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" Recycle five or six of your worn or outgrown sweaters into a stylish patchwork lap warmer you&amp;#039;ll reach for all winter long. No sweaters? Head for a thrift shop and take your pick. SIZE: 42&amp;quot; x 47&amp;quot; or desired size Click here to enlarge the pattern. MATERIALS: 5 or 6 large wool and wool-blend thrift shop sweaters Medium-weight decorator fabric for backing/border 47&amp;quot; x 52&amp;quot;, or at least 6&amp;quot; longer and wider than assembled knits Sewing machine and sewing thread, or tapestry yarn and needle Graph paper Large straight pins; sewing needle Steam iron; pressing cloth PREWASH sweaters if necessary in mild soap and warm water. Rinse; roll in towels to blot; lay on sweater dryer or towels to dry. Dry-clean if required. CUT sweaters apart at seams to see available pieces flat, including sleeves. Cut rectangles as large as possible to work with, following a row of knit stitches as cutting line. Ribbing and narrow cable sections can be cut as strips. MEASURE available pieces and plan design on graph paper, or plot with paper rectangles. Small pieces can be joined to make larger rectangles. Be sure to add 1\u20442&amp;quot; seam allowance. To follow our layout, see diagram, above. Be sure to add 1&amp;quot; to all dimensions for 1\u20442&amp;quot; seam allowance. CUT pieces to desired sizes including 1\u20442&amp;quot; seam allowance. Assemble as large rectangular blocks (A&amp;#039;s, B&amp;#039;s and C&amp;#039;s on diagram), then join blocks to form throw. To sew seams: Pin 2 pieces right sides together. Baste with thread if desired. Stitch with 1\u20442&amp;quot; seam allowance using a wide, close zigzag stitch by machine or backstitch with tapestry yarn by hand. Take care not to stretch edges. From right side, steam-press seam lightly under pressing cloth, letting allowances fall to one side (do not slide iron; place, lift, reposition). To assemble large blocks A and C as on diagram: Stitch A1 to A2 and A3 to A4, stitch those 2 units together as shown, then add A5. Stitch C1, C2, C3 and C4 together. Stitch C5 to C6, then both to C4. BACKING AND BORDER: Right sides out, pin knit carefully centered over fabric. Stitch from knit side, 1\u20442&amp;quot; from knit edge, with long straight stitch by machine or backstitch with thread by hand. Press 1\u20442&amp;quot; edges of fabric to wrong side. Fold and pin the 2 long fabric sides over knit about 1\u20444&amp;quot; beyond seam for border about 11\u20444&amp;quot; wide. Slipstitch in place with thread. Repeat to bind top and bottom edges. Sew sides of corners closed. CARE: Launder as for the most delicate fabric on the throw. Dry-clean if required. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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