So you can reuse woolens that you love and dress them up in a very modern and chic way. Homemade knits are all the rage again today. A dress or a skirt or even a pair of trousers benefit from the fact that you complement these items of clothing with a cardigan you have knitted yourself.

Upgrade wool clothing

This is now also the chance to bring a self-knitted jacket back into shape so that you can wear it again. Often one is particularly fond of such a garment, but the sleeves are frayed and threadbare. But it’s too good to throw away. Consequently, you can upgrade the woolen clothing again. In addition, note tips for washing and caring for wool sweaters, and how to keep clothing made of merino wool fresh for a long time.

Renew knitted jacket sleeves

Therefore you should try to carefully separate the sleeves, unravel them, unwind the wool and knit small, short to three-quarter length sleeves from the quite respectable leftover wool, and then sew them up again. If the wool is no longer enough for this, you can also buy matching ones in the same color and use new sleeves. You can also easily mend thread pullers and loose stitches.

Small sleeves that complement the color of the jacket body also look good. For example, a nice gray goes very well with a black jacket. Or a slightly darker gray with a light gray jacket, or a brown that harmonizes well with a yellow jacket.

Cleverly reuse wool

If you want to unpick the whole jacket but want to reuse the wool, then knitting a long, wide scarf that can also be used as a hat is also recommended. If there is any wool left over, socks can also be knitted that are so long that they look out of the boots.