The Two-Dollar Ruffle Scarf!

I have to constantly remind myself how lucky I am to have a thrift store on my college campus.
Ohhh. Yes.

I was rummaging through their sweater collection and picked up this nifty green wool turtleneck sweater.
With Threadbangers's 100th Episode fresh in my mind, I set to work!



Tadaa!!
The Threadbanger tutorial is for a wrap-style scarf, but I switched it up a bit and added some pleats.


Click for my tutorial!




Start out with any stretchy sweater.
Cut a straight line from armpit to armpit, and separate the body from the arms and neck.

Cut off the bottom hem.

Now you have this circular rectangle thing.

Cut off the seam at one side,
giving you one big rectangle.

Finally, cut this big rectangle in half lengthwise (hot-dog style),
So you end up with two thinner rectangles.



Next, pin together the two thing rectangles with their right sides facing.

Sew the pieces together, first with a straight stitch, then with a zigzag stitch. (Why? I dunno, that's what threadbanger told me.)

Now you have one longgg rectangle!













Using a zigzag stitch sew around the entire perimeter of the scarf, stretching it as you go.

This will give you a pretty cool 'lettuce-edge'.



On the Threadbanger video I linked to up there ^,
they demonstrate sewing the lettuce edge, if you'd like yourself some more visual stimulus.

In this picture, I haven't sewn the lettuce edge at the ends of the scarf yet, don't forget to do that!

Next, lay the scarf out and fold it over itself, over and over until you get little pleat-ruffle things.
Pin them in place.

You can do this however you like, I think mine are about 1-1.5 inches wide.






If you have patience, you can arrange the pleats to hide the seams of the sweater.

When you fold the pleats, center the seam on the inside of the "S" the fabric makes.

If you do this right, you shouldn't be able to notice the seams after you sew it!









Finally, sew a zigzag stitch straight down the middle.

Take out the pins, fluff out your scarf, and promenade around town!