INFINITY SCARF TUTORIAL
This scarf
could possibly cost $0 if you have a tee shirt ready for the re-cycle box or
very little ($3) if you pay a visit to your local op shop.
Here’s what
you’ll need: a cotton tee shirt, scissors, and (perhaps) a needle and matching
thread
1 - For the tee shirt
(cotton - no spandex), you can go to a charity store like the Salvation
Army the Good Will or to your local craft store, using your 40% off coupon, you can raid your husband's tee shirt drawer for
ones he would donate if he could bear to part with the old thing.
2 - Lay the tee shirt out on a table, making sure the bottom
hem is matching back and front. Pat it out so it looks all straight and aligned before
the slicing begins.
4 – Cut off and remove the bottom hem of the tee shirt.
6 – With your scissors, cut through the seam at the bottom
of the project (what once was a side seam), making a strip approximately 1” wide. DO NOT CUT THROUGH THE TOP OF PROJECT SEAM. Leave about ¾” uncut. Make strips, cutting through
bottom seam and up to about ¾” from the top seam. You will now have before you,
a project that resembles a Hawaiian hula skirt. In actuality, these strips are
LOOPS
7 – This is the fun part:
Run your hand between the two layers of the shirt at the seam that
has NOT been cut through and gather up the uncut edge in your hand. Pick it up
off the table while holding that gathered, uncut seam in one hand and with your
other hand inside of the loop/strip, pull and stretch as far as you can, each one
of those loops until they curl up like a rope or cord. Sometimes where you've
held onto the loop to stretch, it doesn't curl up. In that case, just pull both
sides of the uncurled spot until it curls.
8 – What you have in your hand now is a very big circle (or
infinity scarf) You still have this part where the cords are attached (the seam that you didn't cut through). Roll
that part up or scrunch it up because it will get covered up with a scrap from
the tee shirt. Scrunch that part up as tight as you can and wrap either the
sliced off hem or another scrap from the shirt around this gathered part, securing
it by tucking in the ends. Or as I have done with this turquoise one I made - I
wrapped one of the ribbed cuffs from my long sleeved shirt around it and hand
sewed it neatly closed, covering the
connection part of all the strands of cord.
This is how my scarf looks doubled. I know by
now you've noticed the braid. I didn't include the instructions for that in
this tutorial. I don't think it adds much to the look. This was my first try. I
think whenever I make another, it will be without the braid.
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Comments (7)
Wow - will need to look more closely later when I have more time.
That looks like a really fun project to make. Thanks for the simple instructions. NellywithWings.
Looks fun. Thanks so much for the great tutorial.
This is a very useful project for teenagers in the holidays, I think. Great job Rita
I have seen these before and they look great all done!
Cute gift idea!
Looks like a fun t shirt project!