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Penny Rug Wrist Warmers GREAT CRAFT TIP!!!

December 30th, 2008 in sewing, restyle, gallery     
LauraMM LauraMM, member
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A simple trick to making wrist warmers or wrist cuffs, when using a wool sweater, felt it first by washing and drying.  Then, this is so fun, cut the sleeves to size and then decorate each sleeve and you have cuffs!  
I made these soft wrist warmers using a felted merino wool sweater!  Of course the sweater was once beautiful, but washed and dried in high heat, gave new meaning to the sweater and its sleeves, and it will continue to warm people :) I sewed the wool circles onto the wool cuffs with yellow thread, using a blanket stitch.
A simple trick to making wrist warmers or wrist cuffs, when using a wool sweater, felt it first by washing and drying.  Then, this is so fun, cut the sleeves to size and then decorate each sleeve and you have cuffs!  

A simple trick to making wrist warmers or wrist cuffs, when using a wool sweater, felt it first by washing and drying.  Then, this is so fun, cut the sleeves to size and then decorate each sleeve and you have cuffs!  

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Here is craft tip on making wrist warmers or cuffs using a washed wool sweater.  Shrink it (felt it) and then reuse or upcycle the sweater ~ it is fun!


Pattern or design used: My own design - Penny Rug Wrist Warmer Craft Tip
posted in: sewing, restyle, gallery, how-to, wearable, , thread, felt, trendy, upcycle, black, reuse, orange, wool, penny rug, felted sweater, craft tip, penny rugs, wrist cuff, Eco Craft
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Comments (2)

Magicgreen53 writes: Iam with you Sewjoe! LOL!
These are nice! I want to make some of these quick!
Posted: 3:01 am on January 31st
SewJoe writes: I love this idea, lots of fun ideas come to mind for decorating. I'm off to the thrift store for wool sweaters!
Posted: 12:19 pm on December 30th
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