It's Artsy Craftsy Time!!!

I found this really awesome DIY project while I was on stumbleupon.


If anyone knows me, they know that I like to shop.  Well...since moving back home, my closet space hasn't been as abundant as when I was in college.  Therefore...I needed to clean out my closet of all the free shirts/APO shirts/college shirts that I racked up over my 4 years at UT.


Not gonna lie...I really hate parting with my burnt orange shirts and even some of the APO shirts.  But I honestly need the closet space to feed my shopaholic addiction.


Ringlet T-shirt Scarf
-Materials You need:
1. Scissors (sturdy enough to cut through material)
2. 4 T-shirts
3. Ruler
4. Pencil

-Directions
1.  Cut off the hems of each shirt (place them aside, you'll need them later)

(Look at all those hems!!!)

2.  Cut (8) 3/4 in. strips from each shirt (making 32 total strips/loops).  You don't have to precise...just eyeball it...but make sure your strips aren't too thin.  Don't worry too much if the lines are straight.  You'll see why in the next step.

3.  Give each loop a nice stretch (be careful with the stretching...don't break them!).  Remember when I said not to worry if the strips edges aren't straight?  Well...when you pull and stretch them, the sides will curl...no one will notice the uneven edges.

(Don't like my stretching technique?  Sue me...I was multi-tasking.)

4.  Wrap them around your hand to make ringlets

5.  Remember the hems that you placed aside?  Cut them into 5 in. strips.  You'll use them to tie your ringlets together.  Suggestion...when you get them into 5 in. strips...stretch them out a little.  It will make it easier to tie the ringlets together.

6.  Arrange your ringlets into a chain in whatever color combination you want.  

(The Eyes of Texas are Upon you...All the Live Long Day \m/)

7. Ta-da!  You have your own DIY scarf! And no sewing was involved!

(Don't mind the trashy romance novels on the left ;-)...do mind the Harry Potter books on the right :-D)

8.  Go raid your relatives/friends/neighbors closets for their old shirts and make more!!!


Hope you had fun making them! And 'Hook 'Em!

(I don't take credit for the creation of this project.)