I loved your changes to the sweaters. I loved all of them but the purple one was genius. I could not imagine what you were doing until the end! It looks great on you.
Very helpful ideas for adding closures to those buttonless sweaters! Much more cozy. An idea for the last sweater, if people don't have some scrap chiffon, is to thrift a coordinating scarf to use for the closure, or as lining, as you have done. Your videos are very encouraging. You are probably a really good teacher to your students, as you are to us.
I’ve seen twill tape used to stabilize the front of a sweater before adding the zipper. The tape is cut in two identical lengths and that way the sweater front can’t stretch unevenly. Then the zipper is hand basted. Sweaters with horizontal patterns can so easily distort. I loved this video. So inspiring.
Thanks! And thanks for the glasses opportunity, and that Cowichan sweater, as a knitter familiar with its history and various cultures and traditions, I’m in awe. ❤
All great ideas! I just turned 2 long cardigans into dresses, one with a 2-way zip, and the other one I sewed together along front band and added non-functional buttons (to avoid gapping) 💜
I have never seen a sweater like that hand knit, heavy wool one with the beautiful patterns knit into it. It looks gray and cream on my screen. You did a great job sewing in that zipper. That would be as warm as most winter jackets.
Thank you Catherine. Last winter I updated a few cardigans but didn't think of adding closures. Wonderful idea. I am in Australia so we are in spring at present but this will be great for next year. I always enjoy your videos. I have even had the courage to do some alterations for people.
I don’t wear jewelry but I do have various colors, shapes and sizes of glasses. You can be sure I will be using your code to add to my collection. This sweater update video has got to be in my top ten of your videos too. Love the variety of ideas and techniques. Lastly, gurl congrats on the 100,000 subscribers!!🎉
My kingdom for a Value Village. Seriously. I went a couple of times while visiting my daughter in Anchorage and oh my. Best. Thrifting. Ever! You are so brave to cut into a sweater - although it's not the cutting for me as much as the cutting and sewing. Steam, steam, steam is the answer and thank you for both the inspiration and the tips! My fav is the purple but I love them all. I have 2 up north that I've struggled with closures - why did I never thing of frogs? Doing that as soon as I get back! I do miss cardigans (too hot for FL) and the days of the Laura Ashley sets . . . oh, the '90's . . . p.s. You hit it! Well done and deserved! 👏🎉
That was such fun to watch! I can see lots of sweater updates in my future and I LOVED the eyewear fashion show. I JUST spent a fortune on new glasses and plan to check out the savings and options for a few more fun looks!! 🎉😂❤ Thx Catherine. 100K. WoooooHoooooo!
This is AMAZING! I love your ideas. You give use courage to try our own makeovers. I'm learning so much from your videos. THANK YOU for sharing your knowledge, skills, and creativity!
Oh, and I'll have you know that TONIGHT I am using that tote bag that you gave me, back in 2011! I use it every time I need to do marks, and it reminds me of you! hahaha
Congratulations on 100k! I love starting my morning with a CatherineSews video - especially wardrobe tweaks like this one! Wonderful results on all of them!
I love thriftiness as much as you and really enjoy your tutorials. I Smiled when you mentioned using a clapper. I found a great small vintage pig cutting board at a thrift store, I use as a clapper. It works so great😊🐖
Ohhh, I am so jealous of your Cowichan sweater! My grandmother used to knit them for family but I was never able to be a recipient before her passing. I don't knit and I am always on the lookout for one. I have been wanting to learn to knit so that I can knit myself one. Beautiful transformations.
