Our little surf group is taking a short road trip in the morning, so I wanted to whip up a quick board sock for my 7’0″, since we’ll be stacking boards on the car. I don’t want to get my nasty wax job all over my friend’s board, and a towel placed in between boards just doesn’t seem to cut it anymore.
Now, I’ve had board socks in the past mind you, but they were ALWAYS:
- Too snug
- Not stretchy
- A general pain in the ass to use
- Expensive
Now I need one. Tomorrow.
Glad I picked up a few yards of cheap, but good quality Lycra about a year back. It only cost $3.00/yard, but it is ugly as sin.
I wouldn’t wear it, but for this project, it might work
This Lycra was about 60″ wide, perfect for folding over and stitching up one side. My surfboard is only 22 1/2″ wide, so it only needs to be cut to about 25″ folded, to give me plenty of slop and seam allowance. Working with this heavier Lycra guarantees some movement of the material, so I want to allow some “slop.” Too bad its striped- I’m going to mess up a bit, but oh well, I’m in a hurry.
This is quick-n-dirty, yo.
Nice and stretchy
I cut about 2 1/2 yards from the length for my sock. My board is 7’0″, so that gives me extra for the seams, and also a casing at the bottom for a drawstring.
Rotary cutters are best with Lycra
Prepping to sew- it’s a lot of material
I’m so Klasse…..whatevs
About a 1 inch seam allowance
Lycra’s on the MOVE!!!!
Guess marks- sooooo professional
Prepping the nose for sewing
Serged seams
Doesn’t match. So what.
Clipping off the casing at the bottom
Used a narrower zig zag stitch
Sewing the casing
Threading the drawstring
Make sure to double knot the ends!
But does it fit???
This afternoon, after I got back from surfing, I tucked my Funshape into the boardsock to check out the fit.
It’ll do for now
Big at the nose
BUT, it was a breeze to get on, and it will be soooo easy to pop in the washing machine. Schweet.
I’ll can fix anything needing tweaking on the sewing machine later. ‘Cause I’m going surfing tomorrow, and to quote George Costanza….
I am strangely undecided whether or not I think that pattern is ugly as sin. LOL I kind of like it. ๐ Don’t you just love having the skills to whip up anything you need anytime you need it!! Great creative thinking and great job on this!! ๐
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Thanks!! I’m still glad I didn’t save the material for a dress or a suit- YIKES-A-RAMA ๐ณ๐
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I love how this is easy for you! For me, a whole day event trying to make it work… You are super talented ๐โโ๏ธ
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No way! I was hoping to show that it shouldn’t be a big deal!!!! Even a cheap used sewing machine could do this board bag, and it just took some almost straight line sewing- this is a great project for a DIY surfer wanting to try out some custom gear.
Half of the fun of DIY is trying crazy crap- no talent, just balls ๐๐๐
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I might have to hand sew it together lol
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Done that plenty of times!!!!! ๐ Especially on my wetsuits ๐
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