It's been a really cold winter this year, and our apartment is draughty as they put wooden flooring throughout and little direct sun. When we moved in in Spring, this was fine - preferred in fact. Now we're in a record breaking winter and can't seem to keep rooms warm.  I had started using a doona (duvet) cover as a door snake in our bedroom as there is an inch gap underneath thanks to the flooring change.  Each day I would wake up and think, okay I need to make a snake for that.  And then when I went to bed, I'd think, tomorrow I will make a snake for that.  Finally the stars aligned and I remembered during the day and ransacked my remnants and scrap fabrics.  I had some left over outdoor fabric which I'm hoping will be a bit more durable. I measured the length of the door from jam to jam, roughly 80cm.  Then the width of the door, roughly an inch. Now, why would I need the width of the door, a snake just gets pushed against it right? Right, except I ...

This seems to be the year of adding crochet to my clothes and I am very okay with this. I have a tonne of shirts that aren't fitting right after putting on weight. Many of them are not replaceable so I've been mulling ideas on resizing them. I had a spark of inspiration on Friday and decided to run with it. Spoiler of the finished product, but look how great it turned out! (7 minute read) Enhance Band Shirt Let's go on the journey together! Really actually a journey, you'll notice some of the photos have varied backgrounds. I was making this while on the way to a friend's place and while visiting. So we have some train seat & Ikea rug backgrounds. Materials:  Band shirt (or any t-shirt you have) sewing pins scissors Sewing machine (or hand sew the seams) recommend rotary cutter with skip blade, else a hobby knife and ruler will work in a pinch cutting mat 4 mm hook  4 - 8ply yarn, preferably cotton or no-pill of your choice yarn needle yarn sc...