omg, it's a sock robe!

Sorry about the lack of regular updates this past week. I misplaced my blogging mojo :-(

As you may remember, I had just finished my patchwork sock fabric.

I was trying for two things when I pieced together my sock rectangles: 1) all cool colors together and all warm colors together, and 2) trying to make the finished sections the approximate sizes for the front and back of a robe.

Once I got to this point, I was stuck. I was afraid to cut anything, because I didn't have anymore socks if I messed up. As luck would have it Angela, supposed co-author of this blog ;-) came to visit and helped me work-up the pattern for my robe.


Here Angela models the robe in its intermediate state. We were kinda going off another robe, but really we just found a way to arrange the sock rectangles without cutting.

The shape and measurements are shown below.


I added a lining to cover up the seams. In retrospect, I should've surged socks together. I'm not sure surging would completely remove the need for a lining, but it would make the project nicer.

Apparently most people sew the lining in when they sew the garment together. You may notice my ghetto yellow hand-stitching in this photo. But hey, it gets the job done! :-P


And as a last touch, I threw on a non-sock edging because socks don't hem well.

Summary: This project took me forever... Making the sock fabric was probably a good four hours plus another couple hours for the assembly of the robe. 45 women's socks went into the making of this clothing article, roughly a yard of lining, and roughly half a yard of flannel for edges.

Disposal: Once the robe is old and tattered, it can undergo the normal downcycling: dish clothes, rag rugs, etc... After that, the scraps will be thrown away.