Oh my, seeing that Cowichan sweater inspired me to look for an old High Sierra sweater I got many years ago from the thrift store and fix it up. It's not as chunky but similar colors and I'm sure it's wool. I'll need to do lots of shaving and I'll have to get some yarn to fix a few holes but it's totally doable. I'll be so happy to wear it again! AND thanks for the info for the glasses, I am one of the many who asked for it! ❤
Back in the day, we used disposable razors to remove fabric pill. Now we know better about plastic waste, using a metal safety razor eliminates plastic waste & sharpening the blade on a whetstone (like we should also be doing with our craft knives) makes blades last much longer. When we do recycling, all the sharp can lids are supposed to go inside one of the closed cans along with other same metals, so the blades being non-surgical can go safely inside with them. (Otherwise, dispose with local sharps guidelines, obviously - it just seems more sensible to me that they're safely recycled at 1500degC, instead of being left wrapped up in duct tape, in landfill forever.)
Catherine, those were amazing transformations on your sweaters! Loved every one! Quick question: when sewing sweater knits, do you use a lower tension on the presser foot? Congratulations on 100K subscribers too! Your channel is my favorite 😊. The Firmoo glasses look really cool! I used to accessorize with eyewear years ago, having half a dozen pairs in different colors. But they've become so expensive now - I welcome the chance to try a new resource for eyewear! Cheers! 🎉
What brand of steam iron do you have and do you like it? I have an olisio and the water comes out rust and ruins my fabric? It looks like yours has great steam. Love all your upcycle videos. I live in a small rural area in Indiana and that’s all upcycling for us with no big stores around nearby.
My mum spent months knitting my dad a sweater in chunky wool in a similar reindeer pattern. Then she put it in the washing machine, the colours ran & it shrunk. She was heart broken.😪 I'm going back to the 1970's when you couldn't really control the temperature of the washing machine. She was in too much of a hurry to hand-wash it.
Very neat ideas to do with sweaters. I bought some extenders at Michael's a couple years ago, I think they were extenders for making jewelry maybe bracelets I have a lot of long sweaters that are just plain and needed something to put at the chest area, just below the bosom. Thank you for the coupon code I am going to see if I can find it online I think you said firmoo?
I drape mine over hangers, like pants. But first I put cardboard rolls (from inside toilet paper rolls) over the hanger. So the sweaters don't get a sharp crease.
Wait, we just bought new glasses too, 4 pairs between us - for reading & distance. You can't drive in Australia without eye protection, so prescription tinted varifocals - thousands of dollars later, you tell me you can get glasses for $40????? How do you get to keep the same glasses for 5yrs? We spec wearers have to have eye checks every year, here! Kinda thankful about that, as I've really gone off the new pair.
I am not a beginner sewist, but I'm also not an intermediate sewist. I feel silly even asking this but sometimes it's hard to tell what people are actually doing when the buttonhole maker is being used. You have to move the fabric yourself, right? Unless it specifically is an automatic buttonhole stitch? I have a Janome and it does have settings for automatic buttonhole stitches but I also have the little plastic clippy thing buttonhole foot, and I just don't ever get a clear answer to that question when I watched videos on how to use them.
As long as you actually wear the glasses. You have to remember to take in to account for the resources and the production that is never cheap to the environment. I don't mean you but too many people do throw away cheap stuff after just a couple of uses even glasses. And they are made in China. That's nothing new, today most everything is but just so people know as they may not.
@@Ami5Jo Yes, you’re absolutely right. And they’re plastic, so there’s that. When I’m done with a pair of glasses, I donate them to a group that gives them away in South America.
@@CatherineSews I'm in West Van as well as Youbou. Eventually I will have a lot of fabric and supplies to donate to you or your class if you want to get together
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Fellow Canadian here who can totally appreciate the Cowichan Sweater find. Score of the century! I would have snapped that up in a heartbeat too. 😍😍😍
I love love love your alterations, upcycling, refashioning,...
And I also love how much knowledge you share with us.
Big thank you!❤❤❤
100 thousand subscribers, Catherine! Congratulations 🎉🎉🎉 ❤❤❤
100k subscribers lady, woo hoo!! Love love love your vlogs, utterly inspiring, thank you ❤
WHOOT! 🎉🎉🎉
I can’t believe I missed that! She humbly let that go unannounced, didn’t she?
I took some of my old cardigans and stitched the front closed for tops to wear at home. I just stitched all along the edge of the placket. Works well
I’ve done that too! Also with button front dresses - the lower buttons, hip down.
