Easiest Summer Scarves Ever!

My Four Most Faboo Fashion Friends

Something happened when I started my student teaching: I began finally to wear all of the (very many) scarves I’d picked up on our trips to Europe. Don’t ask, just suffice it to say that when I get overseas I become a scarf-buying machine! It’s gotten to the point where  I feel naked if I go out without a scarf.

But now it’s getting warm, and I need some summer scarves. Have you worn a wool scarf on a bright spring day? Not recommended!

No Skills no Frills

But I have no summer scarves. Worse still, I have no summer scarf budget (and certainly no go-to-Europe-to-buy-summer-scarves budget).

What do I have? A stash of skirt fabric that’s been sitting around for something like three years and a pair of nice, sharp scissors.

First up: Simple Seersucker. If you’ve got 2-3 yards of fabric and the ability to cut in a relatively straight line, you’ve got yourself a great lightweight scarf! I cut this one about 18 inches wide.

Knotty!

Next: Sheer Stripes. Follow the directions for the last scarf. Now tie knots in both ends. Voila! They don’t show too well in the picture, but this scarf is full of dreamy mermaid colors. The knots on the ends keep the super lightweight fabric from getting too fluttery and flying away.

The third scarf: Now we’re getting into some tricky territory. This scarf required braiding skills (gasp).  I had a lot more of this shiny sheer deep blue green fabric than any of the others. God knows what I thought I was going to make with it (it’s totally translucent and yet doesn’t really breathe!).

In Braids

I cut three 4-6 inch strips, each about 4 yards long. I tied a knot at one end and braided it loosely. Then I tied a knot at the other end. I left long unfinished ends that remind me of a gibbous skirt.

I think of all of them, this is my favorite. It’s quite long, very lightweight and I’m of the belief that it goes with everything.

For the last scarf: Things got kinda weird. I started like the braidy scarf, but I didn’t have as much fabric to work with. I ended up tying 3 or 4 thin strands together at both ends.

Shabby

It looked a little blah, so I cut a couple more strips into 12-inch segments and tied these at random all up and down the scarf. It’s got kind of a scrappy crazy-lady wacky thing going on.

I totally love it.

I don’t think I’d recommend this for people who don’t have a bunch of fabric lying around unless you want to make scarves for all your friends, too. I’ve still got enough of each fabric to make those skirts I planned on all those years ago.

Then again, I don’t think the fabric for any of these cost more than you’d pay for a scarf at Target, and making these provided me with nearly instant crafty gratification (I made all four in about 40 minutes). So maybe it’s worth the trip to the fabric store!

Yes…go make super simple summer scarves! It’ll make you feel great.

Swoosh!

More importantly, it’ll make you look fabulous!