From Tights to Socks

After Halloween my mom bought a ton of costumes and decor. And with that were these tights... that were unfortunately to small for me. If I actually read the label it would have read a size 12-14. I was fourteen 3 years ago, and I have grown up a little bit since then. (like a 1/4 of an inch on a good day)

Supplies:
* too small tights
(a size that fits will work to)
*scissors
*sewing machine with matching thread
*straight pins
* 1/2 inch elastic
*pen
(•_•)

Since my tights were striped I just lined up the last stripe with one on the board and cut an inch higher. Then I tried on the freshly cut sock and marked my leg were it stopped. With the elastic I mesured my leg at that point. Not the most scientific method of mesurement but it still works. I made sure that it was tight enough to stay on my leg but loose enough to not cut my leg off.

At this point cut two lengths of elastics and butt (lol butt)the ends together with a zig zag stitch. Turn the socks inside out and place the elastic around the sock. Pick a point and fold over the sock with the elastic tucked inside the fold. Stretch the sock and elastic somewhat evenly all around the top. Because my tights were striped I made sure the edges lined up with the top of the next black stripe. I made sure that i took my time when sewwing the edge that it caught it and that I didn't sew into the white stripe. (good band ^_^) As I sewed the edge I made sure I stretched it before continued sewing around it. The top edge turn out to be a little stretched when finished, but when I put them on I could not tell. I just repeated all of these steps again for the other leg.

And there you have it, a quick way of turning tights to socks. (: