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cuff of my sweatshirt

005 this is my heavy duty zippered hooded sweatshirt.  i wear it in the mornings when i get up and start the fire.  i wear it in the evening when i again need to start the fire.  i wear it over a lighter weight zip hoodie.  which is over a long sleeve shirt over an undershirt.  this is January couture.  any January.

the cuff, both cuffs: wearing, worn.  Otherwise, perfect still. 

i found it maybe 4 years ago at the thrift shop. 

it's not on "the class pile", because i need it.  but inbetween early morning and evening, i can take it off and see what i can do.

 

 

 

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23 responses to “cuff of my sweatshirt”

  1. jude hill Avatar
    jude hill

    i once put the cuffs from an old sweater onto a sweatshirt.

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  2. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest Maestas

    speaking of old sweaters….oh lord. that sea of possibilities is
    endless. i just got a flash of some kind of darning
    type mending on my beloved old sweater that has a
    single verticle red thread from the mid center hole to
    the neckline. Whew. the sweater is an indigo [color].

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  3. amvia@comcast.net Avatar
    amvia@comcast.net

    Grace, i think your mind and mine are in the same “level” because I just took a navy-blue sweat shirt out and i want to convert it into a boro jacket, what do you think? this one would be something I can wear a lot in rainy Portland!!!!

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  4. herm Avatar
    herm

    it was herm that sent the message.

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  5. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest Maestas

    i think Yes! i love my sweatshirts. i mean really love them.
    they are the most perfect thing for my life here. i would do
    anything for my sweatshirts.
    so…lets DO it!
    for me, this would be the closest to the traditional boro noragi
    of japan. it is my workcoat. i need it.
    i will still, i think work on the linen Travel Jacket. that is
    for my Spirit.
    so…yes. hey ho, herm xo

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  6. herm Avatar
    herm

    now i feel more secure that this is what i want to do with all the woven blocks, and everything else we will learn from our dear Jude.

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  7. nance Avatar
    nance

    great! you two lead the way… i am going to try to do something with fleece it think… i have seen patches sewn on sweatshirts that are quite nice… it would add another layer of warmth too…

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  8. manya Avatar
    manya

    still have quarrels with my mother about wearing clothes like that. my son does too, making his elder brother utterly embarrassed to be seen with him.
    the upside is that both my mother and my aunt keep on giving me their old clothes…you know what I do with those….
    of course I have a zippered hooded sweatshirt, blue, stained, with the beginnings of holes.. favourite morning putontopofeverythingelsejustuntillImakethecoffee and then I find myself still wearing it in the evening..second skin. maybe in 20 years it will have holes next to the “hands in dyepots” (and wherever else) stains

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  9. judykeathley@cox.net Avatar
    judykeathley@cox.net

    i’m sure you sweatshirt gals ( i am most certainly one too ) will come up with wondrous changes to your beloved garments.
    however—i just must say ,grace, how beautiful are the wearing/worn cuffs just as they are.
    i have one that looks very much like yours & i’m forever getting my thumbs caught in the holes but i do love looking at its soft raggedyness.
    will i get brave enough to change it?
    time will tell.

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  10. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest Maestas

    we are the vanguard!

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  11. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest Maestas

    oh…it will have become so beautiful by then.
    it’s ok..your kids are still young. it’s only till
    they are in their 20’s when they start appreciating
    the “uniqueness” of their mother. it will come.
    second skin. yes. that’s what it is.

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  12. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest Maestas

    judy..well, i was not completely honest…there is one
    more sweatshirt that is so so worn…like you describe,
    but she is the one i sleep in. hood up. it’s cold
    in here at night and i am warm with that hood.
    there are other things to change. keep yours as is.

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  13. Peggy Avatar
    Peggy

    Grace, I’ll be watching on this one. I don’t like to clothes shop so I have lots that are on the verge of holes, many things from Gap about 15 years ago. Be sure to show us!

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  14. judykeathley@cox.net Avatar
    judykeathley@cox.net

    i know a bit about new mexico winters. sweet cozy hoodie ( as they call them now ) keeping you warm at nite.
    yes–there are plenty of other things to change . many have nothing to do with cloth.
    ah, life.

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  15. Herm Avatar
    Herm

    Grace, a little bit of progress – i cut out the sleeves from the body and also cut the front in two, this will be my canvas, wish me luck to accomplish something!

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  16. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest Maestas

    metaphor metaphor metaphor

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  17. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest Maestas

    probably more than you will want to know

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  18. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest Maestas

    this is BIG progress….!
    i will go along with you…
    and also i see you know weaving…so there, you are
    far ahead. i might need help.

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  19. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest Maestas

    i also want to say that in regard to the Color post…this
    sweatshirt is BLACK…look how it photographed!!!! i wish it
    really was that color…or combination of colors…how beautiful
    is this……

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  20. Deb G Avatar
    Deb G

    Oh you reminded me of something. This is from way back when…
    http://beecreative.typepad.com/bee_creative/2007/05/a_flat_sweatshi.html
    I think I cut this up for something else. It wasn’t quite right, but cutting open the seams was a good idea (got it from a magazine).

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  21. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest Maestas

    are we just SPINNING or What!!!!!!
    this is great, deb and yes…i guess…way back when….

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  22. Joey Biber Avatar
    Joey Biber

    Hey that’s pretty cool! It looks a bit grunge with the worn ends. Did you do those on purpose or was it from natural wear and tear?

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  23. grace Forrest~Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest~Maestas

    i’d never thought of it as a bit grunge…changes my
    outlook.
    it’s natural wear and tear….just doing life caused it.
    thanks for the new viewpoint…….

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