#reinforcing fabric

[wastelesscrafts]

Hi! I love your blog!

I was wondering if you had any ideas on reinforcing wool hiking socks before they get to the point where they need darning. Should I patch them? Im not sure what's best

Thank u!!

Reinforcing socks

Check out this video by Sally Pointer on how to run a heel. She demonstrates a simple technique that helps reinforce knitwear.

Unfortunately the video only has auto-generated subtitles. Its shows a diagram of the technique at 1:46 though, and a demonstration of the technique starts at around 4:34.

#wasteless crafts #ask #knitting #knitwear #running a heel #reinforcing fabric #mending #visible mending #invisible mending #socks #hiking socks #sally pointer #youtube #diy #how to #tutorial #fashion #fast fashion #slow fashion #sustainable fashion #sustainability #zero waste #zero waste crafts

[neverendingford]

I remembered that I can actually do anything I want, so I've been using faux fur as a texture element in patching up my old ripped jeans (not done stitching yet as evidenced by the pins on the border of it)

I am also going to buy red thread and try to include a decorative amogus somewhere on here.

#Ford's art #visible mending #sewing #color says shit #I've been staying up until almost 2am sewing because I lose track of time while stitching. #I used a denim patch as an actual backing and cut and trimmed the fur patches to size and cut the fur around the hole #so they're essentially inserted between the denim backing and the front pant layer. #so I'm finished sewing the fur in place (that's the three circular x stitch patterns) #so now I'm working on the anchor stitches for the entire backing patch #because I've done smaller patches and the pants often rip out right next to the patch #so a larger patch that reinforces the fabric that's still incredibly worn but not quite ripped out helps prevent more ripping #my earlier patch jobs weren't very good but I'm getting better each time #and I have plenty of ripped jeans to practice on. #I'm just sad I can't wear them to work because they're visibly patched. #which.. that's the point for me but work dress code doesn't like that #if they were cutely embroidered I could definitely. but I'm going for the janky look so work won't approve

[shevr]

re: sewing up rips hey check out my super nasty job of it i did yesterday

#i did the red thread berserk rune a while back but i only stitched the rip back together then #same with the other horizontal tear #so it held on for a while but then it just started tearing again right on the side of that #the reinforcing a larger area with a patch of fabric trick should be more efficient but i think it might a bit late for it still like #probably had time to get ready to tear all over already #anyway it looks nasty and rough though lol oh well that's fine #i gpotta slap on some sorts of extra patches and embroidery or whatever else sometime when i can

[aropride]

haters will say "nik you cant make a pattern for a tote bag from scratch and then make a tote bag also When you dont even know how to make a pattern" And the haters are WRONG Beuase youll never guess what i spent 9 hours doing today. successfully. not to brag

#text #its not done yet but it WILL BE #i have 2 figure out the strap + how im gonna reinforce it #itd be so much faster to reinforce it by using a machine and just sewing scrap fabric into the inside #but idk if my machine will let me do that #hand sewing would SUUUUUCK but that is okay. im so brave

[akkivee]

fp vs mtc in the 2nd drb was actually round two of their battle since we got them fighting against each other in the grasshopper arc

it doesn’t necessarily mean we’ll get bb vs mtr in a 3rd drb match but i wonder if ichiro and jakurai’s trajectories could lead them on opposing sides, with ichiro trying to destroy the true hypnosis mic and jakurai possibly needing to complete its final form to wake yotsutsuji

#vee queued to fill the void #they set up jakurai to help chuuoku complete their version of the true hypnosis mic and then otome said change of plans #leaving that plot thread hanging for dear life lmao but i could see it coming back potentially #the grasshopper arc really was peak lmao i kinda wish we got something similar for post 2nd drb #like i don’t mind everyone coming together bc it needs to happen but the strife…………….. #the fabricated strife too that reinforced chuuoku’s willingness to play with bonds for their own entertainment………… #like rn i can’t remember exactly where the manga was when the first full album came out #but tbh that very well could have been the first time we saw what chuuoku RLY wanted from the men #it’s sick lol

[byanyan]

ㅤborn on june 30th at 3:40 am to eunji byun, a woman who never had any intention of raising a child, byan was taken home by their adoptive parents, hye-jin yoon and dae-seong lee, a couple who had never been able to have a child of their own and had eagerly awaited their arrival. given the name yeong-hwan lee, they were treated exactly as if they were the couple's biological son and learned to refer to the two as eomma and appa (mom and dad).

this was the only period in their life where byan had a very "normal" childhood. and it was good! they were a happy, outgoing kid from the start, always curious and full of energy. they felt loved. they were loved. they don't remember it, but they were even taken to korea to meet their parents' extended family when they were two.

things were good, and it seemed like they were only going to get better when hye-jin unexpectedly discovered that she was pregnant.

byan's sister, hwa-young, was born on september 9th, when they were four years old. given her name because hye-jin was fond of the idea of her children having similar names, even byan was excited by this, and by the concept of having a baby sister. things remained exciting for the first few weeks, but as time passed and the newness of having a baby in the house began to wear off, things started to get... complicated. neither parent had particularly high paying jobs, and hye-jin couldn't afford to take much of a maternity leave. she worked from home, but between work, household chores, and hwa-young, neither she nor dae-seong had much time left over for byan, let alone for themselves. needless to say, it was a stressful time, and with money and energy running thin, byan beginning to act out a couple months in due to a lack in the attention they were used to having didn't exactly help matters.

only a few months before their fifth birthday, byan was placed into the care of a foster family. it wasn't an easy decision for either of their parents to make, but they had never planned for two children and no longer believed that they could properly support or give them both the life they deserved. the decision was made thinking that it would give byan the opportunity for something better, and that if things ever turned around for the family, they could eventually be brought back.

ㅤ—of course, that never happened.

contact was kept for a while, but when it seemed to only make things harder on byan, and subsequently harder on all of them, the decision to cut contact completely and all at once was made. the thought process was that if byan stopped waiting and hoping for the day that they'd get to come home, maybe they would eventually allow themself to settle with another family. at least they were probably young enough that they wouldn't remember all that much from their first four years, right? surely they would move on, and eventually be happier for it.

the last thing byan remembers hearing from eomma and appa didn't even come directly from them. it came through their foster mother, who tried to make it sound exciting that their last name had been changed from lee to byun.

#i uh. i've been wanting to flesh out more of byan's history. naturally the beginning seemed like a good place to start. #i like to think that hye-jin and dae-seong's hearts were in the right place... #but they were more selfish in their choices than they realized and the execution was overall absolutely terrible #byan was left scarred and abandoned and ended up blaming themself for what happened for a very long time #thinking that maybe there's something fundamentally wrong with them #or that maybe if they'd behaved better or been quieter they would have been able to stay #and of course those were thoughts that only ended up reinforced throughout several of the foster homes they'd go through #when really they were just extremely unlucky. like. that's it. purely bad luck and unfortunate circumstances and poor decisions #which they had no say in whatsoever #anyway i'm rambling. this was supposed to be a short hc idk what happened i'm supposed to be answering asks rn... #au where the family is better off and byan gets to grow up in a loving family when #━━ ˟ ⊰ ✰ headcanon ⋮ danger in the fabric of this thing i made.

[fidgetspringer]

Recent additions 👌

#punk jacket #patch jacket #also reinforced the shoulder area on this side in preparation for the spikes #felt the denim alone would be too thin to properly support them #excited to see what it looks like when i get them #also got some yellow tartan fabric i wanna add somehow

[asteralien]

video called "pirate shirt tutorial that actually makes sense" with a thumbnail clickbaitingly copying bernadette banner's style, which does the exact same thing as bernadette banner's video but more confusingly and without a diagram in the video itself, also failing to understand that bernadette banner's channel is primarily a history channel and not a sewing tutorial channel so telling people they don't have to hand-sew the pirate shirt or they don't have to thread-pull is unnecessary because bernadette banner literally said "do this however you want, i just do it this way because it's how i learn about historical dress practices" in her own video. couldn't ask for better youtube entertainment

#source: i'm an idiot and i've made two of bernadette's pirate shirts and they're fantastic #understanding that her diagram is not a pattern but a guideline on how to make your own pattern #is like. not that hard to get. she gave her measurements and then explained how to get your own #to be fair!! everyone learns differently! there are many comments saying that this other video made sense and helped them #which is absolutely fair and good. more knowledge is never a bad thing #it's just the presentation of this other video that i find so funny #'yes i CAN explain how to make a historically accurate men's shirt better than the actual historical dress historian' #[footage not found] #just the way of explaining the shoulder seams...........so much more confusing than bernadette's diagram #also calling the reinforcement patches on the neck/cuff splits??? useless/pointless?????? #sorry i want my garments to not fall apart because i can't afford really nice fabric lmao i will be reinforcing those points. thanks tho #also 'no one is talking about neck gussets i couldn't find any info' HUH ??? #i just want to know if they looked anywhere besides youtube because there are absolutely people talking abt neck gussets #i should not be such a bitch about this. it's not that big a deal. again in the end: more people sharing knowledge is Good #but my friend!!! come on now!!!! #aster chat #ah fuck lads i want to make another poet shirt because that's exactly what i need going into what i'm sure will be a blazing summer #another long sleeved shirt with three yards of fabric to smother myself in #that do Not go with any of my work appropriate trousers

[fatherkreiner]

i need to go to bed or ill be so so so miserable tomorrow but ive still got twenty minutes left and i havent finished my "drawing"...

