With the economy the way it is today, my daughter and I try to recyle, reuse, and purchase items at thrift stores. Saturday afternoon my daughter was shopping at Goodwill and brought home a pair of very comfortable and chic Lei jeans at a fraction of the price you would pay for them at the mall. They were brand new sample jeans with tags still on them. She was ecstatic about them except for the long thin rectangular rip where the security tag had been originally attached. Of course my daughter thought a patch would work. But then she, knowing how crafty I am, decided to ask me if I could do some creative but simple crochet on them to cover up the rip.
She went thru my yarn stash and whipped out some yarn that would match the seam thread in her jeans and a crochet hook that was small enough to pierce the denim and not leave a big hole. We decided a braided look would work best and I went to work on them. She wanted the bow on the bottom so I started at the bottom by chaining about 21 and then using a slip stitch to attach the yarn to the material and chained 4 (enough to cross over to the other side of the rip at a slight angle) and attached to the other side with a slip stitch, chained 4 and continued this way back and forth up to the top of the rip leaving enough space between stitches for the return stitches. Once at the top, I simply started back down stitching into the opposite sides where there was a space between. Once back at the bottom, I chained enough stitches to create a small bow and tied it. My daughter was very pleased with how they turned out and so am I. I think it even made the jeans trendier looking. The next time your jeans develop a rip or tear, try this method to save buying a new pair.
