Refashion: Turtleneck To Crochet Lace Collar

I turned a turtleneck collar into a crochet lace collar. It’s a very easy refashion! 😀

The sweater had a turtleneck collar before. But I don’t like turtlenecks! 😉

So I cut off the turtleneck collar and unravelled the collar.

Then I used the yarn to crochet a lace collar.

Crochet lace sweater, pearl necklace, antique Victorian brooch — Close-up of crochet lace and antique Victorian brooch

Turtleneck sweater refashion wrong side — Wrong side of crochet lace collar

Once finished, I sewed the crochet lace collar to the raw edge of the sweater with two rows of zig zag stitches. The two rows of zig zag stitches prevent unravelling of the raw edge.

Crochet lace collar turtleneck sweater refashion — Right side of crochet lace collar

On the right side, the raw edge is hidden behind the single crochet stitches.

I like how it turned out! 😀 The loose crochet lace collar is much more comfortable to wear.

Here are similar crochet lace patterns, if you’d also like to refashion your turtle neck sweater into a crochet lace sweater: crochet lace pattern 1, crochet lace pattern 2 and crochet lace pattern 3.

It was such a windy day when we took the pics! 😀

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15 thoughts on “Refashion: Turtleneck To Crochet Lace Collar”

What a great idea. Very pretty.

Lina says:

17th March 2017 at 11:42 pm

Thanks 🙂

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How adorable! I love the idea of a crocheted collar! You’re so right, it is definitely more comfortable than a turtle neck! It turned out great!

Lina says:

18th March 2017 at 12:40 am

Thank you! 😀

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That’s so clever, you used the same yarn that you unravelled – brilliant!
A turtle neck is the one that is all tight up round your neck right? In the Uk we call them polo necks and I’m not a fan either, feels all tight up round my neck for me. I love this idea, so clever and so pretty. Thanks for sharing at #HandmadeMonday

Lina says:

18th March 2017 at 12:52 am

Thank you! 😀 With the unravelled yarn, the collar has the same color and texture as the sweater but the yarn supply is limited – I used all the unravelled yarn from the turtle neck/ polo neck collar for the crochet lace collar.

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1. Julie says:
  
  19th March 2017 at 7:31 pm
  
  Hi, just to let you know your clever project is featured at this weeks #handmademonday 🙂
  
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  1. Lina says:
    
    19th March 2017 at 8:04 pm
    
    Thanks for featuring me! 😀
    
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What a brilliant idea! And it turned out so beautifully!

Lina says:

17th March 2017 at 11:47 pm

Thanks! 😀

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Very cute! Thanks for linking up at the Home Matters Link Party! We hope to see you again next week:) #HomeMattersParty

Lina says:

22nd March 2017 at 12:29 pm

Thank you! 😀

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Very cute! I would never have thought to do that! Thanks for sharing with SYC. I’m sure it’s not intentional, but I’m not seeing a link back to the party.
hugs,
Jann