Upcycled Hoodie

I had recently gone through my kids' wardrobes and handed down the clothes that no longer fit certain children, threw out the raggedy, stained clothing, and stored others.

In the process, I realized that my oldest son had only one sweater left.

One.

And, he wasn't impressed by that fact.

 

 

My husband I had gone through my husband's clothes some time ago and had saved some clothes that I thought could be upcycled.

A grey sweater was one of them.

 

Now, to find the perfect pattern to turn my husband's large sweater into a sweater small enough for a seven year old.

I found something that I could use as a jump-off pattern in one of my Ottobre magazines--pattern #40, issue 4/2013.

The only problem was that he wanted the hoodie all in the same color.

And the pattern pieces would not fit.

 

So, instead of using the hood for the pattern, I carefully seam ripped the hood off the original and re-used it as it was.

It had to be eased into the neckline as it was a bit larger than the neckline.

The pocket was also not in the pattern so I drafted my own for that as well.

(The pattern has in-seam pockets.)

 

He loves it.

It's comfy especially with the super-sized hood!

And, it turned out to be relatively stylish other than the mark you can see where I took the front pocket off the original.