My Scarfy “Secret”

I wear this gray “scarf” a lot. It’s simple, it’s not bulky or long or annoying to me. It matches my favorite boots. It’s turned into my little go-to accessory. The funny thing is, it isn’t really a scarf at all. It’s basically a fabric remnant.

I bought one yard of t-shirt fabric from Hobby Lobby. (Using a 40% off coupon—of course—which made it less than $4.00) I cut it in half lengthwise and gave the other half to my friend Angie. You really need to use t-shirt type cotton because it doesn’t fray. The sides will curl up a bit. That is a.o.k.

Look, it’s a scarf now! The problem is, it’s a little short to be a real scarf.

So I turned it into an “infinity” scarf. Tie the two ends together. Try to leave your leftover ends as short as possible.

Then I just tuck the leftover ends into the the knot. It may take you a few attempts. Just shove them wherever there is room and wherever they will stay put. Aww….look….it’s a pretty little knotty rosette.

Normally, at this point, I would put the scarf around my neck with the knot in the back and then loop it back over my head so that the knot is now in front….however, for today, we are doing it on the floor.

In a nice little double loop.

Meet my bestie—the giant safety pin. She is a necessity with all my scarves. (I pin my scarves to my shirts because I can’t stand to have them in my way.) Her purpose here is to pin the knot to the loops of the scarf. The knot is pretty heavy so this helps the scarf keep it’s shape and prevent it from dragging one loop down and strangling you with the other loop.

Here is the back. I pinned it through BOTH loops of the scarf. Then I just pull it over my head and situate. And you are good to go!

b.a. from do.think.wear.see.love.dream has a fun and helpful little tutorial about scarves that inspired me to tie the ends together in the first place. Genius!

Here are a few other times I’ve worn it. See….a little too short to be an actual scarf. It worked better when I I just looped it around my neck and didn’t tie it and then pinned it together with my bestie and covered the pinning with the flower.