Tutorial Time!!!! It’s actually 65 degrees, but I was a woman on a mission and absolutely wanted this DIY project and tutorial to hit the blog this week, so I sucked it up for you! I, like an idiot, did not take ‘Before’ photos…but I took after photos, and made two really sketchy, half-asleep tutorial-ish things for you. Really, it’s easy. This is also my December 3 and 4th entries for the December Photo Challenge with Mama Making Changes! The 3rd was ‘Red’ and the 4th is ‘It’s so cold!’.
I’ve never had matching winter wear – I just have a small basket of accumulated, mismatched gloves, mittens, hats, and scarves. I decided to fix this, by taking an XXL men’s sweater, and hacking it to pieces. I had a lot of material left, but I’m also a fairly small person. You can pick up sweaters in all sorts of scarf-y patterns at your local thrift store for extremely cheap. This one cost me $2! Not only are you saving money (and matching!), but you’re also upcycling – yay, for not buying new! Out of this one sweater, I made a hat, scarf, legwarmers, and hand-warmers. ♥ Here: Photobomb, including a surprise Ninja appearance:
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I just set aside a long sweater dress solely for this purpose! It has amazing knitted patterns in it, so I have to come up with a strategy to keep the beauty of it intact while upcycling.
This is great! I have been wanting to make a few items for my daughter for our walk to school. She’s always complaining that it’s so cold….we live in Southern California, it’s not that cold!
I love this! I have two sweaters I have been saving but just didn’t know what to do with. THANKS!!
Very cute! What a great way to upcycle! I would love it if you would share this on my blog hop Natural Living Monday! I know my readers would too. Thanks! http://www.naturallivingmamma.com/2012/12/02/natural-living-mondays-13/
Could you have made that look any easier!?! Holy man. I think I need to do this. What a great, cheap gift idea for Christmas!!
That’s so cool! Really great idea. Looks so easy and simple to do looking at the pattern.
I love how you upcycled the sweater! It’s an easy project for a teenager to learn, too since the sewing isn’t that complicated.
love, love, love this! Will try to actually do it when I get some free time!
I love this! Beautiful! I wish I was anywhere close to as crafty as you :)
What a great idea! I want to go out and find a sweater right now! :) Thanks for sharing with Natural Living Monday. This is one of our featured posts this week! :) I hope you stop by again this week!
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Congratulations! You were featured on Natural Living Monday! Thanks so much for sharing. I am excited to see what you have to share this week!