Fleece hat turned slippers

I don't think I can call this a tutorial but anyway I thought I would share with you what I did.

Here is a plain fleece hat, I don't remember where or why we had this hat but it didn't get worn because we all wear homemade and silly/cute hats in this house.

So I flattened it out and laid a pattern out on it. There was enough room for all the pattern pieces plus a scrap of extra.

 Here are the pieces

 Julie is especially proud of these because she "helped" me sew them. Since she no longer takes naps if I want to sew I have to find inventive ways to entertain her so she sat on my lap and I showed her where she could hold the fabric for me.

And then we added some puffy paint to the bottom for some traction.

Ignore the silly cat and airplane... puffy paint isn't easy to draw with ;)

Crochet Pattern- Hooded Cowl

For this pattern you need:

          * Size P hook
          * 2 coordinating skeins of yarn, I used Red heart Soft White Fleck and Red Heart Primary. They need to be medium weight.

Use both yarns at the same time.

Ch 60.

Join in first chain.

row 1. ch2(counts as first dc), dc around, join.

row 2-4. ch2 (counts as first dc) dc around, join.

row 5. ch2, *decrease in the next 2 sts, dc* repeat * 8 times, dc across the rest, join.

row 6-12. ch2(counts as first dc), dc across, join.

row 13. *decrease in the next 2 sts, dc* repeat* across, join

row 14-18. ch2 dc across, join.

fasten off, weave in ends

email or comment with any questions!

You can wear it two ways

The small end is the top, the large end is the bottom.

Hope you all enjoy this pattern!

Upcycled sweatpants = fingerless gloves

Hi everyone! TGIF right?! I have here for you a quick tute on making fingerless gloves out of some sweat pants scraps. Are you thinking who has sweat pants scraps?  Meig and I do because we buy sweat pants, cut them off and make them shorts, which leaves us with two little tubes of sweat pants scraps :)

Here we go..


Here are the tubes

I cut them each up the seam

Measured around this part of my arm, 8

When I folded the fabric in half, I measured 4 1/8 ish from the fold and marked it and cut each one that size.

Here are the cut pieces ready to go, at this point cut them the length you want.

About 2 inches down from the top I sewed this square, with a zig zag. I sewed over about 3 times

Cut out the middle

Serge or zig zag stitch top and bottom of each piece

I added some decorative stitches around the bottom

fold it in half right sides together and sew them up

Done! These took me about 30 minutes to make, I think they are super useful because I can get away with wearing them at work and its freezing there!

What do you think?

Have a great weekend everyone! See ya on Monday