Trash Panda treats gloves like socks. Buy a bunch of the same kind so I am not sad if one gets lost or worn out, because Trash Panda is constantly losing or wearing out gloves. This is easy for the normal kind, but harder for the no-fingers hand warmer kind. So this raccoon sought to make their own for cheap.
After some thought*, Trash Panda had an epiphany. Treating gloves like socks...what if socks COULD be gloves!
Why not turn old socks INTO gloves?
WHHHHATTTTT IT'S GENIUS!
Turns out it really was genius. I just cut the worn-out footy parts off a pair of old wool socks, then cut the right sized hole for my thumb(s) a little below the sock cuff. Instant gloves!
I made the sock cuff the finger-facing end of the gloves because it was thicker, more fitted, and already hemmed. The looser and thinner ankle side of the sock leg** was good for my larger and less-likely-to get-into things forearms.
Since they're my socks, they're already about the right size for my hands and arms without any alteration. This is great because I am lazy, and altering or creating a hand warmer pattern to be a perfect fit is a pain in the ass. I know, because I did it to make some fleece fingerless gloves.***
I might hem the forearm side or the thumb holes of my glove-socks at some point. But since wool isn't fraying yet even after I wore them under garden gloves for yard work, so far so good.
This is a good re-use for any calf-length or longer socks that are worn out in the foot but have sock legs** that are still in good shape. I prefer wool and something with a cute pattern, but any sock that's got a long enough sock leg with some wear left in it will do.
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* And maybe some googling
** Yes, that is what the part of the sock right below the cuff, but above the foot bits, is called. I checked.
*** Of which we will speak no more of, because fleece is real bad for rivers and oceans and Trash Panda's water neighbors
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