Continuing our series on turning an old sweater into something new, this week I took the same sweater from last week and created new mittens. The cowl neck of the sweater made the perfect pair of mittens. I could have done a little decorating with the yarn but I decided to keep these simple. All you need is an old sweater (the tighter the stitch the less unraveling when you cut), sharpie marker, scissors, yarn and a yarn needle. Optional: pins to keep the 2 layers together.
- Place the sweater on a table and optionally pin the sweater sides together to keep it in place when you trace. Trace your hands on the sweater with the sharpie. If you want a looser fit for the mittens then trace bigger then the hand.
2. Cut out the mittens through both sides of the thickness
3. Take the sides and put the 2 right sides together so the sem will be on the inside of the mitten when you turn it inside out. Take a long tail of yarn and sew around the mittens. At the thumb and curves, I double stitched for better re-enforcement when they are being used.
4. Turn the mittens inside out. You can either decorate them with a yarn bow or other things or put them on and use your new mittens!
I absolutely love this idea. I have so many old sweaters at home that would make adorable mittens! thanks for sharing!
Such a great idea!! I love giving old stuff a new life ♥
This is awesome! I will have to give this a try. The sweater you used is perfect material for mittens.
This is a great idea! I love repurposing old stuff instead of throwing it away!