leena norms | lies to unlearn about making your own wardrobe @leenanorms | Uploaded May 2023 | Updated October 2024, 2 hours ago.
Ever wondered why fast fashion can't give you the perfect wardrobe? Felt curious about sewing your own clothes or designing your own sustainable wardrobe? Just want to be nosey about why beginner sewers turn addicts so fast?
Here's my learnings from teaching myself to sew SO FAR and the assumptions I've discovered were porkies.
If you're already convinced, here's an unlisted playlist of sewing/knitting videos I've either found useful OR would like to try the projects from... youtube.com/playlist?list=PLb1-lu-abhnWAjWaVaVzEguRzj8gxpTyF
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/// SOURCES ///
1/ My video on learning to knit: youtu.be/LW7IvQ7uQv0
Where’s the catch in the crochet trend? varsity.co.uk/fashion/21984
Are Crochet Machines A SCAM? littlejohnsyarn.com/can-crochet-be-done-by-machine
Why It’s Impossible to Build a Crochet Machine youtu.be/EImnSsCadK8
Why Robots Can’t Sew Your T-Shirt wired.com/story/why-robots-cant-sew-t-shirt
Breathless for Blue Jeans: health hazards in China's denim factories archive.cleanclothes.org/resources/publications/Breathless/view
Sandblasted jeans: Should we give up distressed denim? bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15017790
Sweater Manufacturing Basics: cottonworks.com/en/topics/sourcing-manufacturing/sweater-manufacturing/sweater-manufacturing-basics/#:~:text=to%2DWear%20Garment-,Machinery,cut%2Dand%2Dsew%20production.
Knit-Picking : Labels: Yes, people are behind those inexpensive, ‘hand-made’ sweaters--but usually by operating the machines that make them. latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-12-31-vw-7230-story.html#:~:text=Sort%20of.,make%20the%20cables%20and%20designs.
2/ Library of Things (borrowing a sewing machine) libraryofthings.co.uk/catalogue/borrow-sewing-machine
Office for National Statistics - Living Costs and Food Survey:
ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/personalandhouseholdfinances/expenditure/bulletins/familyspendingintheuk/april2020tomarch2021
‘Additionally, expenditure decreased by 38% on clothing and footwear (£8.90 less). This is likely to be related to the coronavirus lockdown restrictions and social distancing measures implemented for the retail industry during the coronavirus pandemic. However, a shift in consumer behaviour towards online shopping may have reduced the impact in this category.’
The cost of football investment : mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/true-cost-football-investigation-ticket-25318791
A low-end smart phone in my country:
argos.co.uk/product/1244511?clickSR=slp:term:mobile%20phone:62:353:1
6/ The Closet Historians EXCELLENT VIDEO, Sustainability, Sewing, & Me: youtu.be/pRiTGLs-8q0
XR Fashion facts: xrfashionaction.com/fashion-and-climate-change
Greenpeace on fast fashion:
greenpeace.org/international/story/7539/fast-fashion-is-drowning-the-world-we-need-a-fashion-revolution
/// TIMESTAMPS ///
00:00 Intro
01:10 Clothes are made by machines
04:22 You need a lot of money
09:09 You need a lot of space
11:55 You need a lot of time
14:35 It is hard
16:07 Sewing will save the planet
21:04 You are morally obliged to make your own clothes
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INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/leenanorms
TWITTER: twitter.com/leenanorms
I use Octopus Energy which are a clean green sustainable energy company - if you're in the UK and are curious, here are the two videos I talk about them in:
youtu.be/O0TR7RvVRlI and youtu.be/IEqf94lb44U
And here's my referral link if you'd like to get £50 off (I get £50 off too, woo!) https://share.octopus.energy/fun-hawk-883
All music used is licensed through Epidemic Sound - I've been using them for years and hand-on-heart it's really fab. You get unlimited use of their music per month for a pretty bargain fee. Here's my referral link (if you sign up through it I get a free month): epidemicsound.com/referral/1b1yhj
If you're a company that makes plastic-free products, pays their tax and doesn't exploit people, I'd love to hear from you if you'd like to sponsor the channel: leenanorms@gmail.com
Ever wondered why fast fashion can't give you the perfect wardrobe? Felt curious about sewing your own clothes or designing your own sustainable wardrobe? Just want to be nosey about why beginner sewers turn addicts so fast?
Here's my learnings from teaching myself to sew SO FAR and the assumptions I've discovered were porkies.