#it's not a real drawing it's one of those where you alternate lines and make all sorts of cross patterns.... you know what i mean #it's like. japanese stitching i think for reinforcing fabric originally? or something? except it's also excellent Podcast Doodle

[pizzopaps]

unrelated the other day i mended the boyfs hoodie while i watched jerma and i wish i had more stuff to mend because i think that's just all i wanna do with my time right now

#also it turned out nice!!! #like his hoodie is still 10+years old so it's a little ratty and sunbleached #but now the cuffs are all back together and reinforced and and the holes on the pockets are fixed too! #for the most part it's not really noticeable too unless you really look but they're places the eye doesn't fall so its nice #theres still a bit on the side i think i'll have to use an actual fabric patch for but i'm not entirely certain #gotta think on that one #anyway i also wanna go along the edges of the cuffs and the bottom of the hoodie w some bias tape so it doesn't keep trying to fray

[soup--enjoyer]

Imagine how wonderful the world would be if big retail brands made special jeans for big thigh girlies like me who will wear a pair of pants for a year and they will be completely undamaged except for the holes worn in the inner thighs that were caused LITERALLY BY ME JUST WEARING THE PANTS CONSISTENTLY BECAUSE MY LEGS RUB TOGETHER. Anyway I think that would be healing.

#Like literally just add some extra fabric on the inside to reinforce that part #this is a really good example of how being fat isn’t always something that causes big insecurities #but is often an inconvenience because the world is designed for skinny people :/ #fat #body postivity #(i guess) #body neutrality #clothing #jeans #jeans for girls like me please and thank you

[camillahex]

MY FAVORITE PAIR OF JEANS JUST RIPPED IM GONNA SCREAM

#okay i have had them for like at least five or six years and wear them very often but STILL #things shouldnt wear and break i don't like it #ironic part is when i was home for thanksgiving i put a patch in to reinforce the seat which i could see was super thin but it #ended up ripping in the groin #well i'll be back in two weeks anyways so I can fix it then #it would be interesting to try a project where i take these apart fully and make a whole new pair with new fabric using these as the patter #but i'd really want my mom's help and idk if being back for a week will be enough to get it done #c.hex posting

[whales-are-gay]

jeans ripped again :/

#finally put a patch on the crotch #gonna have to reinforce the entire area w new fabric cause it keeps wearing out #hopefully the texture wont be too bad when i wear it #wip #personal post

[discountalien-pancake]

Sometimes i see a piece of art and i just wanna ask the artist,

are you aware that plate armor is not flexible?

#people really out there acting like corsets which are mostly fabric with reinforced with flexible bones #will prevent the wearer from bending at the waist at all (false i have worn a corset and i can bend a lot more than you’d think) #and then put a lady in a chest and/or back plate #that inexplicably creases in the middle of the torso #do not even get me started on the fact that renaissance plate armor #was CONVEX to DEFLECT WEAPONS AND ATTACKS #AND TO ABSORB IMPACT WITH MINIMAL TRANSFER TO THE BODY #if you have a skin-tight steel plate and get whammied in the ribs congrats you no longer have lungs #that is an exaggeration but only slightly #this is why a long wooden staff could be more deadly than a shorter bladed weapon #who cares if you can’t stab through their maille if the mere impact has broken their ribs?

[j-esbian]

i know it’s been said a thousand times but i’m real tired of fast fashion clothes made out of tissue paper

#ALL OF MY JEANS ARE WEARING OUT AT THE SAME TIME IM IN HELL #literally within the past week. two pairs have worn through in the knee and i ripped the crotch of a third pair #and in the last two months i’ve had to fix two more crotch holes and another knee #they’re probably like. 2-3 years old. still feel new imo #ship of theseus with my pants bc at this point my favorite pants have pocket extensions. two crotch patches. and both knees reinforced #knee holes are my least favorite bc patches look bad #idc about ~visible mending~ bc that’s always aestheticized #embroidery floss might look pretty for your tiktoks but it’s not strong enough for a high stress patch like that #and i don’t have the patience or desire to go back over the structurally sound patch just to make it look ~pretty~ #it just ruins the line of the garment. plain blue jeans are CLEAR and anything that draws attention to itself disrupts that #i want actual like. thick denim. impossible to find anymore #i bought a pair of jeans at old navy in like 2015 that i really liked. they just wore out at the knees last summer so i jortsed them #still rly nice and sturdy fabric #two of the pairs i’m complaining about now are also from old navy but like. 2019-2020 #NOTICEABLY different quality. NOTICEABLY thinner fabric #should probably just pony up and pay for some levis at this point #with my luck they’re doing the same thing tho :loam: #mine

