Potter cleaned out his dresser the other day and brought me a garbage bag of clothes for the thrift store. I looked in it and grabbed a couple tees that were a nice color and mostly solid so that I could play around with them.
I watched a video from our local lifestyle show and was thrilled that I could have scarves from t-shirts that were A) free and B) no sewing, which means fast. See the video and more examples here:
http://www.thediydish.com/2011/02/make-an-infinity-scarf-kim-shows-the-how-to-on-studio-5/
I made this one literally in 10 minutes and snapped this quick picture before running out the door to a meeting.
Gold/mustard colored scarf (and I clipped a black flower from the girls' hair clips on it):
Basic instructions:
-cut the bottom hem off a tee
-cut "rings" of knit by cutting two inch strips straight across the body of the tee beneath the arms
-stretch each strip (like exercise bands) and the edges will curl and make skinny cords
- bundle together as many as you want (I think I did six)
-tie together with a small strip of t-shirt (I put my flower clip over the knot)
Easy, eh?
Then I wanted to do a ruffly one - it's my favorite from the show.
This one was from a taupe-y colored tee:
This one took about 20 minutes.
Basic instructions:
-cut out circles approximately 9 inches in diameter
-cut each circle into a spiral
-run your hand along each spiraled strip, stretching the knit a little and it will look ruffly
-if your strips are short, glue two together at the end to make longer ones
-bundle several together
-tie any way you like (I looped around my head and then loosely tied a piece of fabric to keep in place)
Now, If I'd used a XL or XXL like the video suggests, my scarves would be more full since I could get more strips out of those than I did from my son's size medium shirts. But because I'm pretty top heavy I like that I don't have extra bulk where I don't want it. So this works for me.
Got tees on their way to the thrift store? Save them!!
Okay those are WAY cute! Hope you're available to teach us at an RS meeting soon! :]
ReplyDeletePaige made some of these for YW...they turned out so cute. I love the ruffely one the best :)
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