A few years ago, I had a thing for wearing one arm/wrist warmer at a time but finding ones I really liked proved a pain and the obsession fizzled out. Until now! This is a really super simple way to make your own knitted wrist warmer in 2 steps:
you’ll need
- Wool (Really cool wool!)
- Scissors
- Knitting needles
- Embroidery needle
- Basic knitting knowledge/Youtube
- A couple hours (give or take)
I’ve decided that everytime I learn something new from an Adia the Sewing Machine and I faux pas, I’m going to add it here, right here in this post; make it a sort of ‘tips for new sewers’ kinda gaff. I mean, tutorial of sorts…
1. Don’t focus on the needle when guiding fabric through your machine; it’ll most likely lead to a wibble-wobble-wibble-wobble line. Make something else a focal point. I invested in a magnetic seam guide but a lot of people (ie with computerised machines) don’t like these. Does your machine have a gridded metal plate? Use it.
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I bought a headband ages ago. It was really pretty. Chunky. Sadly my ever-changing hair colour always clashed with it so the headband never actually got worn. I was contemplating putting it in the bin or to a charity shop when I decided to give it a bit of a revival using an old dress and my love for polkadots.
you’ll need
- Some old material
- Scissor
- Tacky glue
- An old headband
- 5 minutes (give or take)