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How to sew a beanie hat from old sweater
In this tutorial, I want to show you another, even simpler and faster way – to sew a hat. This time I will show you how to sew a hat by hand easily and quickly without using a sewing machine.
I sewed this hat in 30 minutes. Really fast don’t you think!
To sew this easy hat you will need:
- unnecessary sweater
- matched color thread
- sewing needle
- scissors, paper, pencil and some pins.
The hat is designed for a head circumference of 57 cm. This is a popular medium size. But if necessary, you can narrow or increase pattern cut accordingly. DOWNLOAD MY FREE BEANIE PATTERN.
I use a thin solid color sweater that is already worn out and has spent its time. Before I started sewing a hat from it, I washed the it and removed lint part from which I would sew the hat.
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If necessary, lightly iron your sweater through a damp cloth.
Turn it in side out and fold it, as shown in the following figure.
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Put pattern on top and fasten with pins so that it does not move. Cut carefully. I recommend cutting on a table or floor where there is a lot of space and the sweater does not need to be raised and creased to get all the curves of the cut.
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Here I cut out around the pattern, now the pattern can be removed. I will need to cut the side seam of the sweater lightly, because it was difficult to cut it off without moving the pattern. You can leave the cut-out hat folded as it is now, because the first seam will have to be sewn right away.
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Sew about half a centimeter from the edge. The first seam will be the edge of the hat to be sewn.
Here’s what the seam should look like on both sides – see the next picture.
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When the long seam is sewn, in the same way sew the seam on the opposite side of the hat, only the short piece – from the fold to the tip.
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Then fold the hat so that the seam is in the middle and the top is round. Align the hat so that the two seams are directly opposite each other.
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Sew the round part of the hat. Cut off the excess threads and make the hat look neat and worked by ironing it’s seams through a wet cloth.
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If you want to sew a light cotton fabric hat, which is especially practical in spring and summer for both children and adults, then you can use an unnecessary T-shirt.
I am really happy with the result. Love that my beanie looks just the same as bought in the shop.
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This was easy!
If you want to try another hat than check out my easy hat knitting tutorial – How to knit a hat beginners tutorial.
Check my latest tutorial – How To Knit Double Sided Beanie For Beginners
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