Fashionable Fleece: DIY Scarves

You can fight the January blahs by making yourself a new winter scarf.
Scarves are an easy to make and a way to dress up, warm up and change up
your winter wardrobe and carry you into spring.

Fleece isn’t just for kids, when mixed with other fabrics, fleece is fashionable.
Mix Fleece with Jersey Knit. The cool breathability with the warmth of the
fleece is a perfect combination. The difference in the weights and textures of
the fabrics adds interest. The Saturday Morning Scarf is wonderful ruffle
representation of this combination – you
can get the free pattern and video
tutorial here. The Candy stripe scarf is also a great combination with
Minky
and Jersey knit, you can find the tutorial here.

Mix Fleece with Fur. Faux fur is everywhere these days. It looks great and is
easy to work with (just be sure to have a lint roller handy!). The Fleece Scarf
with pockets tutorial will show you how to work with fur and make a scarf
that is great for keeping your hands warm or holding a cell phone. You can
get the free tutorial here.

Mix Fleece with well, Fleece! There are many sophisticated techniques you
can use to make a plain piece of fleece interesting. One the easiest methods
is shirring. Shirring is a fancy way of saying “sewing using elastic thread on
your bobbin”, it’s fun to do. For a tutorial on making a scarf using shirring
click here.

Mix Fleece with Ruffle Fabric. This fabric is taking the blogosphere by storm.
It looks sophisticated and is very simple to make. For written directions and
pictures of the tutorial of the scarf Angel demonstrated just click
here.

Fleece is the perfect wintertime fabric. You can make hats, capes, headbands,
even pillows out of it!