Mittens! 7.31.12

I saw a podcast on how to make mittens out of an old sweater. I want to make some for my sister for Yule, so I am making mine first, as a learning experience.

I have ti take them home tonight and sew them, and I want to add a running stitch I think is what it is called, to the outside, once I have them machine sewn, but here is what I have so far! hope you like it!

Here is my pattern. I simply traced my left hand, and this is the pattern for said left hand... Flip it over, and there you go, right hand!

Here are my supplies, at least for here, away from home. Pattern, sweater, pins and kick a** scissors!

I laid down the pattern down on the seam edge of the inside out sweater. I pin and cut through both layers, making sure to add a seam allowance when I cut.

The patter that I made gave me enough room to move around, so not much seam allowance was needed...

I repeated with the flip side pattern.

Now, the first set is ready to go. The good thing about these cuts are that the bottom edge is already ready. It does not need to be hemmed. It is a clean cut!


Second set...
I took the rest of the sweater, the top, folded it over on itself, so that it is 4 layers thick .I could have made the first two cuts better I think, so that I could have made 3 sets in total. I will look into smarter placement when I make the next set. My sisters set will be the third set I make, LOTS of learning curve for me...

Again, pin and cut through all of the layers, adding seam allowance.

After the cutting...

The way that I folded the fabric before I cut,

made it so that when I unfolded it , the tops were connected. One less thing to sew!

Pin and sew.

I have to pin a hem around the opening on this set, since it was not a clean cut :(

 

Here we have two pinned and ready to go mittens!

Here is a picture of my hand on the pattern... Doesn't really look as if it is big enough... Here's hoping it is!