A little over a year ago, a friend was interested in having me make handmade gifts for her to give as Christmas gifts. Considering the time that I had to meet the deadline and the number of gifts that she needed, we decided to keep it simple, and I made infinity scarves out of a delightfully soft fabric. The first scarves that I made were made out of a rectangle of fabric with one twist at the bottom as you can see below:

And I filled the order and even sold a few more. But then I decided to tweak the pattern so that the scarf would not be as bulky. When I wear a wool jacket, I like to wear a scarf that fits under the collar because wool is just too itchy for me most of the time, and I also wanted the bottom of the scarf to curve more at the bottom.

New pattern of scarf that I created. Photo credit: my 4-year old daughter

I received more orders for scarves to fill this year. Last week, I started cutting them out, and I hope to finish them this week, but I thought I would share with you how I make them, just in case you are interested in making some for yourself.

I used Shannon Minky Luxe Cuddle fabrics.

First, cut a piece of fabric 18 inches wide by 36 inches long (for the length shown above). If you like the scarf to hang lower, then cut the fabric about 43 inches long. To reduce the bulkiness at the back of the neck, you will want to trim the fabric so that the fabric at the neck is less than 18 inches wide. For the scarves pictured above, I trimmed it fairly significantly, taking 3 1/2 inches off of each side so that the finished seam is only 5” wide. But for the ones that I am making now, I am taking only 1 1/4” inches off of each side as shown below.

The first few scarves that I made were challenging only because my fabric kept sliding as I was sewing and I would get to the end of the seam and have fabric edges that didn’t align. And so, I would pick it out, determined to get the seams to align correctly, knowing that I had cut them out accurately. And then I made a helpful discovery. By reading my machine manual, I discovered that there was a knit stitch that I could use for this type of fabric, which would prevent that issue from happening! And while the stitch looks more like a zig zag than stitch number 5 is pictured on my machine, it worked!

Once the first seam is sewn, I turn the scarf right side out and twist it three times.

I then fold it in half, putting the short, raw edges together and turn wrong side out again, keeping the twists in place.

As I am sewing, I use these clips instead of pins to secure the edges. I love how easy they are to use with thicker fabrics! No more accidental pin pricks!

When sewing around the neck seam, I make sure to leave a couple of inches open to turn the scarf right side out again.

Then reach through the opening and pull the right side out!

Turning the nearly finished scarf right side out again.

Then, I hand stitch the opening closed, and here is the finished product! If anyone would like more detailed instructions or a pattern for this scarf, please send me an email or leave a comment below!

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