RatQing Curios

haven't been feeling very ~ i n s p i r e d ~ lately but while headed to the bottleo i saw a Guy and he was magnificent.

Unsure if he's the last hipster to escape West End or if some uni student pulled Escaliber out of the Brisbane river but I hope he left some swag for the rest of us.

Got sick of stabbing myself with my needles while sewing patches so I turned my favourite beyond repair socks into a sail maker's palm with a built in pin cushion. Also made a thumb guard for whittling out of leather scrap from Reverse Garbage.

Credit to @starsnshit on tiktok/@sillystargirlx on Pinterest for the idea

Cut the sock into sections for the top and bottom portions (arm portion is the ribbing).

Used a section of a waistband from some old pants Ive been using for patches, pinned that between the two sections of sock with space left for the thumb hole.

Sewed together and hemmed with herringbone stitch (best for tacking down the cut section of sock while maintaining stretch).

Pushed a beer cap into a small section of the waistband and sewed it to the palm so the edges are facing up.

When sewing thick/harder materials I can push the needle with the bottle cap palm to save my fingers

[ID: blackout poem that reads "I revel in his death and say nothing. How can you not believe in villains?"]

Man, I made so many beanies for these markets and didn't sell any. TBF no one sold much tonight (cold and windy, so not a lot of people out) but still.