Refashion: Oversize Cardi to Tunic Sweater

I’ve seen a few tutorials out there for converting sweaters into cardigans. Which I shall no doubt do at some stage. But what if you want to do it the other way round? Turns out it’s easy peasy…

I started with this thrifted cardigan. (£2). It’s a really nice fine knit but a little too boxy and shapeless as a cardi…

Flipped inside out and with right sides together I fastened the button placket all the way down so the placket ribbing was all aligned (no pins necessary!)

Next I serged all the way down with the edge of the placket, with the ribbing to the right of the blade so it got removed as I serged….

Here’s the new centre front seam all serged….

I like my sleeves elbow length. So I cut the bottom of the sleeves off, leaving a turning allowance of 2″…

…serged the new sleeve hems to prevent unravelling, turned, and hand stitched in place….

I used what was left of the sleeves to cut some oversized pockets for the front and edge stitched those in place using the stretch stitch on my standard machine…

…and that was it…

This was everything I had left…so a super minimal waste refashion. Can’t be bad

This is a great way to adapt oversized men’s cardis. I for one will be on the lookout for those on my next trip to the charity shop!