I'll admit, I've been on the hunt for some black and white striped baby legs for a while, but I couldn't justify the $15+ price tag, so I decided to check today while at the store and see what their sock selection was like, and low and behold I found some GREY and BLACK striped knee socks. Even better than white and black! So I snatched them and a few other pair of socks up to make some baby legs. I used >
this< tutorial. It's very simple. Cut off the bottom and sew them up! I tried it with a sewing machine, and by hand, and while it takes a bit longer, I think I like doing it by hand better. Here are two of my finished products:
It's baby season around here so I made a pair (on the right) for my niece and the ones on the left are for the little one I'm cookin' up! I have a few more that I'm finishing up tonight (it literally takes like 5 minutes) and those will be going to other babies too! Such a fun, simple and inexpensive, baby gift! Oh and cute too!