CROCHETED SOCKS

OTHER CREATIVE STUFF

Sometimes (actually very often) I MAKE my own clothes, yoy know right from scratch! And I will of course make sure to post all of my DIY-from-scratch-stuff aswell.

Here's a little stopmotion video of a pair of socks I've crocheted for my boyfriend. Size 45... 

I sort of made my own pattern because the pattern I followed were really bad! The result; an uneven crocheted pair of socks! This also means that I won't be able to tell you how I crocheted theese socks... Because to be honest I have no idea, I just gave it a go. So I suggest you do the same; find a basic pattern and then figure out what looks and feels right :D

A closer look of the pattern

My boyfriend puts on the socks... AND... they itch

GREY T-SHIRT

REMADE GREY T-SHIRT

So yesterday I went through my closet and put everything into piles of what to keep and what to give away or sell at a flea market. It turned out that I also had a pile of stuff I wanted to remake!I had this t-shirt of mixed grey shades which I thought was quite boring, so I decided to make it into a top instead. 

Before

As you can see it's just a plain grey t-shirt with rolled up sleeves and a pocket on the chest. Initially I thought the location of the pocket might become an issue because I wanted to have a very open sleeve. Therefore I decided to just cut through the pocket aswell and let the pocket follow the line of the shirt. What I did: 

1. Cut the sleeves of, leaving extra fabric to take up the sides and give it a nice finish 
2. Take up the sides and sew along the "sleeves"
3. Finally I took in the sides to make the top tight and follow my body shape. 

After

The daylight was much better when I took the "after" photos, so despite the fact that this shirt now looks like a much lighter grey, it is in fact the same shirt :D

As you can see it is now a top and not a t-shirt, and the pocket is no longer a square on the chest, but an integreted part of the "sleeve" 

VERY easy to make and I would imagine you could do this with any old shirt you have in the back of your closet.