Guest Post @ Sew Chic & Unique: How to Make a Sweater Better.....as Handwarmers!

Today I'd like to welcome the readers of Sew Chic and Unique to my little corner of the blog world.  I wrote this tutorial as a guest post for the Inspire to Create event going on there right now.

I thought this was a perfect opportunity to tie in my Make A Sweater Better tutorials, so I decided to make fingerless handwarmers made from the sleeves of an old felted sweater!

(ok, I needed a model, and I was the only one around.  Everyone keeps telling me I look 13 in this picture instead of 33.  I guess that means everyone should have a picture of themselves in B&W!)

Materials:
All you need is an old wool sweater.  Felt it by washing it in hot water and drying it on high heat.  The sweater I'm using is 90% wool, and 10% acrylic, and it felted nicely.

You also need embroidery floss, but a lightweight yarn would work well too...maybe even better!

Tutorial:

 

Cut both sleeves off of your felted sweater.  Try them on with the cut end toward your fingers.  Locate where you want your gloves to hit on your fingers, and mark it.

Take the sleeve off, and cut straight across where you marked. 

Cut a deep slit for your thumb.  

 

Then cut a bit off the thumb to make it shorter than the rest of your handwarmer.  

 

 Thread your embroidery floss or yarn into a needle with a head that will accommodate the size your your floss or yarn.

 Start your stitch in the back layer corner closest to the thumb.  If you don't already know how to do a blanket stitch, go to this great tutorial.  

 

Stitch around the opening of the hand.  When you get all the way around, you will blanket stitch BOTH pieces together, down the inside of the index finger and up the inside of the thumb.  

When you get to the opening of the thumb, blanket stitch around the opening. 

Enjoy your toasty hands!



Find other great projects along with mine at these link ups:

The Girl Creative
Making The World Cuter
Motivate Me Monday
Creative Itch
Sew Much Ado
Someday Crafts
My Repurposed Life
Tatertots and Jello
I heart naptime