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Sunday, December 14, 2008

CRAFT CORNER - Sweater Tote Bag

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If you have sweaters that you know you'll never wear again, make them into a usable tote bag.

SUPPLIES:

Sweater (if using wool, prewash in hot water and dry to shrink)

Scissors

Marker

Yarn

Yarn needle

To begin, use the marker to lightly mark on the sweater where the handles will be located.

Cut it out making sure the lines are cut off with the scraps.

After cutting it out, turn it inside out and line up the bottom edge. Thread the needle with the yarn and knot the end.

Stitch along the bottom edge from end to end and knot at the end. Turn it back right side out.

Thread more yarn onto the needle and do a running stitch along the cut edges, folding over as you go.

There you go, you have a cute and usable tote bag, and it didn't take me but about an hour to finish it completely. And you don't have to worry about the scrap arms and yoke that you cut out from the sweater. If you have a young child, give the pieces to them and I'm sure they will come up with something. My daughter made herself an outfit by slipping the neckhole around her waist and the cuffs on her thighs making herself a little outfit. She actually wore this for about 2 hours!!

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Wednesday, January 14, 2009 - Untitled Comment

Posted by kimalita

How cool is that?! I love this idea!!

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