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How to Make a Vest from an Old Pullover Sweater

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Add edge embellishments to your vest if you want to prevent curling edges.

A little embroidery adds a lot to a simple, solid-color vest.

By carefully taking the sleeves off your sweater, youre left with finished vest sleeve edges.

Add edge embellishments to your vest if you want to prevent curling edges.

Photo: Pete Bejarano

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Then use your fingers or the seam ripper to pull the next chain loop back to find a piece of the cut thread sticking out and pull it. If that was the right thread, then pulling it will make the chain loops come undone; if not, then see if there's another thread to pull, or you might need to cut another chain loop and try again.

Pulling this thread made the chain loop to the left come undone.

Once you find the right thread and pull it out for a few chains, look on the other side of the seam. There should be a long loop of thread reaching across from where you pulled the thread to where the chain is undone.

This is what the other side of the seam should look like once you start unraveling the crochet chain.

Pull that loop, and keep pulling to take out the whole crochet chain. It'll probably stop at the armpit or shoulder point, where you might need to break out the seam ripper again. The most important thing here is to be super careful not to cut any yarn strands on the body side of the sweater. Try to cut only the seaming yarn/thread, and if you must cut other strands to break the pieces apart, look closely and cut only strands on the sleeve side. It's best to use only your seam ripper and avoid scissors here because you can be more precise with cutting one strand at a time with the seam ripper.