FRILL JEANS HACK

Bord of your every day jean, are the legs a bit to short, have you ripped a hole in them and want a bit of the same colour denim for patching? Or just want to give them summer FLAIR!

Well this pattern is perfect to give your denim that Summer treatment, bust your stash and to give your jeans a new lease of life.

All you will need is a pair of jeans and a mix of colours from your DK cotton stash!

Think of these instructions as a recipe of techniques as working on an existing garment and using your stash each make will be different!

Happy Hookin’

Pattern Hack originally featured in Simply Crochet Magazine

WHAT YOU WILL NEED:

Denim Jeans
Mixed cotton DK yarn- I have used 6 colours
2mm Crochet Hook
4mm Crochet Hook
Tape measure
Knitting needle
Pen
Scissors

STEP 1

Take your jeans and measure around 15cm from hem or to your desired length. Note: The frill we will be adding to the bottom is around 10cm.

STEP 2

Cut one leg at a time and use first cut line as a guide for the second leg.

Remember to keep these small offs cuts as they are perfect for patches!

STEP 3

Using the tape measure 1cm above from cut hem and mark with a small dot at 1cm intervals all the way around the bottom of your jeans leg. These marks are where we will do our first crochet row.

STEP 4

Using your Knitting needle poke a hole in your denim where you have marked, this is what you will be crocheting through.

For your first row use the 2mm needle, it is smaller than you would usually use for this yarn but enables you to go through the denim easier.

Round 1: Starting with your yarn on your hook, DC into each hole twice around the edge of your jean, SS join into your first ST at end of round, Switch to size 4mm needle

STEP 5

Round 2: To increase your stitches and make the frill, using the live yarn, *CH3, miss 2DC (one cluster) DC in-between Sts* repeat till all the way round edge, SS join into first DC of Round, Fasten Off

STEP 6

Round 3: Join in new colour into any CH Sp, (CH 3, TR2) into same Sp, *TR3 into the next 3 CH* repeat this into every CH Sp, SS join into the 3rd CH at end of round, Fasten off

Round 4: Join in new colour into gap between clusters, (CH 3, TR2) into same Sp, *, miss 3 TR, TR3 into the next gap* repeat this into every gap, SS join into the 3rd CH at end of round, Fasten off

Round 5: DC Join in new colour into gap between clusters, CH 3 * CH 3, miss 3 TR, DC into the next gap* repeat all the way around, SS join into the first DC, Fasten off

Round 6: Join in new colour into any CH Sp, (CH 3, TR2) into same Sp, *TR3 into the next 3 CH* repeat this into every CH Sp, SS join into the 3rd CH at end of round, Fasten off

Round 7: Join in new colour into gap between clusters, (CH 4, DTR2) into same Sp, *, miss 3 TR, DTR3 into the next gap* repeat this into every gap, SS join into the 4th CH at end of round, Fasten off

Round 5: DC Join in first colour into gap between clusters, CH 3 * CH 3, miss 3 DTR, DC into the next gap* repeat all the way around, SS join into the first DC, Fasten off

Sew in ends

You can extend or shorten this design to make these frills perfect to you!

STEP 7

Using the techniques from Step 3 & 4 again finish off your jeans and complete their overhaul by adding some crochet detailing to the pockets!

STEP 1:

Take your jeans and measure around 15cm from hem or to your desired length. Note: The frill we will be adding to the bottom is around 10cm.

STEP 2 :

Cut one leg at a time and use first cut line as a guide for the second leg.

Remember to keep these small offs cuts as they are perfect for patches!

STEP 3:

Using the tape measure 1cm above from cut hem and mark with a small dot at 1cm intervals all the way around the bottom of your jeans leg. These marks are where we will do our first crochet row.

STEP 4: