EcoShag

I'm a lover of neck candy. Scarves are like security blankets for me in the fall and winter months. I wear them religiously. So when EcoShag let me choose one of their scarves to rock on the regular, both me and my neck were thrilled.

EcoShag has so many different handmade scarves that it was so hard to choose. I loved the tie-dyed, the colorful stripes, and the confetti cupcake scarves. I ended up choosing the equestrian scarf, because TINY HORSES. I can't even handle.

My wild horses scarf can't be dragged away from me. Ever.

Equestrian scarf c/o EcoShag. Be sure to check out all their beautiful head scarves, too. For even more eye slash neck candy, like them on Facebook!

Magic Is Something You Make

So, I saw online this super nifty idea to cut up old t-shirts and turn them into scarves. I don't know about you, but this got me extremely excited. Unused, old shirts transformed into hipster scarves? I'm almost positive Oprah would call this juicy idea a "full circle" moment. These make really great gifts for the holidays, so I'll share. Here we go:

You will need: 

-An old t-shirt without seams on the sides, preferably XL

-Scissors

-A tape measure (if you really want to be nit-picky). 

That's it. Cray cray, huh? Okay. I tried to make an illustration. Tried.

Step 1: Lay shirt flat and cut off the seam around the bottom. 

Step 2: Now you want to cut horizontal 1.5 inch strips, which are actually large circular loops. Cut all the way to the armpits.

Step 3: You are left with around 15 loops. Stretch them (like pulling taffy, I guess) so that the material curls up. Then, voila! Done. Easy Breezy. 

Then you can also make another scarf from the scraps of that t-shirt. You should be left with something resembling this:

Step 1: Cut off the sleeves and the neck seam. 

Step 2: Cut vertical 1.5 inch strips until about 2 inches from the top.

You should have this:

Step 3: Stretch out the neck so that it curls. You can either stretch the strips or leave them alone. I did both.

I brought all the ones I made to Bear Creek Music Fest to sell. If you wanna skip all the work and just buy one from me, email jade (at) coffeeandcashmere (dot) com.