Cardigan fra ‘ensidig’ til vendbar

Jeg fandt denne cardigan i en restebunke i Bilka til ingen penge. Den var fin nok.
Den kan bruges åben.
I found this cardigan in the remnants sales pile in a supermarket. It was fine enough.
Used open.

 Eller lukket som en kjole/tunika.
Or closed as a tunic or dress.

Men det var vrangsiden, der fik mig til at købe den. Ikke fordi den var pænere end retsiden, men fordi cardiganen var dobbeltstrikket, så vrangsiden faktisk også var flot.
Jeg skulle bare lige gøre noget ved sømmene, så de ikke så vrangside-agtige ud.
But it was the wrong side, that made me buy the cardigan. Not because it was nicer than the right side, but because the cardigan had bee double knit, so the wrong side also looked nice. I just needed to do something about the seams being visible on the “wrong” side.

 
Jeg startede med at fjerne mærket i nakken og strygeanvisningen.
Og så syede jeg – fra retsiden – alle sømmene ind som en fransk søm. Så kan sammensyningen ikke ses fra vrangsiden, og dermed kan vrangsiden også bruges som retside. 
Her er retsiden i nærbilleder:
I removed the washing tab. Then I sewed – from the right side – all the seams with a french seam. That way the visible seams on the wrong side are concealed and the wrong side can also be used as right side.
Close up from the right side:
 
 
Og det var det. Nu brugbar som hvid med sort, sort med hvid, kjole, cardigan og tunika. Efter:
Now usable as a white with black, or black with white dresse, cardigan or tunic. Whats that for reversible. After:

Efter, set fra “ret”siden. Sømmene stikker lidt ud, men det er bare en fed designdetalje (man kan godt lægge dem ned og sy den fast til siden, men det ville ikke blive pænt i dette strækstof).
After, from the “right” side, The french seams are visible, but it is just a cool detail in the design (I could have stitched them down to the side, but it wouldn’t have looked good in this stretchy knit fabric).

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