Used Hosiery: More Information Regarding Sewing Nylon And Spandex

sooz wrote a blog entry on stretch fabrics: sewing with knits. I found that very informative for my goals. I wrote her a comment, and asked about sewing hosiery. She responded. I'll post the short discussion in the remainder of the blog entry for back up. If you have an interest in sewing, then I recommend that you check out her blog entry. For more ideas, click used, which can also be found in the right column of this page, under Popular Topics.

Hosiery At The Beach: What Ended Up Happening

I eventually did go to Kitsilano Beach with my hosiery under my shorts. I wore them the entire time. I stayed for about 4 - 5 hours. Nothing bad happened. If anything, I was the person causing the trouble. ;^)

I'm still not sure that I would wear them in the water, though. For those of you who wonder about whether normal people do swim with hosiery: Western Mass, States, Banquet '05. There are more, but those are the only photos that I could find.

Articles: Hosiery May Come Back In Style Again Thanks To Kate Moss

It seems that Kate Moss is leading the way in bringing sheer hosiery back into the mainstream.

Following in Kate Moss's fine footsteps

Hosiery At The Beach

Tomorrow, I will go to Kitsilano Beach to meet a new friend.

I wonder if I should wear hosiery underneath my shorts. If I go for a swim or walk on sand, then I wouldn't want to get sand in my hosiery. I could wear footless hosiery, but I'm concerned that it could look very feminine.

I have to start the day off as a participant in an experiment, so I'll probably wear something under my shorts, and then take it off later. We'll see how it goes.

I wonder what people in Australia do. My parents went to university in Sydney. Maybe they went to the beach often. Maybe they remember. I seem to recall a program that they had a few years ago to encourage people to cover up.

How I Spent My Birthday

I'd like to give you all a rundown on what happened on my birthday. I'll cross post it to my other main non-hosiery blog, but you all get to see it first.

Before you click the link to read the blog entry, I want to thank 3 of you for wishing me a happy birthday. I was genuinely cheered up because you wrote something. Thank you all.

My Birthday

Tomorrow is my birthday.

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.