I was looking at a mess on my dresser last evening when a lone knee sock struck me with an amazingly-easy-to-execute idea. I told one of my daughters to "quick! go get your American Girl doll!" I realized the width of my adult sized knee sock was the
American Girl Doll waist width. I made 3 pair of tights from knee socks in about 30 minutes. I thought I'd post how easy it was here. My apologies, the pictures are awful, but you'll forgive me when you see how easy this is!
you'll need:
- An adult sized knee sock,
- thread
- sewing machine
- scissors
- ruler
First: Turn your sock inside out (if you forget it's ok, if they are solid color socks they'll look fine, and to be honest I forgot on this pair!)
Step two: Cut straight across removing the "foot" part of the sock
Step Three: measure 3 inches from top of sock and mark with a pin
Step four: Sew down the almost center from the pin twice, leaving about 1/2" in between your sewing lines so you can easily cut in between the lines you've sewn. At the bottom, curve your sewing line outward.
Step Five: sew the 1/2" space connecting the TOP of your lines.
Step Six: Cut up the center and around the feet.
Turn right side out and you have yourself some dolly tights!
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| Front |
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variations: tights with runners could work almost just as easily (even kids tights!) but you'll have to adjust the tutorial a bit to sew yourself a waist.
