Sweater Dress to Cardigan

 Hello Refashion Co-op. I liked this sweater dress, it was a sweater dress made from a natural fiber I had never seen before. This sweater is made from baby alpaca. (They just shave the wool off, no baby alpacas were harmed in the making of this sweater dress.) Alpaca wool is very good quality and warm as can be... like it's super warm... like too warm... I am too hot... I can't wear this dress. I start to over heat every time I put it on. I was going to pass out, but I had an idea.

  

Before and after.

 

I decided to open up this sweater. It is going to have a new life as a long cardigan. To start, I cut the sweater right up the middle. It looked like this. Would that cut edge fray? I wasn't sure.  It didn't seem to be fraying at all but I wanted to be sure it wouldn't fray over time. 

I used my serger on that edge. I started at the hem and went up one side of the opening and down the other. I used black thread so it would blend in. This was so easy and fast. I love the new open sweater and I can take it off if I get too hot. Thanks for reading along, for more pictures and details go to I Can Work With That.