How to Knit Your Own Coat Hanger Cover

Everyone hates when they hang up their favorite coat or sweater on a hanger and then later find out that there are two bumps in the shoulders due to sitting on the hanger for so long. Thankfully, there is a solution to that problem, and the solution is to make a knitted cover for your hanger. Having a padded hanger will prevent unwanted bumps and lumps in your clothes. This hanger cover will also prevent your clothes from stretching, which is the worse complaint when it comes to hard wooden or plastic hangers.

You could probably go purchase a pricey padded hanger somewhere, but with knitting needles and some yarn, you can save yourself probably around $10.00.

In order to start your hanger cover, you'll need a ball of knitting yarn, a wooden coat hanger, a piece of thin foam, 4 mm knitting needles, and a wool needle.

You'll want to start by covering your hanger with the foam. This will give the hanger a better grip in order to help your knitting stay put and will round out the hanger. You might need to trim the foam to make the accurate size of the hanger.

At this point, you'll want to cast on 16 stitches and then knit 10 rows. Keep checking to make sure that the rows are as wide as the hanger in order to make sure the cover fits perfectly.

Continue to knit until the strip is long enough to cover the entire hanger. When your strip is long enough, begin to cast your stitches off. You'll then want to mark the middle of the strip and then slide it over the hook and onto the hanger.

Once your cover is on the hanger, you might choose to take some ribbon and cover the hook of the hanger so that it blends in with the knitting. You can also take your yarn and wrap the hook until completely covered. You might have to wrap a few times to make sure the yarn won't sleep off of the hook. You can finish the hook wrap by making a knot at the end.

Using your wool needle, sew the ends of the strip together with the same yarn you used for the knitting.

Now that you've finished this simple project, your coats and sweaters will be protected and you can even dress up your closet a bit by adding a splash of colors. You can cover all of your hangers with the same colors or come up with a nice color theme.