With a special guest appearance by Maxine's butt.
I picked up this wool sweater at a thrift store a while back. The tag read XL, but it had been shrunken considerably–down to what looked like the size of a roomy M. I was convinced I would be able to wear it at least around the house. Upon my first attempt to do so, however, I realized that the neck/shoulders of the sweater were much too warped and big to be worn successfully. I spent what felt like the entire day pulling the sweater down toward my knees, only to have it ride back up close to my ears within minutes. Literally, the neck of the sweater puffed up level with my ears so there were pockets of air between my shoulders and the sweater. It looked weird and gross, so, defeated, I shoved the sweater to the back of my closet in defeat. That is, until I came upon Betz White’s Hip Huggie Tutorial! By following her tutorial, I was able to turn that gross sweater into a casual, snuggly skirt–complete with kangaroo pocket.
Hip huggie worn over jeggings (there are too many made up words in that sentence, I know).
Betz’s tutorial was easy to follow, and I whipped this up in very little time. The only thing I did differently was skip the waistband elastic because I didn’t have any, and my huggie seemed to stay up fine without it. She recommends wearing this over jeans, but I’m thinking it could also work with leggings with boots. I’ll let you know how that goes.
This is really cute Danielle!
Thanks Selena!
I bet a drawstring would work just as well as an elastic waistband plus I find drawstring much easier to sew especially when doing all of it by hand. I am going to try this with the most mis-shaped brown wool sweater that has ever graced this earth. I tell you how it goes.
Hannah, I would love to see pictures! As cold as it gets there, I’m sure you could always use another layer.