I loved your changes to the sweaters. I loved all of them but the purple one was genius. I could not imagine what you were doing until the end! It looks great on you.
Very helpful ideas for adding closures to those buttonless sweaters! Much more cozy. An idea for the last sweater, if people don't have some scrap chiffon, is to thrift a coordinating scarf to use for the closure, or as lining, as you have done.
Your videos are very encouraging. You are probably a really good teacher to your students, as you are to us.
I’ve seen twill tape used to stabilize the front of a sweater before adding the zipper. The tape is cut in two identical lengths and that way the sweater front can’t stretch unevenly. Then the zipper is hand basted. Sweaters with horizontal patterns can so easily distort. I loved this video. So inspiring.
Love it. I got some cardigans in need of an update. Now off to find some time to do the work...😂
Such creative, classy make-overs for each of those cardigans! Thank you for all the inspiration!
Thanks! And thanks for the glasses opportunity, and that Cowichan sweater, as a knitter familiar with its history and various cultures and traditions, I’m in awe. ❤
All great ideas! I just turned 2 long cardigans into dresses, one with a 2-way zip, and the other one I sewed together along front band and added non-functional buttons (to avoid gapping) 💜
Thanks so much for all these updating or repurposing ideas; your teaching skills and your energy are contagious!
Wow girl you’ve got 100,000 subscribers that shot up so fast! Awesome! Congratulations! And beautiful updates on all the cardigans.
100!!!!!! Congrats, Homie!!!! =)
@@Maplecook Thanks so much, my friend!
@@CatherineSews I've always been proud to be your friend in real life, but especially today! Biggest hugs! =)
I have never seen a sweater like that hand knit, heavy wool one with the beautiful patterns knit into it. It looks gray and cream on my screen. You did a great job sewing in that zipper. That would be as warm as most winter jackets.
Wow! If you did get a Cowichan sweater, great find! I wouldn't have attemped the zipper on the machine. Hand sewing for me😊
Thank you Catherine. Last winter I updated a few cardigans but didn't think of adding closures. Wonderful idea. I am in Australia so we are in spring at present but this will be great for next year. I always enjoy your videos. I have even had the courage to do some alterations for people.
I don’t wear jewelry but I do have various colors, shapes and sizes of glasses. You can be sure I will be using your code to add to my collection.
This sweater update video has got to be in my top ten of your videos too. Love the variety of ideas and techniques.
Lastly, gurl congrats on the 100,000 subscribers!!🎉
@@jamieomahen2656 Thanks so much, Jamie! Your support means so much. 😍
My kingdom for a Value Village. Seriously. I went a couple of times while visiting my daughter in Anchorage and oh my. Best. Thrifting. Ever! You are so brave to cut into a sweater - although it's not the cutting for me as much as the cutting and sewing. Steam, steam, steam is the answer and thank you for both the inspiration and the tips! My fav is the purple but I love them all. I have 2 up north that I've struggled with closures - why did I never thing of frogs? Doing that as soon as I get back! I do miss cardigans (too hot for FL) and the days of the Laura Ashley sets . . . oh, the '90's . . .
p.s. You hit it! Well done and deserved! 👏🎉
@@TodayinJensSewingRoom Thanks so much, Jen!
That was such fun to watch! I can see lots of sweater updates in my future and I LOVED the eyewear fashion show. I JUST spent a fortune on new glasses and plan to check out the savings and options for a few more fun looks!! 🎉😂❤ Thx Catherine.
100K. WoooooHoooooo!
Congrats on 100K!! You have worked hard & provided valuable knowledge to your viewers in order to achieve this milestone!!
Your glasses look great. The sweaters are so smart.
Congratulations on the 100k Catherine🎉
Thanks for the video ❤
As always, great tips & tricks. They all look great 👍
This is AMAZING! I love your ideas. You give use courage to try our own makeovers. I'm learning so much from your videos. THANK YOU for sharing your knowledge, skills, and creativity!