[tj-crochets]

I ask this genuinely: how do you manage to create so much? I really admire how much you make things, and enjoy your hobbies so much. I'm trying to figure out how to feel motivated to do projects again

This got extremely ramble-y, so it's below a read more

A lot of it is honestly luck? I have a stay-at-home job that has a fair amount of down time* where I have to be sitting at my computer in case someone emails me/messages me/calls me but can make things while waiting for emails, and it pays enough I can afford to live and buy craft supplies. I've also had a bunch of people, including relatives, neighbors, friends' relatives, and strangers destash and give me a lot of craft supplies for free. Part of it is that I get...idk how to word it. Antsy and listless when I haven't made things in a while? Making things is enrichment for me, and I know that, so I make a point to not go more than a few days without making something. Sometimes I don't want to make things, but I know I'll feel better if I finish a project**, so I'll crochet a little monster or make a tiny witch hat or something, and usually once I start making something I feel better and want to keep making things. Part of it is that I let myself make things on a whim. I've accumulated enough colors of minky, yarn, and embroidery floss*** that I can pretty much make any small thing I think of immediately after I think of it. This isn't universally applicable advice; I have the storage space to (mostly) store it neatly, and I know myself well enough to know I will absolutely lose enthusiasm for a project if I have to wait too long to start it. If I'm making a quilt but have a strong urge to make a tiny monster, I will take a break from the quilt to make a monster (I sometimes struggle with finishing big projects because of this, but it's a work in progress, and I always finish the project eventually). I also love craft supplies as decor. I let myself switch between hobbies as I have the urge to, and trust that I will eventually go back to previous hobbies. I used to guilt myself about changing hobbies, but now I embrace it. Learning new things is good for me! I just spent like three months quilting, like two weeks making doll clothes and a doll to fit them, and now two and a half days embroidering. I'm thinking about making a teddy bear sized tricorn hat. A few weeks ago I made a chain mail/scale mail bracelet, and before then I think it had been like five years since I made anything with chain mail. Sometimes I do get caught up in guilt about crafts. Like, guilt that I promised to make someone something and haven't yet, or that I spent money on supplies but haven't used them, or that someone bought me supplies and I haven't used them. It can absolutely drain all my crafting motivation. When that happens, I try to take a step back, and find what is stopping me/causing me guilt. Is a gift late? That's okay, my friends and family understand crafting takes time and won't be upset. Did I spend money on supplies and not use them yet? That's okay, picking them out brought me joy and inspiration and I will use them in the future. Someone bought me supplies and I haven't used them? How awesome that they thought of me! Someday I'll make something cool with that stuff, and it's great to have another metaphorical crayon in my crayon box to open up more possibilities of things to make. Sometimes I also get hung up on patterns, where part of it is just utterly unenjoyable to me and I can't bring myself to start making the thing. When that happens, I try to figure out what bugs me about it. Is it too complex a pattern? Okay, I'll pick a simpler one. Do I hate hand sewing applique? Okay, I'll look up machine applique, or use a different fabric that doesn't need applique, or pick a different pattern. I think I might've gotten a little off topic? Part of it is also that I struggle to focus on watching shows or even sometimes reading if I am not also making something.

*I mean, it varies day to day, but a lot more downtime than my first job

**there's some neurochemical thing about finishing a project, especially when the finished project creates a tangible object? ***I used to make friendship bracelets

#ask away! #the person behind the yarn #sorry nonny this got really long lol #I also have unintentional automatic negative reinforcement built in #in that the weirdness of my adrenals and my allergies combined mean if I get angry or stressed enough #I will literally have an allergic reaction to my own stress/anger #(it's like adrenals dump stuff in the blood stream triggering mast cells to dump stuff triggering allergic reaction) #but it does mean it's WAAAAY easier for me to notice when I am being unkind to myself than it used to be #and if I overwork myself I tend to have a POTS flareup and my blood pressure drops dramatically #between them my self-care is a looooot better than it used to be #which helps! #making stuff for people also helps #I love making things for my friends and their kids and the kid I used to babysit #my friend's son absolutely loves dinosaurs #and I never struggle with motivation making him dinosaurs because I know it will make him happy #so...love? love is a motivation for crafting? but also so is boredom and the inability to sit still and the lure of cute fabric #and problem solving. sometimes I make stuff just to figure out how I can.