Video Transcript

Hi there, this is Mo of Mo West Creations. and today, I'm going to show you how to make a jersey scarf. Maybe you've seen them around lately, they're very, very popular right now. these jersey scarves made with strips of jersey and they almost have a fiber art necklace quality to them, as well as being scarf like. They're really great for winter and summer and autumn and spring. And the best part about them is that they're so easy to make yourself. I'm going to show you the absolute easiest way to make one using an old t-shirt. So, I'm going to show you how to do this and it's super easy and fun. To start with, you want to cut off the hem. You can use scissors or a rotary cutter,just cutting off the hem right along the seam. O.k., the next step were going to do, is lay out our shirt nice and flat, try and make it real smooth, this is pretty important. And if you can, fold it in half again, so you're cutting through four layers of it. If you can get it smooth like that, great. If not then, just in half normal, is fine. O.k., once you have your shirt all smoothed out, you're going to start from the edge that is the double fold over here, not this edge. And cut strips that are about an inch or so, wide, all the way across, stopping just before you get to the edge. And make sure that you don't cut through either of the layers. Cutting through all the layers, straight, but don't worry about it too much. Once you get up to the sleeves, you're just going to cut it all the way off. O.k.,now, open it up, so you're going to have two laces where they're joined on either side, one, two. So, the next step, stretch. This causes the cotton jersey fabric to turn into this nice rolls. So, you don't even have to hem it. Give good, solid tugs to all of them, it also makes them much longer, which is great. Alright, so, once it's all stretched out, you can leave it at this, totally doable, or you can take these little areas here and gather them up. And you can either take that hem that you cut off, and wrap it around there, just to kind of clean that up a little bit. Start by tying it. You could also do this with another strip that you cut, if you prefer. Just wrapping it around that conjoining spot. And if you do make it with strips of jersey, not, that aren't already in circle. Then this would be how you would cover up the stitches before you join all your little strips. You just wrap it around and around, trying to keep it straight and smooth, so it looks nice. And then, when you get to the end of it, you can just tuck it in, tie it and try and kind of hide that knot under another strip. Looking familiar? So, there you have it.