Oh, and I'll have you know that TONIGHT I am using that tote bag that you gave me, back in 2011! I use it every time I need to do marks, and it reminds me of you! hahaha
@@Maplecook So nice! Glad to hear it’s still useful!
Yay. 8 minutes after becoming available. Quickest I've ever seen one of your videos.
Love your upcycles
Congratulations on 100k! I love starting my morning with a CatherineSews video - especially wardrobe tweaks like this one! Wonderful results on all of them!
You provide great content. You are alway s teaching this old dog new tricks.
Thanks Katherine for all your good ideas and demonstrations.
Beautiful, cozy Chowichan sweater - it looks like a warm cuddle
I love thriftiness as much as you and really enjoy your tutorials. I Smiled when you mentioned using a clapper. I found a great small vintage pig cutting board at a thrift store, I use as a clapper. It works so great😊🐖
Everything turned out great. Ingenious fixes!
Ohhh, I am so jealous of your Cowichan sweater! My grandmother used to knit them for family but I was never able to be a recipient before her passing. I don't knit and I am always on the lookout for one. I have been wanting to learn to knit so that I can knit myself one. Beautiful transformations.
Amazing job on all garments 🎉🎉. Certainly ideas for me. Love all your videos. Thank you
Your red glasses look so good on you. I loooove them ❤
The purple sweater is really cute
Catherine, love them all. You are so creative.
Beautiful re-creations & glasses! You’re so inspiring! Congratulations on the subscriptions! 🤗🇨🇦🌻
Love what you did to the Grey one with the labels. I don't have many sweaters because I live in Arizona.
Fantastic updates on all the cardigans and thanks for sharing your ideas x
Wow. That red one is like a dream jacket.
Wow! I can see a few of my cardigans changing. Thank you 🙏
So much inspiration in this, as always. I was just going through my winter wardrobe and feeling blah, but now I have some ideas for refreshing it!
Oh my, seeing that Cowichan sweater inspired me to look for an old High Sierra sweater I got many years ago from the thrift store and fix it up. It's not as chunky but similar colors and I'm sure it's wool. I'll need to do lots of shaving and I'll have to get some yarn to fix a few holes but it's totally doable. I'll be so happy to wear it again! AND thanks for the info for the glasses, I am one of the many who asked for it! ❤
I love all your teaching videos.Beautiful fixes .
I love your ideas and your skills. Keep doing what you are doing. Thanks.
Back in the day, we used disposable razors to remove fabric pill. Now we know better about plastic waste, using a metal safety razor eliminates plastic waste & sharpening the blade on a whetstone (like we should also be doing with our craft knives) makes blades last much longer. When we do recycling, all the sharp can lids are supposed to go inside one of the closed cans along with other same metals, so the blades being non-surgical can go safely inside with them. (Otherwise, dispose with local sharps guidelines, obviously - it just seems more sensible to me that they're safely recycled at 1500degC, instead of being left wrapped up in duct tape, in landfill forever.)
Catherine, those were amazing transformations on your sweaters! Loved every one! Quick question: when sewing sweater knits, do you use a lower tension on the presser foot? Congratulations on 100K subscribers too! Your channel is my favorite 😊. The Firmoo glasses look really cool! I used to accessorize with eyewear years ago, having half a dozen pairs in different colors. But they've become so expensive now - I welcome the chance to try a new resource for eyewear! Cheers! 🎉
What brand of steam iron do you have and do you like it? I have an olisio and the water comes out rust and ruins my fabric? It looks like yours has great steam. Love all your upcycle videos. I live in a small rural area in Indiana and that’s all upcycling for us with no big stores around nearby.
Thanks for sharing I need those clips. 🙌💙❤️💜
Catherine, congrats on 100K subs!
All such great upgrades!! I have a stash that I am going to attack now, lol. Love the new frames, too.
Love your channel. I have a long fine Merino wool sweater. Can it be cut and shortened or would it be in danger of unravelling?
