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Sewing
You'll save yourself so much money and time mending clothes, blankets, and doing your own mods instead of buying new things.
My wife laughs at me for mending clothes. I often darn socks, jeans, sweaters, etc. - takes about 10 minutes but dang, I just saved $80 on a new pair of jeans. DUH.
My jr high school made the boys take ‘home economics’ and the girls had to take shop class. We all thought it was a joke but, 40 years later, I can still sew and shank a button, fix a tear in jeans, and make a pan of muffins with the best of them.
Jeans maybe but socks would bother me soo much...
A properly darned sock doesn't feel any different from a new sock. And if you match the color of the yarn, it can be nearly invisible.
I think visible mending is more fun -- my husband's socks have colorful little patches that make us both smile.
I feel you but honestly, you don’t even notice.
Pretty great, huh?
I started mending my clothes a while back. I'm not great at it but for the most part it's passable enough to wear out in public and the process of sewing it is actually really relaxing. It's nice to be able to save something that would otherwise be tossed out. Also I was able to turn an old t-shirt into dust covers for some of my PC peripherals I don't use all the time which I was pretty proud of.
Yeah, I have a pair of jeans where the crotch wore out recently. Took me ten minutes to add a double-seam to it. Saved me at least $50. (All by hand, no machine.)
It's such a useful skill!
I've got a hoodie that looks like Frankenstein at this point but it's my comfort clothes. I think all the stitches give it character.
I love not having to throw old things I love away. I have a Star Wars shirt I've worn hundreds of times over the last ten years and the pits are wearing away. I just keep stitching them up, but probably should just patch them.
I learned to sew in my early 50s. Very helpful. I also leaned to... solder (small electronics) which is also a great way to save a lot of money, and to generate so much less waste.
Money, sure. Time. I'm not convinced.
You can mend holes in 5-15 minutes, it takes longer to find and buy new ones
Maybe with some practice. I know some basic sewing and can do some crude stuff in 5-15 minutes. If it was something I were going to wear to, say, work I would have to spend some time learning stitch patterns, getting the right thread etc. I also am not great at organization so no matter how many times I buy sewing supplies they always get shoved away to some place I can't remember.
My wife is working on the sewing room so maybe I will be better orginized in the future. I'm actually excited about it but it's not like it took us 30 mins to throw everything together.