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A very simple way to make spats!
This was influenced by a wonderfull blogger. :)

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  • How to make a pair of socks or tights. Easy Spats - Step 1
    Step 1

    Draw out a sketch of what you want your spats to look like. You may need more than one paper to do this.

  • How to make a pair of socks or tights. Easy Spats - Step 2
    Step 2

    This is what the basic design looks like when shown flat.

  • How to make a pair of socks or tights. Easy Spats - Step 3
    Step 3

    The most simple way to see if this design fits to your liking is to tape the ends together.

  • How to make a pair of socks or tights. Easy Spats - Step 4
    Step 4

    After this, you can flatten out your template and get to cutting it out of the fabric you want.

  • How to make a pair of socks or tights. Easy Spats - Step 5
    Step 5

    This is what it should look like. Although i would make the template have longer ends than the one i did here.

  • How to make a pair of socks or tights. Easy Spats - Step 6
    Step 6

    From here i made sure it looked okay before a sewed the bottom of it. I kept the back strings as is.

  • How to make a pair of socks or tights. Easy Spats - Step 7
    Step 7

    And your done! Another alternative to this fabric would be some more heavy materials such as vegan leather and such. In that case, i would recommend cutting the back and lacing up the back with some ribbon on string.

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Kristen P.
Kristen P. · Elizabeth, New Jersey, US · 2 projects
Awesome tutorial! You could also attach elastic to the foot wrap so that you don't have to walk around on that knot. Or if you use stretchy material you could skip that Happy I'm totally gonna make me some of these!
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Jet H.
Jet H. · Haarlem, North Holland, NL · 108 projects
woooow this is smart , i love your tute and your spats as well
well done, very neat and cool!!!!!;-D
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