The best ideas involve a bottle of wine, wouldn’t you agree?
Sometimes drinking it. Sometimes looking at it. Sometimes both.
On this particular occasion it was both.
I was working on my recent DIY Sweater Wreath with a bottle of red nearby keeping me all warm and toasty. I cut the sleeves off of the old cable knit sweater I was using to make my wreath and laid to them to the side. I didn’t need them for my wreath but knew I’d find something to do with them at some point.
I love me some cable knit.
And I’m not the only one.
Alright, fine – maybe it was the wine in me, but I’m pretty sure I saw that bottle of wine inch a little bit closer to that discarded cable knit, just hoping to cozy up to it. I looked at those two loves in my life, hanging out on the counter getting to know each other, and thought:
Oh yeah. It’s on.
I knew I had to bring them together and a DIY Sweater Wine Bottle Cover was the perfect – and incredibly easy solution. I simply hand-sewed a straight stitch around the opening of the cut side of my sleeve, pulled it tight to close it onto itself to meet together in the center, and knotted it to secure.
Underside of my DIY Sweater Wine Bottle Cover, stitched together.
Then I placed the wine bottle into the sleeve and folded down the top:
To give it a little something extra I inserted screw eyes into the tops of two wine corks and tied them around the wine bottle cover with yarn.
This sweater wine bottle cover makes a wonderful hostess or housewarming gift – or make one for yourself for your own wine bottles to enjoy!
Because sometimes wine just needs a cozy sweater, too.
Like this repurposed project? Check out these other ideas from some fellow bloggers who also share a love of turning the old into new!
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This is so cute! I love the hot pink yarn you used for the tie:)
Thank you so much!
Thank you Dusty! I love to upcycle, so I will be making these fantastic wine bottle covers, for several Christmas gifts.
So thrilled to hear it, Martha! Thank you!
Hey Dusty girl!! I keep seeing you around but have never had a chance to say “Hi” really after we left Haven. Cute idea! I was at the thrift store yesterday and was checking out the sweater section and wanted some cute ideas on what to do with them. Now I’ve got a new idea
Thanks for that! Pinning for you 😉
Serena @ Thrift Diving
Hi Serena, so wonderful to hear from you! Yes, hoard all those cable knits – they’re THE BEST! Have fun giving your wine bottles a sweater hug this winter, and I hope to see you again in the summer!
This is such a cute gift idea for the wine enthusiast! Thanks for sharing with Celebrate Southern this week dear!
Thank you, J!
Great idea. Love recycling.
Thank you, Gerry!