Yarn Covered Coat Hangers

RE: Yarn Covered Coat Hangers Post By Beth (Guest Post) (11/03/2008) Thanks, Kathy and Lee of Texas. Kathy the way that you covered the hangers using two taped together and tying using the half hitch knot, is how I make them, but what I needed to know is how much yarn is measured off and folded in half for each color. This is what I forgot, the amount of yarn. If you or anyone else know would like to hear. Thanks Report Spam or Abuse RE: Yarn Covered Coat Hangers Post By bette (Guest Post) (08/15/2008) Thank you for the information. Made these years ago but I forgot how to make them. I need some new ones. Many thanks Report Spam or Abuse RE: Yarn Covered Coat Hangers Post By Sheila Morris (Guest Post) (11/14/2007) Joyce Robertson...In reference to your Nylotex Selvedge...I can't seem to find this stuff any more..Can you tell us where you purchase it? Thanks Report Spam or Abuse RE: Yarn Covered Coat Hangers Post By Joyce Robertson (Guest Post) (11/03/2007) I braid my hangers with Nylotex Selvedge. It is a great winter hobby and it recycles the wire hangers. You can double them up for sturdy coat hangers. All of my closets are full! You will never fold a tshirt again! They also make great gifts. I used them as gifts on our trip to the Dominican Republic. The housekeepers there treated us like royalty. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Yarn Covered Coat Hangers Post By Myrna (Guest Post) (10/10/2007) You can also use fleece to cover clothes hangers. make sure the fleece you use has a napped side as well as a fuzzy side. I used windpro fleece that I had left over from an earlier project but any fleece that is not too stretchy will do. You can actually use any heavy material that will not fray and will not leave lint. I cut long strip-60 inches-the width of my material. I used the width of my ruler as a guide to cut the strip. measure down 3/4 of an inch and cut the ends on a diagonal. With the napped side up, start wrapping from the neck of the hanger. Wrap diagonally around the hanger a couple of times and with a needle and thread stitch the end and wrap the thread around the hanger neck a couple of times then knot in the material. Leave the needle attached. Keep wrapping diagonally stretching strip so it fits smooth and snugly on the wire(like a tenser bandage), Overlap as you go--My strip was 1 1/4 inches wide and I overlapped by 3/4 of an inch. When you get to the neck cut again on the diagonal and stitch and wrap the end to the neck of the hanger. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Yarn Covered Coat Hangers Post By missk111 (Guest Post) (10/10/2007) Ok maybe its just not meant to be..I just cant seem to get the hang of these hangers Anybody have any suggestions? PLEASE Report Spam or Abuse RE: Yarn Covered Coat Hangers Post by MartyD (416) | (10/10/2007) Profile | Contact I did this several years ago for some hangers. To make the yarn easier to manage I made a ball a little smaller than a tennis ball. I did the hanger as though I were casting on to a knitting needle. After going all the way around the garment area I knotted it and made a small yarn bow, I left the part which goes over the closet rail bare. I plan to show my grand daughter how to do this. Report Spam or Abuse Request: Yarn Coat Hangers Post by lewis_admin (1339) | (04/08/2007) Profile | Blog! | Contact I was wondering if anyone could tell me how to make "yarn wrapped coat hangers". It's an older form of "tying" kind of, but by wrapping and going through is all I can remember. Can someone please help? Pat from Plainville, CT Answers: RE: Yarn Coat Hangers o.k., I'm going to take a shot at this. 1. cut off a good sized length of yarn. 2. holding the hanger in front of you, tie the yarn onto the hanger down in the lower right hand side. 3. let your piece of yarn hang down. 4. holding hanger in front of you bring the yarn up and over the horizontal wire,(so that uour yarn goes down behind the wire) forming a loop. Bring the end of the yarn thru the loop so that the piece of yarn is now back in front of the hanger. 5. Pull the yarn tight and it will form a knot. As you go along and make more knots, covering your hanger, you can easily adjust the knots so that they form a straight line. I'm not sure but I think I remember from my macrame' days that this is called a half hitch knot. 6. When you have about an inch of yarn left, wrap it tightly several times around the hanger and glue. Start another piece of yarn in the same way you started the first piece. 7. Keep going, looping and knotting until the entire hanger is covered and then just glue the ends of the yarn to hold them tight. 8. You might find it easier to "practice" first by looping and knotting on a pencil. Hope this helps. Also, instead of using just a single length of yarn, you could use double strands. It would give your hanger a thicker covering. Just make sure when you cut your yarn peices that they are of equal length. You could also use contrasting colors and make your hanger covers pink and white or black and white, black and grey. Anything at all. (11/09/2006) By lovethosehounds RE: Yarn Coat Hangers My girlfriend and I made a ton of these for gifts one year! If you use wire hangers, put two of them together...It makes for a thicker hanger. You only need one if you use the plastic hangers. We didn't cut the yarn, though, as instructed below, we just used the whole skein of yarn rolled into a ball. Tie a knot in the lower right corner...wrap yarn around hanger...grab it to make a loop...bring ball of yarn through loop and pull tight. Do this until you go around the entire hanger. Then tie off the yarn when you're done. We also tied yarn bows at the top of the hanger, below the hook section. Have fun! Once you get the hang of it, you can make them really fast. You can even do this with two different colors...just tie them both together when you start and follow the above directions. It's harder to use two colors, though, until you get used to doing this with one color. (11/10/2006) By sjackie2000 RE: Yarn Coat Hangers You can crochet a strip about 8-10 stitches single crochet wide and then measure the hanger. then you can sew with a yarn needle or crochet them on to make a tube. I hope that's not too confusing. (11/11/2006) Report Spam or Abuse