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What Are You Working On? (slrpnk.net)

submitted 1 year ago by hamtron5000@slrpnk.net to c/solarpunk@slrpnk.net

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In this thread, post what you're working on! Guerilla gardening? eBiking? planting/pruning? Let us know!

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[–] TiredSpider@slrpnk.net 14 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Learning to make, repair and upcycle my own clothes instead of relying of badly made polyester fast fashion that doesn't fit well. Also getting my fitness up so I can bike instead of drive which is difficult because I live in an absurdly hilly area.

[–] witkhdoktore 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Love this. I have been thinking on it myself just how rubbish most of the clothes I buy are, not to mention concerns about exploitation of the people making them.

[–] schmorpel@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 year ago

Is there a clothes making community here on SLRPNK? I've started to return to clothes making recently (knitting, sewing, dyeing) and would love to learn more. I'm spectacularly bad at it and it's so much fun.

[–] punkfrog@slrpnk.net 7 points 1 year ago

I am also interested in sewing. Sometimes I buy second hand stuff online and then it doesn't quite fit. If you can just change it yourself that would be awesome. Or just make your own from scratch. But I don't have a sewing machine and don't want to buy one because I am not sure I will stick with it.

[–] tinycarnivoroussheep@possumpat.io 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Same for mending and sewing clothing. Except I've run aground a bit on my own perfectionism. I've somehow talked myself into making a pattern block for my butt so I can make the most optimal pants and shorts, but making a block is an Ordeal with Math involved and I haven't had the bandwidth to accomplish it yet.

[–] TiredSpider@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 year ago

I've been working on a bodice block, I know your pain.