I finally stood my ground on one of hubby's shirts. The man lost 80 lbs. . .almost 6 years ago. . .and he still wears some of the same t-shirts as he did then. They were ratty old t-shirts then, you can only imagine, right? So the deal was, if I could give the shirt another life, he would agree to handing it over. Well, I found another life form for it. . .but I went ahead and took liberties while he was at work. You understand, right?
I know I should feel maybe a tad bit of guilt. . .but check out this awesome new scarf!
This is a SUPER easy project, no sewing required. Took me a little over an hour, and that was in between three different storybooks. When your two yr. old wants attention. . .give it or pay the price.
So to start your new scarf, first choose your colors. I went with the worn-out black shirt, a gray shirt, and a red shirt. You could even make these using school colors. So grab some shirts and a pair of scissors, and let's get started. . .
Start by cutting the hems off. Put them aside so we can use them later.
Then cut the shirts into strips about 3/4″ wide. I cut 10 strips from each shirt for a total of 30.
My piles of cut strips.
Then give each of them a tug, a nice big stretch, and then start wrapping them around your hand.
29 more times. It helped me to have them all lined up by color ready to go.
Now take the hems, and cut them into about 5" sections.
Use the 5" sections to tie your loops together until you have one long chain.
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