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Happy Thanksgiving! I hope you all are enjoying your holiday. This is my favorite time of the year. I always look forward to the holiday meal preparations and family gatherings.
Today’s post is dedicated to the DIY gift makers. A few years ago I made a bunch of fleece lined mittens from upcycled wool sweaters for the men in my family. They were a hit. I thought about making them again when I realized that we might be in for a pretty frigid winter this year. However, I wanted to give them a twist. While I like how warm and economical it is to make them from wool sweaters. I wasn’t esthetically feeling some of the wool sweaters that I was finding. They were a bit ugly or dated.
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Then came an idea to try and source other kinds of wool fabric to make the mittens from. I wanted them to still be warm and wondered if I could use an old wool suit or something like that. I began to surf pinterest for ideas and tutorials but really couldn’t come across anything. Then the other day the kids and I were in Target and I found these fun kids mittens made from bright blue, red and pink faux fur. They were so cute. They reminded me of cookie monster, elmo and cloe from Sesame Street. The kids loved them. So the idea eventually came to me to create my own furry version of a sweater mitten.
I found this beautiful black merino wool and angora sweater at the thrift store for $2.50. It was the perfect weight and super soft. 
The faux fur I had in my stash from another project and I lined it with fleece that I had from some bath robes that I made the kids.
It took me a while to work out the design of this project and its still not perfect. But I liked the first go round. I will say this project will work better with a short pile fur. This fur is long and was meant to be used on a collar of a coat I was making. But I didn’t want to spend a bunch of money on this project so I just gave the fur a hair cut. They look like chubaka and pepe le pieu had a baby lol! But I think they are fun a bit glamorous and 100% warm. Just what every single woman who has snow shoveling duty needs in her life!
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I also thought is was a great opportunity to give a few tips for sewing with fur. Below are some pictures and quick tips.
- Never cut into the fur. It will cause a lot of shedding. Instead turn the fur over so that the knit backing is facing you and the fur is touching the surface of your cutting table.
- Place your pattern on the knit backing and using a marker trace your pattern onto the backing of the fabric.
- Use the tip of your scissors or even better a box cutter and cut just through the backing of the fabric (not the fur) along the traced pattern line.
- Once done. Shake out all of the loose fur and pin your pieces together trying to keep as much fur out of the seam as possible.
- After you sew your seams together you may have to trim some of the fur on the inside and outside of your fabric at the seams.
- Never press faux fur. You will have to press the seams down with your hands or a hammer.
Thats it. Super simple. The pattern maker in me wants to work out the kinks in my pattern and play with fabric ideas. So stay tuned. You may see more improved versions of my furry sweater mittens. Until then enjoy the rest of your day!
xoxo!
❤️ Iris
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