Refashioned wool sweater

This sweater was about to be consigned to the bin because of a large hole near the hem, which you can see in the photo, but I liked the colour and it was good quality 100% wool so decided to rescue it.

My plan was to cut away the holey area, and the sleeves to make something wearable.

I was worried about fraying but this sweater was somewhat felted and it didn't fray following the surgery.

Using fabric from stash, which used to be a shirt, to add length, and the usable parts of the original hem to bind the armholes, resulted in this:

There are more photos and details here

And I feel its cheating if I don't include a photo of it being worn.

Thanks for reading x