My mum spent months knitting my dad a sweater in chunky wool in a similar reindeer pattern. Then she put it in the washing machine, the colours ran & it shrunk. She was heart broken.😪 I'm going back to the 1970's when you couldn't really control the temperature of the washing machine. She was in too much of a hurry to hand-wash it.
What kind of iron o you use? It looks like it steams really good
All fantastic! Thanks
❤❤❤❤love your projects. Well done
Can you send the info for your original new glasses…before Firmoo? I like those.
So many good ideas! Thank you!
The new red glasses let us see your beautiful eyes better now. 👍
Can a woman’s shirt dress be converted to a woman’s shirt? Love your show, always such interesting content!
Very neat ideas to do with sweaters. I bought some extenders at Michael's a couple years ago, I think they were extenders for making jewelry maybe bracelets I have a lot of long sweaters that are just plain and needed something to put at the chest area, just below the bosom. Thank you for the coupon code I am going to see if I can find it online I think you said firmoo?
@@roses4me54 Yes, Firmoo. Go to bit.ly/3WamPD4 and use the code Cath50. Enjoy!
Thanks for a new perspective on my wardrobe ❤
I would love new glasses... I have to find some shop in The Netherlands 😅 or do they?
@@PatriciaAlders Firmoo is online and would definitely ship to you!
I also wanted to ask you do you typically hang your sweaters on a hanger or do you fold them?
@@roses4me54 I fold as many sweaters as I have room for but I hang cardigans.
I drape mine over hangers, like pants. But first I put cardboard rolls (from inside toilet paper rolls) over the hanger. So the sweaters don't get a sharp crease.
@@kristinjacobsen3417 wow, awesome idea!
Love the purple sweater. Not sure I follow the technique though.
Can a shirt dress be made into a w
Fun!
Wait, we just bought new glasses too, 4 pairs between us - for reading & distance. You can't drive in Australia without eye protection, so prescription tinted varifocals - thousands of dollars later, you tell me you can get glasses for $40????? How do you get to keep the same glasses for 5yrs? We spec wearers have to have eye checks every year, here! Kinda thankful about that, as I've really gone off the new pair.
Once you reach a certain age your prescription doesn’t tend to change much.
I didn't know those pill shavers actually worked!
I am not a beginner sewist, but I'm also not an intermediate sewist.
I feel silly even asking this but sometimes it's hard to tell what people are actually doing when the buttonhole maker is being used.
You have to move the fabric yourself, right?
Unless it specifically is an automatic buttonhole stitch? I have a Janome and it does have settings for automatic buttonhole stitches but I also have the little plastic clippy thing buttonhole foot, and I just don't ever get a clear answer to that question when I watched videos on how to use them.
Congrats on 100k subs!
Or are they also Firmoo?
I have a lot of long cardigans, and they make me look taller and thinner, so.... not giving those up, lol.
I still like long ones too
Do you think that it would be okay to donate to that native group's official contact/website?
@@leelulady2010 That might be a good idea!
As long as you actually wear the glasses. You have to remember to take in to account for the resources and the production that is never cheap to the environment. I don't mean you but too many people do throw away cheap stuff after just a couple of uses even glasses. And they are made in China. That's nothing new, today most everything is but just so people know as they may not.
@@Ami5Jo Yes, you’re absolutely right. And they’re plastic, so there’s that. When I’m done with a pair of glasses, I donate them to a group that gives them away in South America.
Hi Catherine. Are you at Youbou
@@dianadougherty7187 No, but not far!
@@CatherineSews I'm in West Van as well as Youbou. Eventually I will have a lot of fabric and supplies to donate to you or your class if you want to get together
🤔 Hmmm, the bottom set of cherries hit you at a bad spot. 😢. Cute buttons, though.
@@helenwood3199 Haha, yes, I wondered about that and was very glad there were multiple sets of cherries, not just 2! lol 😂
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'cultural appropriation' for knitting sweaters ...I think you have a severe ideology problem there, this is so ridiculous