Do It Yourself: Embellish A Sweater

In my giant closet clean-up, which is taking me ages, I uncovered this beautiful cashmere sweater, which is one of the most luxurious hand-me-downs I own. Unfortunately I have an abundance of simple sweaters, and since this one has a bit of a looser fit on me, I decided to make it more feminine by doing a bit of embellishing around the neckline.

I bought some glass pearls and beads and strung a necklace-like collar to give it a really whimsical quality. I was really pleased and had spent quite a lot of time first stringing the beads and then sewing the collar on with one stitch between every other bead but the very first time I put it on, pearls flew everywhere! I guess I didn’t tie a tight enough knot. Oh no! The upside is that I have other projects in mind for the beads and plenty of other ideas for the sweater.