A la this project that I saw on Apartment Therapy, I made a scarf holder from excess fabric from our yet-to-be-hung IKEA curtains:
The instructions at the above link are much better than anything I could produce, so instead I’ll just give you photos and witty anecdotes.
This ended up being about 28″ in length, and the loops are scraps of ribbon that I saved (because I do that sort of thing). The loops are about 8″ from the top of the fabric, and are stitched across the front and back to reinforce them. If I were to make another one, I’d probably use shorter ribbon loops – however they nicely accomodate our scarves:
I attached the scarf holder to the back of the closet door with a couple of little nails since there’s no internal structure to support it. Other options could include putting a strip of wood or metal to provide backing – or just use nails. It’s totally easier.
(Oh, I promised witty anecdotes. The best I can do is stories about the scarves. From left – the multi-colored wool one was a gift from my friend Oday, given to me when I visited him in Poitiers. It’s warm and fabulous. The second one is Shane’s, provenance unknown. Third from the left was a Christmas present from Shane’s aunt Corinne – blue and soft and fabulous. The last was a gift from my friend Karla on the occasion of my departure from GSLIS last year. I feel terribly sophisticated whenever I wear it. I also have a super fuzzy red scarf that was a gift from Eva – she said it was very David Bowie, a beautiful soft pink scarf from Sarah from last Christmas, a silky one that Heidi sent me from Morocco, and at least one scarf that I made myself. The good thing is that I have a lot of options. The bad thing is that since I can’t really make anything other than scarves, I need to either diversify my knitting, or befriend more people with cold necks. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. It’s going to be a very crafty Christmas, and I’m just getting started!)
