I have a friend that had some old toe socks with funky cool patterns and was she was wondering if I could make those into leg warmers also. I rose to the challenge and they turned out really cute. They are a little shorter then knee high socks but are a great length for babies and toddlers little legs and are a great up-cycling project. The ones I made here had no heel so that gave me extra length to work with too.
I started out by cutting the toe part off and tossed it, leaving as much length to the sock as possible.
I then serged all the way around the bottom to keep it from fraying, you could also do a zigzag stitch with your sewing machine.
Then I turned the ends under about half an inch, pinned it in place and straight stitched it all the way around with a coordinating thread since it would be showing. So that the bottom of your leg warmer has some stretch and give to it, make sure your straight stitch is long, I had my stitch length set at 4. That's it, your done!
Your finished leg warmers should look similar to these bad boys. Now I just wish I had a picture of my friend's super cute daughter in hers to show you.
These are so cute!!! They're also handy when potty training so you don't have to wrangle little pants 2,783 a day.
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