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How to Make Snuggly Slippers from Old Sweaters
comments (19) February 22nd, 2013
My feet are always cold, so I'm constantly looking for nice slippers to wear. Unfortunately, most of the affordable ones I find are made from 100% synthetic materials, which means they're not environmentally considerate AND they make your feet sweat. Yuck! So I came up with this alternative to buying slippers: Make them out of old wool sweaters. Care to join me in stitching up a pair?
You'll need:
- Some paper
- A pen
- Scissors
- An old sweater (ideally a felted wool one)
- Thread
- Sewing machine
- A scrap of yarn (worsted or smaller)
- A crochet hook that suits your yarn
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1. Make the pattern by tracing your foot onto a piece of paper.
Trace your foot to begin making the pattern. |
Here's the tracing of my foot. |
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Comments (19)
- I pre-shrunk the wool before making slippers by washing and drying on hot.
- No seam allowance
- Wove a ribbon through the crocheted edge to use as a drawstring.
Thanks for posting. Really nice!
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Posted: 3:51 pm on January 13th
Fabulous idea and a great recycling project. I'll have to head to the thrift store for knitted sweaters for this one!!
Posted: 3:35 pm on January 13th
Love wearing something on my feet as My Sweetheart calls
me his Little Pop Sickle.
Have so many beautiful Sweaters that belong to me and my identical Twin Sister!
Was going to try selling them or taking to resale.
For people who have yard sale or try resale boutiques in
Arizona they sometime go for so little.
Many with the most amazing textures, yarns, colors, hues & patterns. Wonderful PROJECT!!! ADORE IT!!
Would really love to see the results of other artisans
out there doing this project!!!
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Thanks for this article, I'm a relatively new sewer and small project like this helps to build confidence.
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thank you
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Gardenuh
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I am thinking, maybe that could also work for soles, I just need to find an old yoga mat.
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