Jersey Infinity Scarf

Jersey infinity scarves are one of the easiest (wearable) crafts you can do, while also being one of the most versatile and useful. While they are easy to make regardless of where your material came from, I find that Jersey fabric is often quite expensive from craft stores, so I opt for a different method.

 This is a dress (I think. That or a very long skirt) that I found at Goodwill. There are lots of these, usually. or at least one. If you go many times, you're bound to find one of these eventually. They're the kind of skirt/dress that I don't really mind cutting up and using for something else, because they really don't look that great as skirts, anyway. Regardless, you can usually find one of these, easily at least 2 yards of jersey fabric, for between $3 and $4, in a variety of patterns, prints and colors.

 The basic method for this craft is very simple, and it's the same, regardless of whether you're turning a skirt into a scarf, or a dress into one: you cut off the top. With this dress, that meant cutting off the whole top of the dress, with skirts it just means cutting off the waistline.

 Once you've done this, you should end up with a cut kinds like this. As you can see, I didn't care too much about how neat my cut line was (in fact, it's pretty bad).

 When you pick it up like this, though, you can't tell too much.

At this point, for best results, stretch the tube. This will make it work a bit more nicely. Usually, skirts and dresses are pre-stretched, but stretching is always fun.

Next, you should wash it. As many times as it takes to get rid of that Goodwill smell. If it bothers you normally, it will bother you a lot more when it's right up next to your face.

Also, if you're feeling creative, you can take this opportunity to sew it into a tube. I tend to just leave my scarves like this, then bunch them up.

 The place where my arm just was is now where my neck is. Like I said, I just bunch it up. Ta-daa! you have now completed your scarf! Go crazy with how you wear it! Make lost of different kinds! Mix and match them! As you can see, this is SUPER easy.

And then there's how I normally wear them.

Just a tip: some skirts/dresses have tags on the inside long seam, so check yours, and cut them off if they're there. Otherwise, they tend to look funny.