Used Hosiery: Sewing Nylon And Spandex

I tried a technique to sew together some hosiery. Basically I cut off sections of a leg of hosiery, and then sewed the ends together to make 2 simple garters to hold up my flashes, when I wear a kilt or shorts.

Overall, I'm very happy about how it turned out for a garter, but I'm a little disappointed in how hard it is to sew nylon and spandex materials. I have a big respect for people sew hosiery. It's a lot harder than it looks. I'm sure that it takes training and practice before the people can work on the actual products. I'm also sure that a lot of it is done by machine, too.

So far, I've tried 2 techniques. The first technique didn't allow the nylon to stretch. The second technique didn't allow it to shorten.

For more ideas, click used, which can also be found in the right column, under Popular Topics.

I Finished Making A Pair Of Kilt Flashes

Now that I have made a pair of kilt flashes, I feel that I'll be a bit more complete, if I wear my black kilt. Also, I could use the flashes with my black shorts. I just wish that it was easier to make the flashes. Making such a low quality product seems like such a waste of time.

Responses: Easy Pantyhose

This author writes about why full length hosiery, such as pantyhose and tights, are so uncomfortable and difficult to wear: The case of the stubborn pantyhose.

Read the remainder of the blog entry, to see my opinion, and my suggestion on how to find the right size.

Articles: "Why White"

Here's an interesting news article about how to wear white hosiery.

Why White

Public Relations & Mending Broken Relationships

I recall meeting somebody in person, who was very excited to meet me, because he had been following me on MySpace for some time. Unfortunately, I said something, and I'm sure it offended him, even though I never intended to offend him at all. I'm sure that he remembers it quite well.

Now that I have a better understanding of how people think in different situations, I have come to regret what I did. I think that I needed to see it from a public relations point of view. From that perspective, I needed to be more sensitive to his needs, standards, and desires. At the time, I chose a particular phrasing, because I thought that it was more accurate, and I still do, even though it is considered offensive by many people. Now that I am thinking about it from his perspective, I choose to phrase these thoughts differently.

I'm going to try to contact him tomorrow, and ask for his forgiveness. He'll probably not forgive me, but at least I'll try.

Used Hosiery: First Attempt At Sewing It

You all probably remember my previous blog entry about turning used hosiery into underwear.

I practiced a bit with the old hosiery that I have. It turns out that it is really hard to do with ordinary thread. The particular sewing machine that I use is partially to blame. It doesn't have the same stitches that the professional machines have. The hosiery does stretch after sewing, and it does seem to have a nice clean seam, but it doesn't really stretch as well as the other seams. Maybe that's a good thing for underwear. The seam, that I made, stretched about 1.8 times the normal length. I might be able to improve that, but that's about it.

I'll keep you updated. For more ideas, click used, which can also be found in the right column, under Popular Topics.

Am I Hot Or Not?

Since I have new outfits, I decided to upload my new photo to give it a shot. So far, I see a big improvement, compared to before. Before, I usually got around 6. You could bookmark this page, and then come back to see my score change. For those of you who would like to show me some support, click on the image below, so that you could rate me.

Don't forget to show me your HotOrNot photos. Post them in the comments below, with the banner, like I did, so that we could show you a little bit of support.

[Update: the script and image no longer work; it was just an image of me wearing my green suit and green hosiery.]

Save 15% Off Of The Book That I Wrote: "The Blog Entries Of Hosiery Advocate"

For those of you who didn't know, I wrote a book, called, "The Blog Entries Of Hosiery Advocate". It's a collection of my blog entries, from my previous hosiery blog.

I published it with Lulu.com. It turns out that they made a mistake, which made it hard to use their search engines to find my book. To make it up to me, they let me give away this coupon for purchasing my book at 15% off.

Keep reading for the text version of the coupon, and more information.