There is one thing that drives me just a little crazy. Vague online crafty tutorials that leave out vital details and include poor photos for reference. I will now apologize for this is exactly what I am about to give you.
Heidi over at Two Kitties asked if I might share how I made Ollie's felted sweater.
I shy away from patterns and measuring in general, but I will do my best here.
First, I eyed the felted sweater that I had found at my local Goodwill. I cut out the biggest piece I could then draped it over Ollie's back and made sure it would wrap all the way around him comfortably. It was perfect.
Next I started hand stitching it together so it looked like a big tube.
I then checked out where Ollie's front legs might pop through and cut small circles in those spots.
I used the cuffs of the sweater as sleeves. I fluffed the tube inside out and hand stiched the cuffs to the cut out circles. Shown here.
The neck hole was much too big so I tapered in the neck so it wasn't too wide. I could have avoided this step if I had slowed down to do some measuring. Once I tapered it in it fit much nicer around his neck. For a nice finished edge on the collar I stitched the collar from the big sweater onto Ollie's nearly finished sweater.
Here he is looking smart in his stripes.
Being that we are experiencing summer weather here in Los Angeles, this sweater hasn't had much use yet.
I promise you Ollie, we will both be bringing out our winter sweaters soon enough!
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