Explorer socks to toddler leggings

If you were a reader of my old blog you might remember these sweater pants I made for my little man. I love them and he got lots of compliments whenever he wore them. There's a link to them here.

Ever since I made them I've been thinking about a sock version, and then I stumbled across these old explorer socks of mine when I was getting out some winter clothes yesterday. I wasn't sure if he was too big for me to make them now, but they look adorable on him. A little snug, but very cute.

Here are my socks. These are thick woollen hiking socks.

I cut the toes off and then cut each sock from the top down to the heel.

Then it was just a matter of turning one sock inside out, putting the other one inside it, matching the two cut seams and sewing them together. The heal to top of sock area became the crotch seam.

Then I made a little casing at the top and put some elastic in.

I'm feeling some serious love for these.

By Sharon Newth