Sunday, January 15, 2012

DIY fingerless glovettes (for newbie sewers)

A couple weeks ago I happened upon a particular Pinterest post from PS- I Made This for no-sew glovettes. Thinking this was a genius idea, I stored it away, thinking I wouldn't get around to it this year since our winter has been lacking that certain 'wow' factor, leaving us all thinking that it might as well be late October.

That is, until this week.

Now that there's snow in the air, I'm glad I decided to make these gloves. They're cute, customize-able, and pretty easy to make. I added my own flair to this craft (as I often do), so I'll lead you through how I put these little darlings together.

Fingerless Glovettes





Helpful skills: 
  • cutting
  • eyeballing
  • stitching (basic stitch)

Materials needed:
  • basic knit gloves
  • knee-high socks
  • button
  • scissors
  • needle & thread
    optional: elastic thread


Step-by-step:



1. Take your knee-high socks (mine were $2.50 from Payless but you might already have some on hand) and your gloves (a $1.50 steal from Kohls but again, items you could have on hand). Use your own hand and arm to decide how long you'd like the length of the tube to be from your sock, and how you'd like to cut the fingertips of your gloves. Slice 'em up.

2. For my gloves, as shown in the original pin, I made horizontal slits in the side of the tubes for the thumb of the glove to go through. This required a little eye-balling but they turned out looking pretty even.


3. The knee-high socks I chose had a TON of lace at the top, and I only wanted one layer showing. To get it tucked away neatly, I used elastic Stretch Magic thread. I'm not sure if anyone else will have this challenge, but I wanted to highlight this elastic thread just in case you decide to attach any embellishments to the top. This way, you won't have to worry about your gloves not fitting on properly after you sew all your cute things on!

4. Lastly, I tacked a button to the center of the edge of the tube so that the glove and sock didn't separate when I put them on or took them off.

If you wanted to be super fancy, you could use a blanket stitch  around the finger holes to keep it from fraying (I'd use thread or, better, embroidery floss for this). However, I kind of dig the fringed look so I'll probably keep them as-is.


Enjoy your snow days, wherever you may be!

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