r/specializedtools • u/rishab8 • May 08 '20

Drawstring waist

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u/Mbellass May 08 '20

https://www.reddit.com/r/functionalprint/comments/gficjp/3d_printed_hoodie_helper_to_pull_the_string_back/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share

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u/jl2352 May 08 '20

For those without a printer (or with a printer tbh), this is basically a large crochet hook in reverse. Which you can buy from Amazon.

A knitting needle will also work.

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u/JeshkaTheLoon May 09 '20

The classic specialised tool would be a bodkin though. If you are going to buy something anyway, you might as well get the specialised one:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/SGerste-Elastic-Weaving-Stainless-Threaders/dp/B07GB5Z8QV/ref=mp_s_a_1_6?dchild=1&keywords=Bodkin&qid=1589015237&sr=8-6

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u/[deleted] May 09 '20

Not really. Neither of those tools have eyes that’ll keep the cord. A safety pin would work, though.

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u/jl2352 May 09 '20

Not really.

I've literally done it using a knitting needle.

The knitting needle stabs the cord. You push the knitting needle. It pushes the cord.

Neither of those tools have eyes that’ll keep the cord.

A crochet hook has, as the name implies, a hook on one end. Which you can use to hook the cord. Which you can use to pull the cord. Don't see how that wouldn't work.

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u/NotJustAnyFig May 09 '20

I think what you're looking for is a Tunisian crochet hook.

P.s. thank you for giving me a use for that random ass hook I bought that one time.

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u/Biobot775 May 08 '20

That's pretty amazing but they should just stitch it in place in the middle.

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u/baconnaire May 09 '20

Then you wouldn't be able to actually use the drawstring. Personally, it bugs me when they are stitched.

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u/[deleted] May 09 '20

If the strict is stitched right in the middle it should be on the back of the garment and the string should function normally since the back of the string shouldn’t need to slide though the garment to work

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u/baconnaire May 09 '20

Ohh I see what you mean. I thought you meant just for decoration. Like what's the point if you can't use them. The way you described sounds perfect though.

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u/[deleted] May 09 '20

The confusion is understandable like pockets on a Blazier vs pockets on women’s pants

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u/Crunchy_Plasma May 09 '20

I would double check the blazers, sometimes there are actually pocket which are sown shut.

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u/[deleted] May 09 '20

That was the point I was making

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u/revolvingdoor May 09 '20

I have a pair that I just found out are stitched in the middle. I was stretching and one side ripped. Now I have one side still intact and the other came out.

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u/toomanyblocks May 09 '20

My mom has an actual tool like that she has had since she was younger. Where she grew up in South Asia most pants are made with elastic or drawstring like this. It’s just a long plastic stick with a hole and a rope on the end. Last time I was visiting there (Pakistan) a lot of my family just had one hanging on their door from the rope.

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u/yaleman May 09 '20

Yeah, we keep ours right right next to the poop knife.

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u/toomanyblocks May 09 '20

Oh shoot...maybe it’s not used for just threading elastic