)<\/p>\n 3. Measure the elastic around your waist, and sew ends together.<\/p>\n Sewing<\/strong> 5. Pin waistband in place.<\/p>\n 6. Overlock\/serge edge. Go slowly being careful to remove pins as you go, and feed the bulky knit through evenly. I recommend using 2 needles (4 threads) if you have it.<\/p>\n All done!<\/p>\n The serged seam has stretch and holds the knit stitches securely to prevent unraveling.<\/p>\n Tip: If you don’t have a serger, try a narrow, medium length zig zag stitch on your sewing machine.<\/em><\/p>\n This skirt is so comfy, I can see myself wearing it all winter over leggings and tights, and it totally solves my ‘what to throw on for school drop off’ dilema.<\/p>\n See how happy I am that I am no longer tempted to wear leggings as pants, I’m jumping for joy! Yay!<\/p>\n Make a chunky cable knit skirt from an unwanted sweater. It’s as easy as adding a waistband and you’ll have a new skirt perfect for the cooler seasons, with no knitting required. Do you like cable knits? I do. I love the chunky texture of the cables, and the way they automatically evoke the feeling of ‘cozy’. I’m not a…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":5464,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[226,217,83],"tags":[8,28,14,21],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n
How to make a cable knit skirt – No knitting required!<\/h2>\n
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\n4. Fold the waistband fabric in half, sandwich the elastic in between the waistband, then with right side of cable knit facing out, slip waistband and elastic over so all the raw edges are aligned.<\/p>\n![\"Sew](\"https:\/\/mypoppet.com.au\/makes\/mp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/skirt-2.jpg\")
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