...so...I've had this jacket for many years now...I even found an
old photo of it from 2010...
...and I have these skeins of brown chenille yarn...that I bought about 20 years ago to make a crocheted Teddy Bear (called Bearie or Beary...not sure about the spelling...but pronounced pretty much like the name Barry) for Our Airman...it was a lot from Ebay...so I had to buy a bunch even though I only needed 1 skein...and it's been in my stash ever since...and since I'm pretty much only knitting from stash right now...I thought I'd come up with a project to use up a bunch of dark brown chenille yarn...not sure about the cream coloured yarn but it's been there a long time too...I'm pretty sure it's called Homespun...but I no longer have the wrapper...
...so...my plan is to use this jacket as a sort of liner for a pieced cruelty free shearling type jacket...
...I plan to knit each one of those squares or pieces individually and then crochet a fuzzy cream coloured border around each one and then stitch them to the existing jacket...
...this is just a random image from the internet of a shearling jacket...so you can get an idea of where I'm going with it...
...and I plan to extend the new jacket beyond the end of the old one by a few inches...
...a close-up of the smooth side of the knit...it looks pretty
suede-like...
...and the back - purl side...
...so I just took a bunch of measurements...
...the old jacket actually has a bunch of 'lines' that I can use as guides...
...just a couple of panels so far...
...what's in your workbasket?...
~Have a lovely day!
That is going to look terrific! How imaginative! Love, K
ReplyDeleteQuite a bit in my workbags at the moment... a jumper that's nearly at the end of the 2nd sleeve - & then I need to do the body; a pair a socks I cast on to have something small enough to work on at my lunch break at work; & a cowl I'm making as a gift for a friend. Don't think I've got any mending at the moment, I've been trying to do it as I see the need for it.
ReplyDeleteOh, the zip broke on my jacket yesterday! But that will have to wait till I can get a new zip.