Hello Dear Reader,
I’ll admit it. I’m crap at knitting. I think it’s the sitting still bit that beats me. Quilting involves the to and from the ironing board aerobic workout but knitting needs me to sit still which isn’t going to happen! It’s going to be cold here real soon and as we have a big house with heating in one room only, we need all the scarves and thermal long johns we can layer up with and still move. I bought the jumper for 70p and made the scarf for Dearly Beloved. He loves scarves and hats. Now I need to find a way of making hats from old fleeces - they have loads of fleeces in the charity shops.
Cut jumper into strips, sew lengths together, pull inside to the outside.
Sew down the last edge by tucking the seam in on itself and sewing along the outside edge. Here is it modelled by the wonderful husband!
He likes it! Now I’ve experimented with this one, I shall be making them for gifts. You can also make scarves from old tee-shirts but old jumpers are thicker. Why not make one for your children out of their old school sweatshirts or jumpers for them to wear on their walk to school. I know what my two offspring will be getting for presents.
Until tomorrow,
Love Froogs
Such a good idea 🙂 Hope you are going to use the sleeves too? Wristwarmers or leg warmers??
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What a great idea! How do you com up with this stuff?
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Hi - I used the sleeves too x
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Look here - all the measurements you need! http://www.marthastewart.com/270340/polarfleece-hats
I made fleece hats for everyone in the family as Christmas gifts one year
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I am the opposite to you Froogs, I can knit and crochet but fabric and thread runs screaming from my attempts.
I shall have to hook out a pattern and get stitching one for you 🙂
x x x
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Craftstew.com/sewing/free-hat-patterns has some free patterns using fleece.
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Love it!
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Awesome! That looks like the business for winter!
A neat one to do is to make a band, like a very wide headband, from the top of a large sleeve in a stretchy jumper. Band can be worn around neck, around ears (a la David beckham lol!) or around hair etc. Very cool. My teenage nephews and nieces love them!
x
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This is such a great idea! My friend “commissioned” me to make her something to protect her music player and another for her small camera when she carries them in her bag. I've started knitting one but I find it quite tedious at the moment. This is the perfect solution! Why didn't I think about it? Thanks for that!
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Good one Froogs. Will def. be giving this a go. 🙂
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thanks for this brill idea-digging out all my old sweaters as we speak!x
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What a brilliant idea, I wondered what you had in mind for that jumper!!
Sue xx
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here's a great link to many free fleece hat patterns…plus loads of other sewing goodies…
http://tipnut.com/fleece-hat-patterns/
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Brilliant idea. I will be making one of these soon. Fall is coming rapidly to the Rocky mountains and it will be cold for a long time. My neck is a real problem in cold weather and this will be a terrific solution to protect it. Thanks for sharing.
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