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gnommi ([personal profile] gnommi) wrote2008-01-04 12:52 pm

Haramaki

I really should make myself some of these things. No more cold kidneys! JOY!

[identity profile] silver-daisy.livejournal.com 2008-01-04 02:09 pm (UTC)(link)
I keep meaning to make one of those, but my previous attempts at sewing tshirt fabric have put me off!

[identity profile] gnommi.livejournal.com 2008-01-04 03:06 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm lucky and have an overlocker... I wouldn't attempt it without one unless I had a sewing machine that does that funky stretch stitch thing

[identity profile] silver-daisy.livejournal.com 2008-01-04 03:10 pm (UTC)(link)
I think mine does a special stretch stitch, but everything still ends up a ruffly mess. What overlocker do you have? I've been considering getting one for a while.

[identity profile] gnommi.livejournal.com 2008-01-04 03:17 pm (UTC)(link)
it's ancient and made of STEEEEEEEEEEEEEEL
I got it from Read's in Shirley when it was still there. There is one in Winchester tho now, which does second hand sewing machines

I think mines a Frister, 3 thread and you can't disengage the cutting knife, which can be a real pain if you are overlocking something with a peculiar-shaped outline. My sister swears by her 4-thread overlocker, but I've never really missed the extra thread

Most of the modern ones are pretty reliable tho, think John Lewis do one