Hanger Covers

I forgot about the yarn covered hangers. I am not sure where my mother got a couple of them before and not sure what happened to them.

WELL I hope your little tip helps me out because I have tried forever to find out how the make hanger covers. I had 3 given to me made with phentex yarn they're so good, your clothes stay on them so well.

I have one of those. It's made with red, white, and blue yarn. I have no idea where it came from. I guess it's just been floating around the house until it migrated to my room. The only different thing I've done with a hanger was to hot glue a strip of felt on either side where shirt straps/sleeves hang. It works for most fabrics but not so much with the slippery kinds like silk or satin.

I have some of those too and last weekend I went to a big craft sale and they had some there for sale. They are called no slip and when I hang my good blouses on them they don't fall off....I did mine the same way as you but also have some my mother made that I couldn't tell you how they are done.

I remember hangers like these. When I was younger and in Girl Scouts we used to make them as mother's day presents or Christmas presents. We used yarn or ribbon to cover them, which ever we had available. We took 2 pieces of different colored yarn that were each 6 feet in length. Fold each piece in half and slip them on the hanger by the curved part so that the fold of the yarn is around the hanger. Let's say you are using red and green yarn, you would hold it so that both ends of the red yarn are in one hand and both ends of the green yarn are in the other hand. You are actually going to be braiding with 4 strands of yarn. Take one of the strands (let's say red) that come over the hanger, put it around the back of the hanger, coming up between the two pieces on the other side and bring it back to the side it was on to begin with. Then do the same thing with the strand (the green one)on the other side. Then you go back to the red and do it, and just keep going back and forth. You will notice that you will be getting a diamond pattern with the colors. You always want to use the top strand from each side when you wrap it. You are braiding the yarn around the hanger, following it down and around the one side coming up on the other. The yarn is secure, will not slide, and you just knot it when you get back to where the twist is. Take a small piece of each color and tie a bow around where the twist is. These are great for silk blouses, sweaters and items with thin straps. One year I made them in sets with 6 hangers to a set and gave them out as Christmas presents. If you have a problem understanding my instructions, see if you can find a girl scout leader in your area and ask her about it. It is a very common craft that most of the kids do when they go to summer camp. Happy crafting.

I've head of hanger covers, but have never done anything like that myself. They sound like a good way to keep your clothes from slipping off, but I don't know how you'd keep the yarn in place either. You don't remember how you did it?

That looks like a good project for me, too. At first look, it seems like the yarn is just wound around and around the hanger. That would be a pain to do, though. I'll try the slipknot and see if I can figure out how you did it!

What a clever idea! I have a few clothes that don't like being on the hanger and have a some yarn somewhere in this house. When I find it, I'll have to wrap a couple hangers in it just for these shirts. Thanks for the idea, carol.

Ooh pretty. Do you just slip knot on to the hanger and then single crochet the whole way round? I am new to crocheting and quickly giving up as I can't master the art of keeping my work flat. I also loose track of which side i'm on. Anyway, I just wanted to say that's cute. I've had some myself growing up, light pink and I believe light purple. It was a thick covering but i'm sure my mom made them! Or my aunt! Anyway, just wanted to say that's cute!

I don't have made anything which still left now. When I was kid, I always make some with paper, and they all through away when I get tried of it, or it was torned. That's really great see that the craft of which you made when you was a kid. I just can see some things in my home, which is older than me, those thing made me feel time past quickly. And think of those old times, some things even is new, but seemed don't have any use now.

Hi carolbee, Yes, I made a clothe one it was a check clothe with little frills running along the top end and te colour is red, I've still got it, I made it when I was at school age 10. Tamara

I can remember when I was young we all had to bring a coat hanger to School and we would make Christmas Wreathes.We did this in about first grade through fourth. We would have to bend the hanger into a circle. Then we used very thin papers to wrap around then hanger we would gather the ends and then twist and it would stay on. Used to make some very nice wreathes.. Also another time when a bit older like 5th grade we had to bring hangers to school and some yarn. And we made some dusters. It was a neat project. We bent then two outer ends to meet together in the front of the hanger, this force the middle inward. Then just folded the yarn pieces in half, then wrapped them around a piece of the wire then pulled the yarn throw itself,. Thanks so much for sharing this memory!