Aaaaaaand....it turns out I can't stop at just one scarf....so enjoy!
(The picture above shows it all stretched and looped three times)
What you Need:
Just one undershirt of the flimsy knit persuasion.
What to do with it:
1. Lay it out flat and cut yourself the biggest rectangle you can out of it. Much like the last one. Once again, don't worry about it being square or even having strait edges. They'll hide once it starts to curl. Then cut up the length of the rectangle to get two long skinny rectangles (totaling 4 separate panels).
you'd cut down that white line
(please excuse my shamelessly using old photos)
3. Once you're done with that, and without unfolding them cut off one fringe on the ends, like so:
4. Next pin the tabs on each side to the flush side of the next panel, creating an entire loop without any twists in it.
5. Stitch squares on each end adding a diagonal or a cross if you like, but a simple square is sufficient.
6. Now you can stop if you want and it'll look like this:
OR if you like the look on the top better (it's a bit stringier) grip each edge in either hand and pull gently on it till the strings in the middle curl. Some might need to be pulled separately if they've been cut in deeper. It helps to kind of overlap your pulling so that they get really nice and curled.
If I were to do another one I would wear it like the picture above till they started to get caught on things and stretched and then I'd go ahead and pull the rest of them out. Just to experience both looks.
Anyway, that's it. If you take your sweet time it'll only take 30 minutes. So it's quick, easy and a great way to reuse old shirts. Does it get any better?
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