I love boots. I get so excited when it gets cold enough in the fall to finally bust them out.
A couple of years ago I discovered boot socks. {Am I like way behind the times on this? Is this one of those things where I’m like, “Whoa! Check out this brand-new invention!” And people are like, “Um, my Grandma got one of those for her 1st birthday.” And I’m like, “Oh. Right. Nevermind. Just kidding.”?}
Anyway.
Boot socks. They’re awesome and I love them, too. But they can be kind of expensive.
So I figured out a way to make them myself. In about one minute.
All you need is an old sweater. I got this one from Goodwill, but you can always use a sweater you have lying around at home. The only thing you need to check is that the sleeves {particularly the cuffs} are stretchy enough to fit around your calf and/or knee. {You don’t necessarily NEED the photo bomb, but those tiny toes make anything better.}
Cut one of the sleeves off.
Lay the one you just cut on top of the other arm and use that as a guide to make sure you’re cutting them the same length.
Slide them on.
Put on your boots, and you’re done!
A couple of notes: I have made several pairs of these now, and have never had an issue with the cut end fraying {even after going through the washer and the dryer}. However, if you are concerned about this, you could serge or zig-zag stitch the edges.
Also, while they look awesome with boots, as you can clearly see in the above picture, they aren’t all that styling just over jeans. Keep this in mind if you are ever wearing them while on your way to Vegas, with your favorite boots and black leggings and a long sweater and a scarf and thinking you’re looking super cute and sporty and adorable and celebrity-on-a-plane like, until you get in line for security and realize that you’re going to have to take your boots off and everyone’s going to see your hacked-off-sweater-arm boot socks over your leggings. Not that anything like this has ever happened to me.
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I love your boot socks. Think I’d wear the whole sleeve. When I’m in my work room/pc room it’s cold in winter. They’d feel really good on my little old legs, especially if they went over my old knees. The sweater you used (or showed) looked like a pretty nice sweater still. I’ll be looking at thrift store for sure now. I have a sweater just like one you used (or showed) but not ready to use it for socks yet, need it in western CO in winter.
Loved your post. Like boot socks with the lace on top also, really cute.
These are so cute – I will have to pass the idea on to my daughter. She just loves to wear boots on the weekends.
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Lol! You crack me up! Those are so clever. If you are behind the times then I must be *behind* behind the times, cause I don’t have a pair of boot socks yet. Or do I… 😉 Checking my closet now.
If you take the fauz socks off at the same time as you remove you boots in the airport no one has to see the raw edges!
Good thinking! I was so panicked, this never even occurred to me. 😉
Hey! I do this too! I use my own sweaters – and honestly, they keep you much warmer if you live in a cold area… I was dying laughing at “someone’s” airport experience – it’s not actually that bad of a warning! Totally will keep that in mind! 🙂 Julia
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This is a fantastic idea! Pinning you!
Fabulous idea! I have been trying to find myself some socks like these for ages! Will be raiding the donation shops now – thanks for sharing!
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Fantastic post! And thanks for the heads up about airport security. I’m in the process of picking out my trendy yet stylish travelling outfit thinking “yeah those sweater boot socks would look so awesome!” Never even thought about having to take my boots off. Lol! Oh well. I’ll have to remember the suggestion about taking the socks off with the boots.
Awesome idea – I would have thought that they would have frayed in the wash, so thank you for mentioning that! I have meant to knit a pair but have never gotten around to it. This is so much easier and looks just as good.
laughing out loud about the airport security tip – that is totally something I would have done
I love your boots! What brand are they? I need to have them! Thanks!
Thanks so much!! I actually got them on Zulily a couple of years ago!
Did you see the lace boot socks on Shark Tank this week? Theirs are $35, while your are a lot less – and so charming. I think your idea is avante garde because Target doesn’t have them yet. Look for sweater sleeves for legs next Fall. ~ Karen
Hi Karen, I did!! And I was so excited, because it was Grace and Lace — it’s their site I linked to in the second picture in this post!! 🙂 I could not believe their Etsy sales. Jealous. 🙂
Super cute idea, even I can do it. Thank yoU! Also,
What boots are those in the Graceandlace.com photo?
After I saw this posted on pinterest, I went to our local thrift shop and bought a bag full (13 gal bag full) of sweaters. I’m going to give these as Christmas gifts to my coworkers & friends. By the way, the thrift store was having a sale so I got tons of sweaters for 9.99! Thanks for the idea.
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Amazing idea to use our sleeves as a boot socks. I have lots of woolen shirts which I don’t wear. I will definitely try this bu cutting the sleeves of those.
I’ve been doing this this past winter. Once on a roll, I get carried away [plus I’m OCD] use the whole sleeve so you have enough length for a cuff — no frayed end. Tack the cuff with a button, bow or lace. cut half way across the bottom edge [about an inch +] …viola! stirrups that hold the boot sox in place. If you have trimmed off those heavy seams, roll them and tack them for leaves, flowers, stems or squiggles………………………WARNING! the hours fly by!