Scalloped Crop Top

I'm baa-aack...



Oh, Moriarty, I can only aspire to be as interesting as you are. Not that life has been boring--what with buying a house, starting a new degree program, getting married, undertaking adventures in gardening for the first time, and working two jobs, I've had more than enough to keep me entertained. And I swear, I have been refashioning, too! I just never took any pictures (bad blogger!).

But now I'm back at it. I finally found a way to stack the living room furniture to work as my tripod--turns out I just need the couch, the piano stool, and four books. No biggy.

Today is mightily cold outside, for all that it's gloriously sunny, so I wanted something to cozy up in. Fortunately, I had just purchased this lovely knit piece yesterday.

GACK!

Some people love turtlenecks. I am not one of them. They make me gag. So I knew what the first thing I wanted to do was! I took off the sweater and put it on the floor.

One little problem. See it?

There was one thing complicating matters before I could just hack away at that neckline with my scissors--you see that line going up from the collar? That's a zipper. I decided that since it didn't go too low, I would reverse the front and back of the original sweater and make it a V-neck. Then I got to hacking.

Two chops and the zipper is history!

Then I cut around the front (now back) of the collar to remove the rest of the turtleneck.

Strangle me no more, vile zip!

I decided that I didn't like the length of the sweater as-is. I wanted it to be more of a crop top, so I chopped a couple of inches of the bottom.

Chomp, chomp, chomp...

I could have left it there. I had what I wanted. But why leave something boring when you can make it interesting? Besides, my cut across the bottom was not as straight as it could have been, and those horizontal stripes made it very obvious.

I turned the sweater inside-out and grabbed a cup and a Sharpie.

See where I'm going with this?

I traced around half of the cup, moving it along the bottom edge until I'd done the whole thing. Then I cut along the lines. I did the same for the sleeves.

Just like kindergarten...

Then I flipped the shirt back inside-right and popped it on. No sewing necessary! The tight knit of this fabric is both comfy-cozy, and fray-resistant.

Scallopy!

Now I have a funky cropped sweater to keep me warm on this cold but sunny day! Perhaps I'd be warmer if I put some socks on...