Make some super simple and super soft felted fingerless gloves from an old sweater!
Ready to make the softest most comfy and easiest fingerless gloves ever? These are made of an old cashmere sweater. Mine was Aa’s and it was full of holes but you could also find one at a thrift store. Then go ahead and read my post: How To Felt Cashmere to learn how to turn that old sweater into nice thick material that you can cut but won’t unravel. Then go ahead and come back here. It’s cool, I’ll wait…
Ok, so do you have your felted sweater? Awesome. If you can’t find cashmere, you can certainly make these with wool. The process is the same. They just won’t, in my opinion, be quite as luxuriously soft, but they’ll still be really really nice. And when I say “super simple” I’m not kidding. These seriously take just a few minutes. I even made a little pair for O in less than 5 minutes and he’s been wearing them all week. That’s a pretty good result for an old holey sweater, don’t you think? Here’s how you do it:
Super Simple Upcycled Felted Cashmere Fingerless Gloves
A felted cashmere sweater
Matching thread
1. I started off by measuring another pair of wrist warmers that I have already that I know fit me. I have pretty thin wrists and small hands so my measurements are on the small side. If you don’t have a pair to measure try measuring the wrist part of a pair of gloves or the end of a sleeve on a long sleeved shirt that you like the fit of.
4. Next you will simply sew along the length of the fingerless gloves. If you happen to have a serger, that would be great for this. If you just have a regular sewing machine, use a wide and long zig zag stitch being sure to backstitch at the beginning and end. Also make sure you aren’t stretching the felted fabric as it goes through the machine, that will make the seam wavy.
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Marilou Jackson says
Can’t wait to make warmers. Felting info worked great