Thursday, May 28, 2009

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.

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