November is the kind of month where I never know how to dress my kids. Often too warm for a coat but too cool for just a sweater, I find that I spend most of the month with a bag full of sweaters, coats, hats and mittens just in case. So when I saw this idea for a Warm Hands Sweater on the blog
Elsie Marley who saw it on the site
Oeuf (I always want to give full credit to my inspirations) I thought it was the perfect answer to my November clothing dilemma. Not to mention so cute! I found this striped cardigan at a thrift store, then used some scraps of felted sweaters I had left over from our
Felted Sweater Mittens, for the pockets. I started by tracing our mitten templates onto a one of the felted sweater scraps and cutting them out. If you don't have mitten templates check our post on
Felted Sweater Mittens to see how to make them. I then placed the mitten cutouts onto the sweater to get the right placement. Next I used a felting needle to tack them down in place. If I had been using a wool or even partially wool sweater I could have just needle felted the mittens onto the sweater and been done with it. However the striped cardigan I selected was 100% cotton so the needle felting just tacked them in place, you could also just pin or glue them into place. Once they were tacked down, I quickly stitched them on, using a
back stitch all around the border. The Bee has already worn this sweater, frequently sticking her hands in the mitten pockets, to keep them warm while looking cool!
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdbbOI7cvcO-1l8L6KFaoDCExhlRlMuYrYnmKJrFV0SbgLAERpmwE0CtCeMwZOrBesh0MD_PkkIlGx0Kb97alRw2EYgsxJxPfmxU8RYioKD5CqXByX1zq4p4vWCJa5EaTT3gbYOuPLY9B0/s200/IMG_6647.jpg) |
layout mittens on sweater |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF2aN4-S-a_Mo8DWhrwvS0GEvQssZp26YpPRZTAAeySfs00XVe8Buc5u7s5d8nX0iRJx8izNujD_4iHxFpPfjpj6QjPgK4Xut6OGO48RIqQiu8DdzzNGIw15Gd40hnjNVCFfHaopyn9Ixq/s200/IMG_6644.jpg) |
Trace mitten pattern onto felted sweater |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHdC1uJm66bUMVs6q3W5sAJafo_81zymycbdcBiF3t91arfb3cbaOlJ8usf7WJZvR7ngbKfIuQ8Joqzq5CwFf23W_YTpzodBgg65ziTd1MB0Dm_uK0wT126GyraEV_PmMTLi5U_VIeTBXc/s200/IMG_6649.jpg) |
Tack down with felting needle |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Ff-gIiJB4JhLib4pWPQLUxJ4Ph_y5omSPu0HE8gDWfkDDngtci7Uxd5iyIMnAjQ9NsU0x3lczXtuboXxGgmkVBMtbvgtMLUKMksDMDMYQKSQTarjKBTdZBUmvodB3nyHwQUWW6LJg32t/s200/IMG_6659.JPG) |
Put hands in mitten pockets to keep cozy warm |
I love, love, love this. How cozy...and cute is that! It looks like a sit-down-and-finish-in-one-session-project too. Those are the kind I love best (because I know they will get finished)!
ReplyDeleteشركة الريماس للخدمات المنزلية بالرياض
ReplyDelete