Here we are, it’s November and even
with the sun out the weather has officially changed. November has set the
scene; "Good bye flip flops and crop tops, hello warm five toe socks and fluffy
scarves." If you’re anything like me this is a big change because I strongly
dislike the cold! So I always feel the need to bundle up, keep warm and drink
hot tea.
So many people are dashing out to
the stores and buying fancy scarves, but not me. I am a college student with a
part time job which means I have learned to be a “Diva on a budget.” Keeping
that in mind this winter I really wanted an infinity scarf; better known as a
circle scarf, but I do not have a lot of money to splurge on fashion. I work in a clothing
store so I know that these scarves range around 20 dollars or more. So It’s
either I buy a fancy scarf or load my car up with gas and when having to come
to reality that I do not have the help of my mother to cover me when I fall
short, I asked myself why spend my gas money, when I have so many other scarves
I can cover up with.
So this is where my creative side
starts to kick in full drive. I am a natural born craftier and I am always
looking for a new project to explore. With no more than 15 dollars and the art
supplies found around my home I am going to custom create my very own circle
scarf.
When I looked this project up there
where so many different ways a person can construct this. So for the simplest
way a person can make this here is what you will need: fabric of your chose (a knit fabric is suggested), scissors or a rotary cutter ( if a rotary cutter
is used please use a measuring mate or a cardboard surface),a iron, a ruler, fabric
chalk or something to write with. And Lastly, one of the key items is solely dependent
upon the method you want to use.
Now let’s begin, you will need about
2 yards of a stretchy knit material.
I like the knit material because it is soft and drapes nicely. Also, you do not
have to worry so much about the structure of the scarf after you cut off the
material you do not want to use.
First, take your ruler measure a piece a fabric 30” width by 60” in length.
Then with your scissors or rotary cutter cut the fabric. I chose these
measurements because in my opinion in order for scarves to have a nice warm
made for winter time finish you need to have a really wide piece of fabric so
that it has extra plush and volume.
Secondly, open the fabric up if it
was folded when the measurements were taken and fold it in half the long way so
that you can see the scarf forming. In this step, is where the steps may start
to change. For a beginner’s project, you will use your fabric glue or a hot
glue gun to glue the long ends of the scarf together. The glue that you are
pasting down will go on the backside of the fabric.
Thirdly, you will take one end of
the fabric and glue all around the opened end. Then slide that end into the
other opened end to the scarf. Once you have done that for a beginner you are
complete. Just iron your scarf for a more polished look and wrap it around your
neck and go.
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