Instructions for wool shorties

Instructions for wool shorties (from the same sweater as the wool longies)

Wool shorties:

Get a pair of your kids shorts. They should be slightly baggy or even one size up. Fold them in half so that the crotch comes to a point:

With the body of the sweater that you have left, cut this piece on the side seams (essentially the fold. If the sweater is big enough, and you want less seams, open the shorts and cut 2)
You should have these pieces: folded,
or unfolded .

Take each piece, folded. Sew together the small side (this will be the legs) like so: (the picture isn’t so clear, sorry – but it’s the bottom seam from the cuff to the point). Do the same to the other piece.
Open them up, and face the pieces together. Start sewing from one side of the waistline all the way to the other in one continuous seam. This is the center (vertical) seam, and it goes all the way from front to back.

If you have made two pieces cut of the full short (not with a side seam) you will sew the two sides together, and then sew the crotch from one cuff all the way around to the other – like a frown.

Turn right side in, and you are done! Sew a casing for waistband elastic? Your choice.

You might be able to make a soaker too. I pieced one together to make this:

In all, I got this:

from this:

I think the sweater cost me $.90 :)

Pretty good investment, I think.

Easy Sew Wool Longies Instructions

I've gotten some requests for my wool longies sewing instructions, so here they are:

Easy sew Wool Longies:


Ok, so out of the one sweater (already super felted)
we cut off the sleeves like so:
to give us two legs. Cut open each sleeve on the seam approximately 8” (this will be your rise) like so:
Next, cut out a small diamond shape (from somewhere extra on the sweater)
You now have three pieces: . You are now ready to sew.

I use a serger, but you can use a regular machine. Turn your sleeves inside out. Place your diamond pointing in towards the cuff of your sleeve. You should have right sides together.

Starting at the corner, sew one side until you reach the next corner. Repeat for the other side. It should look like this:

Next, place the other sleeve directly across from the first. Place your point like you did with the first. MAKE SURE RIGHT SIDES ARE TOGETHER.

You are going to sew each corner and continue on to the top of the sleeve. Repeat for the other side. It will look like this: See how the two sides are sewn together. Turn it right side in, and you are done! You can sew a casing for elastic into the waistband if you want.

So, we still have no date for moving to Israel. I'm waiting to hear on a job... but I doubt I got it, so hopefully next week we will choose - for anyone really wondering, it will probably be in august.

I've been wondering about cloth diapers in Israel, and whether I will have a market. Here in the US, everyone and their mother it seems sells cloth diapers. I can't make them at a price that competes, so other than the wool on ebay, I don't even advertise much.

Anyone in Israel who uses cloth diapers and wants to buy some from me?!?

If you live in chicago/evanston and are thinking of sending your children to the Child Care Center of Evanston, or to a woman named Rahat Khan, PLEASE email me.