12/4/11

Crazy Crafting: the Belly Sweater

It's 21 degrees out. Rachel and I went for a walk to the park, which is about two blocks away, but then we just walked briskly past it and I didn't even look at the swingsets. By that time we were thinking we were very brave (or maybe something else) to have ventured out. And sadly, my maternity coat doesn't do a great job keeping my belly warm, since it ties on the side rather than buttons snugly. That, and none of my sweaters button over my pregnant belly. The solution? A belly sweater, of course!

Actually, I feel a bit ridiculous posting this, but it's not fun having a freezing belly. So I just cut up one of my old sweaters and now have a cozy wool belly band. :-P  Plus leg warmers from the sleeves. Jason told me I look ridiculous, but I'm pretty used to that by now....

maternity sweater band

I thought maybe I could felt the end of the sweater I cut off, but it sounds like felting requires washing the whole sweater and drying it. But look at the cool things you can do with felted sweaters. Maybe I can soak the end in hot water and then try ironing it dry? I'm sure that will smell horrendous, but might work.
Posted by Amanda at 4:34 PM
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  1. AnonymousDecember 5, 2011 at 7:58 PM

    It's possible to felt by hand: http://knitty.com/ISSUEfall07/FEATfeltingoldway.html

    It's a lot of work though.

    I accidentally felted my legwarmers last year by throwing them in the wash. :( I kept them (because I'm weird like that), and you're welcome to them if you want to create something. The felting made them too small to be leg warmers, but I'm sure there's some other use...

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  2. AmandaDecember 12, 2011 at 10:14 PM

    Thanks for the felting link, Chrissie!

    Bummer about your legwarmers. :( I probably won't actually get around to making anything, though, because much as I would *like* to make cool felted things, I'm not really that crafty! But if you need ideas for them, this looks good: http://themagiconions.blogspot.com/2010/01/how-to-make-aromatherapy-rice-pillow.html

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