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Wednesday, March 26, 2014

DIY headband for you or baby


What you will need:

Old pair of colorful tights
Needle 
Semi-matching thread to tights
Ribbon or lace to accent

Get ready for more detail than you need. Hopefully a real beginner can catch on.


Measure either a hat or your head. (If you use your own head cut the tights 2-3 inches shorter than the measurement since the material is very stretchy)


Cut a length of one of the legs plus an inch for overlap later. 


Please double your thread. You need a little thread strength with this. 


Tuck the smaller end inside the larger (if it's not straight).


This isn't totally necessary, but I like to hide the original knot inbetween the layers. 


I also like to circle back through the loop so the original knot doesn't get pulled through the knit material. 


Dolphin stitch up and down with large stitches  through all 4 layers of material. 


Pull the thread tight scrunching the material together then thread the needle back  through the scrunch. 


Like so. Loop it back the other way a couple times. 


I like to wrap it tight around with the thread a couple times. 


On the back side (whichever side looks worse) hold thread tight, pick up some material with the needle and do a loop knot a couple times in the same place.  (Before you pull the stitch all the way through you put the needle back through the loop then pull tight creating a knot)


Pick some ribbon or lace and cut a small piece that can over lap a little on the back. 


I didn't even cut my thread I just went up through the two parts of the lace. Then I did some dolphin stitches around making sure to pick up some tights material with the lace. Then I tied it off to the side somewhat under the lace. 


Finito.


Comfy enough to sleep in.

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