ahhhh. Its soo good to be back from Vegas. I love home. This is a really fun and easy DIY project that I did…it was featured on www.abeautifulmess.typepad.com a few days ago. You may have seen that there, but in case you didnt here it is. I LOVE this project and its so simple.
Don’t freeze trying to pull off those spring looks too early. Make some easy DIY leg warmers from your old sweater pile, and throw them on with a cute sundress. Years ago in High School I would lock myself in my room on snow days tearing up my clothes and sewing them back together again in new ways. It was soo much fun to go back to school with new creations. This DIY was one of my favorite ones from those good old days.
1. You will need an old ugly sweater either from your grandpa, your give away pile, or your local thrift shop. The thicker the sweater the better. You will also need a pair of scissors, and a thick piece of ribbon or a scarf that you don’t mind cutting up.
2. Cut off both arms of the sweater.
3. Cut a LONG thick strip of your patterned scarf, or your piece of ribbon. The length must be long enough to wrap around your ankle a few times.
4. Weave your fabric strip through the sweater holes near the end that you cut off. Weave the fabric all the way around and tie a cute bow.
5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 for the other leg warmer.
6. Put your new leg warmers on your leg (arm whole first). Tie the bow tighter around your ankle and position the bow near the front of your foot.
7. Cut off excess ribbon.
8. Slip on a cute pair of flats and you are ready to ROCK!
well… what do you think? think you’ll try it for fun? or at least put it on your list for the next rainy day craft project?!? haha. One person on elsies blog asked if you have to sew or finish the cut off edge. In my experiment I did not have to sew the ends because I chose a very thick ribbed sweater. Plus I LOVE the way it bells out at the bottom covering the ankle and shoe a little. So fun. More coming soon.
I have also worn these with boots.. and it’s super cute because it looks like SUPER thick socks.
March 12th, 2010 at 12:57 am
LOVE! And perfect for this unusually cold Phoenix weather
March 12th, 2010 at 1:05 am
Promise, I love these!!
March 12th, 2010 at 1:11 am
hha. thanks Amaris.
you rock
March 12th, 2010 at 1:11 am
Mel- I KNOW!!! what the heck is up?!? hah
March 12th, 2010 at 1:17 am
Wow! Looks super fun, what a fab idea. I’m working myself out of the “practical” funk I’ve been in for years as mom of 3. It’s time for some Leg warmers
Thanks Promise!
March 12th, 2010 at 8:05 am
wow!
love it!
Greetings from spain
March 12th, 2010 at 11:18 am
Um, love these. Will be looking through my boxes of goodwill throwouts tonight. Thanks so much for the idea! haha
March 12th, 2010 at 11:41 am
WOW Duna. Hi. thanks so joining in from Spain.
March 12th, 2010 at 12:32 pm
These are darling!! I wanna make myself a pair even though I am terrible at crafty things. Maybe I’ll use the sweaters from our ugly sweater party in December….
So fun! Thanks.
March 12th, 2010 at 3:31 pm
I wore leg warmers to an 80′s party a few weekends ago and fell in love…I want to wear them all the time now, along with arm warmers!
March 12th, 2010 at 4:18 pm
This is perfect. I have a dance/fitness studio and leg warmers are one of my faves! The great part is I can find something to do with the sweaters I will never wear again. Thanks!
March 12th, 2010 at 7:03 pm
Perfect for early Winter chill here in Melbourne! Opposite to you guys, it’s a little too warm to pull off coats & boats, so this is PERFECT!!! Have the perfect scarf to use, just have to find a sweater now….
March 12th, 2010 at 9:28 pm
I already did this with an old hoodie, and I love love love the results. This is definetely the coolest and easiest DIY I’ve ever seen!
March 13th, 2010 at 2:26 pm
Hey Promise! So i just made my own leg warmers but i have NO ideas what to wear them with or how to wear them. It is really snowy here so it needs to be warm. I was thinking with skinny jeans and flats but I dont know. Thanks!
March 13th, 2010 at 2:44 pm
Mindy- OOOO soo cute. Yes. skinny jeans and flats sounds SUPER cute. show a pic, show a pic.
March 13th, 2010 at 2:45 pm
Antonia- WOW a sweat shirt hoodie would be really cool. I want to see.
March 13th, 2010 at 3:12 pm
i LOVE the warmers, but was it hard to cut up that sweater? its really cute! haha
March 14th, 2010 at 5:45 pm
Lovee this post.. I have an old sweater my best friend gave me that I never wear, and it would be PERFECT for this. Can’t wait to try it out (: I would try it out on a rainy day, but since I moved I don’t see many of those anymore (;
Salut,
Jolie-Miette
P.S. I love your posts… adding you to our blog (:
March 15th, 2010 at 10:04 pm
Love this Promise!! Thanks SO much for sharing!! Went out today with my daughter Jo to Goodwill to find some sweaters , got some great ones!! Can’t wait to make them tomorrow!! Smiles
March 16th, 2010 at 11:37 am
I want to try this with one of my daughter’s sweaters for her! She has a two year old dance party coming up:)
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