DIY Polka dot!!

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 This cardigan is so cute, I want to wear it every day (I must admit I wore it all weekend... and today too). It's perhaps the simplest DIY I've suggested so far, but it's applicable to all your knits. And even for children's clothes (I'd love to see it on a little girl...).

First of all, you'll need..:

  • 1 ball of black wool and a large needle
  •  2 pom-pom circles approx. 3 cm in diameter
  • 1 good pair of scissors, a wooden pencil
  • 1 small vest or sweater, anything that needs a little sprucing up...

Take your 2 cardboard discs and start wrapping the wool around them (2), going all the way round, and even back again - you've got to provide that little pompom anyway (3). With the scissors, cut between the 2 cardboard disks and hold firmly (so that the wool doesn't escape...4&5). And with a piece of wool, fix the pom-pom by making a knot between the 2 cardboard discs (6). Don't cut the wool protruding from this knot, as it will be used to fix the pom-pom to the vest. Remove the cardboard and TA-DA! Now repeat the operation as many times as necessary here, I've done 30... And I can assure you that after the first 3, it goes super upper fast...

Using a wooden pencil, mark the location of your pompons (1) with small dots. Of course, I decided to place them in such a way as to create a polka-dot pattern... (It's my polka-dot week! Don't roll your eyes!). Then, using a thick "mummy" sewing needle, so as not to struggle to get the wool into the eye...(2). Stitch at the stitch location, remove the needle and re-thread the second piece of wool through it, stitching again a few millimeters from the first pass (3&4). Turn the cardigan over and tie 3 tight knots one on top of the other (5). And that's the start of the fun (6), repeat the operation for the whole vest. Have fun! And enjoy wearing it!
See you soon!
March 21, 2012
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