D4E1 Swing Aid: Hand Protection

We are a team of industrial product design students at Howest University in Kortrijk, Belgium. We designed 2 products to help protect the hands and the bottom of a child that loves to swing. This is D4E1 (Design For EveryOne) project. You can find more information on D4E1 on this site: http://designforeveryone.howest.be/.

This instructable describes the steps to easily make hand protection for swinging.

• sewing machine
• felt
• elastic fabric
• thread
• velcro
• hand dimensions

Cut the pieces of fabric according to the pattern but always provide 0.5 - 1cm extra fabric.

Fold the large piece of elastic fabric in half. Sew the piece of fabric to the piece of felt for the fingers as shown in the picture. Leave the bottom line free. Turn inside out.

Sew the 2 mirrored pieces of elastic fabric together as shown in the picture. Leave the bottom side open. Turn inside out and close the bottom side as well.

Sew the just made piece of fabric to the other part as shown in the picture. Turn the thumb inside out.

Sew on the wristband and velcro as shown in the picture.

Repeat the steps mirrored to make the glove for the other hand.

You can now use the hand protection.