If you're already convinced, here's an unlisted playlist of sewing/knitting videos I've either found useful OR would like to try the projects from... youtube.com/playlist?list=PLb1-lu-abhnWAjWaVaVzEguRzj8gxpTyF
/// SUPPORT ///
JOIN THE GUMPTION CLUB: patreon.com/thegumptionclub
Being in the club means you get: a free weekly podcast, access to a secret facebook group, a free poetry collection and play written by me, access to livestreams AND you get to access to all my videos before anyone else sees them!
CHANNEL MEMBERSHIP - for those lovely people who don't want to use Patreon and aren't bothered about the patreon perks, but who'd like to buy me a drink as a thank you for the free videos... youtube.com/channel/UCpqf-UHCeCSd0BqoxxrDv8g/join
/// SOURCES ///
1/ My video on learning to knit: youtu.be/LW7IvQ7uQv0
Where’s the catch in the crochet trend? varsity.co.uk/fashion/21984
Are Crochet Machines A SCAM? littlejohnsyarn.com/can-crochet-be-done-by-machine
Why It’s Impossible to Build a Crochet Machine youtu.be/EImnSsCadK8
Why Robots Can’t Sew Your T-Shirt wired.com/story/why-robots-cant-sew-t-shirt
Breathless for Blue Jeans: health hazards in China's denim factories archive.cleanclothes.org/resources/publications/Breathless/view
Sandblasted jeans: Should we give up distressed denim? bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15017790
Sweater Manufacturing Basics: cottonworks.com/en/topics/sourcing-manufacturing/sweater-manufacturing/sweater-manufacturing-basics/#:~:text=to%2DWear%20Garment-,Machinery,cut%2Dand%2Dsew%20production.
Knit-Picking : Labels: Yes, people are behind those inexpensive, ‘hand-made’ sweaters--but usually by operating the machines that make them. latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-12-31-vw-7230-story.html#:~:text=Sort%20of.,make%20the%20cables%20and%20designs.
2/ Library of Things (borrowing a sewing machine) libraryofthings.co.uk/catalogue/borrow-sewing-machine
Office for National Statistics - Living Costs and Food Survey:
ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/personalandhouseholdfinances/expenditure/bulletins/familyspendingintheuk/april2020tomarch2021
‘Additionally, expenditure decreased by 38% on clothing and footwear (£8.90 less). This is likely to be related to the coronavirus lockdown restrictions and social distancing measures implemented for the retail industry during the coronavirus pandemic. However, a shift in consumer behaviour towards online shopping may have reduced the impact in this category.’
The cost of football investment : mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/true-cost-football-investigation-ticket-25318791
A low-end smart phone in my country:
argos.co.uk/product/1244511?clickSR=slp:term:mobile%20phone:62:353:1
6/ The Closet Historians EXCELLENT VIDEO, Sustainability, Sewing, & Me: youtu.be/pRiTGLs-8q0
XR Fashion facts: xrfashionaction.com/fashion-and-climate-change
Greenpeace on fast fashion:
greenpeace.org/international/story/7539/fast-fashion-is-drowning-the-world-we-need-a-fashion-revolution
/// TIMESTAMPS ///
00:00 Intro
01:10 Clothes are made by machines
04:22 You need a lot of money
09:09 You need a lot of space
11:55 You need a lot of time
14:35 It is hard
16:07 Sewing will save the planet
21:04 You are morally obliged to make your own clothes
// COME AND HANG WITH ME IN BETWEEN UPLOADS //
IF NEWSLETTERS ARE YOUR THING, sign up to get a little letter in your inbox from me once in a while! As a thank you for signing up, you’ll get a FREE downloadable list of my best books of all time: leenanorms.substack.com/subscribe
INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/leenanorms
TWITTER: twitter.com/leenanorms
I use Octopus Energy which are a clean green sustainable energy company - if you're in the UK and are curious, here are the two videos I talk about them in:
youtu.be/O0TR7RvVRlI and youtu.be/IEqf94lb44U
And here's my referral link if you'd like to get £50 off (I get £50 off too, woo!) https://share.octopus.energy/fun-hawk-883
All music used is licensed through Epidemic Sound - I've been using them for years and hand-on-heart it's really fab. You get unlimited use of their music per month for a pretty bargain fee. Here's my referral link (if you sign up through it I get a free month): epidemicsound.com/referral/1b1yhj
If you're a company that makes plastic-free products, pays their tax and doesn't exploit people, I'd love to hear from you if you'd like to sponsor the channel: leenanorms@gmail.com
