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This is a bit of a change of pace from the rest of this blog, but here is my entry for the Whiplash monthly contest, a hat made out of old socks. Let me take a minute for storytime...
I decided long ago that life is too short not to wear fun socks. I wear fun socks every day. This leads to the sad yet inevitable demise of said socks when they end up with holes in them (my right big toe is usually the culprit for some reason, but I digress). Many of the pairs that are no longer wearable are still sitting around my bedroom because I cannot bear to part with such cuteness. I intend to use them in various ways - one pair has become a pair of fingerless gloves and a pair of kneehighs are now shirt sleeves, but there are still plenty more waiting for a new life. I took a few of my favorites and made this cute hat.
I wear hats often, usually ones I have knit for myself. I made this hat by first cutting off the sock toes and then cutting open the remaining tube down the front side of the sock. I am lucky enough to own a serger (thanks Grandma) so sewing was pretty simple. I sewed along the heels to make each sock into a more flat piece of fabric. Then I sewed them together into a big tube, doing some extra stitching around the top part to taper the tube towards the top. Finally I stitched the top together and stitched around the brim.
This hat features some very adorable socks: little rubber duckies; monkeys doing the see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil; and a fuzzy turtle saying hello. I mean it when I say I love my fun socks.
The obligatory info for the contest folks:
This hat is being entered in Category 1: Creative use of normal/household waste. Yes, I would love to make more of these hats for Reform School if you deem me worthy of such an honor.
I decided long ago that life is too short not to wear fun socks. I wear fun socks every day. This leads to the sad yet inevitable demise of said socks when they end up with holes in them (my right big toe is usually the culprit for some reason, but I digress). Many of the pairs that are no longer wearable are still sitting around my bedroom because I cannot bear to part with such cuteness. I intend to use them in various ways - one pair has become a pair of fingerless gloves and a pair of kneehighs are now shirt sleeves, but there are still plenty more waiting for a new life. I took a few of my favorites and made this cute hat.
I wear hats often, usually ones I have knit for myself. I made this hat by first cutting off the sock toes and then cutting open the remaining tube down the front side of the sock. I am lucky enough to own a serger (thanks Grandma) so sewing was pretty simple. I sewed along the heels to make each sock into a more flat piece of fabric. Then I sewed them together into a big tube, doing some extra stitching around the top part to taper the tube towards the top. Finally I stitched the top together and stitched around the brim.
This hat features some very adorable socks: little rubber duckies; monkeys doing the see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil; and a fuzzy turtle saying hello. I mean it when I say I love my fun socks.
The obligatory info for the contest folks:
This hat is being entered in Category 1: Creative use of normal/household waste. Yes, I would love to make more of these hats for Reform School if you deem me worthy of such an honor.
