Last spring, I met a friend for dinner. It was a chilly evening and as we sipped our soup, she mentioned that she was wearing a pair of socks she made from a felted thrift store sweater. She said she had a few more felted sweaters in a bag in her van if I wanted them. I drove home dreaming of cozy socks and yet when I attempted to make a pair of socks with this tutorial, my clumsy brain got confused with the pattern and my clumsy fingers cut it out the wrong way.
I turned my mess into two pairs of leg warmers for my girls instead.
I love leg warmers, but I've never figured out their practicality. When it's warm enough for skirts, it's too warm for leg warmers and when they need to bundle up and get cozy, the leg warmers are covered by jeans that hide the intricacies of the knit pattern. Why not wear boring old socks instead? Someone help me here. How do you wear leg warmers?
With the leftover sweater pieces, I cut out a bunch of wool hearts with plans to make a bunch of heart applique shirts with this tutorial as Christmas gifts. I made three sets of t-shirts for three sets of sisters. One pair of girls was my own.
I {heart} those faces!
Linking up with Joanne today:
