DIY Hoodie Makeover: A Cozy, Feral Crafting Adventure

As a lifelong craft-idea hoarder (Pinterest is basically my natural habitat), I’ve been on the hunt for ways to jazz up my new plain black hoodie. I don’t usually get cold, but apparently this year my body decided to experience “winter” for the first time, so: hoodie season it is.

My goal?
A battle jacket, but in hoodie form. Something patch-covered and full blown chaotic. And then I stumbled across the hoodie. Neon yarn. Ambivalent smiley faces on scrap fabric. A glorious explosion of vibes. I fell instantly in love.

Looking around the internet at places other than pinterest I found hoodies like this and other embroidery accented hoodies, costing $90 to over $100

Good thing I can 100% make this thing! I have neon(ish) yarn, and lots of random fabric and paint markers.

So, once I get a sewing needle that both has an eye big enough for yarn AND is sharp enough to go through the fabric of my hoodie, and maybe some neon pony beads, its game on! Then the DIY embroidered hoodie journey begins.

Probably mine will have a few less dangly threads in the end though. I feel like dangly bits on my hoodie would be begging an accident to happen.

So, what do you think. Is it too feral. Not feral enough?
Would you try this kind of hoodie customization?

There is another yarn craft I want to work on that involves using a cardboard weaving loom. I’m a little afraid to try that one though, because nothing I can fin tells me exactly how big to make the loom, or exactly how much yarn I need, and the yarn for that project is about $20 a skein. When I tackle that one it will be a true “wing it and hope” situation—classic feral crafting.

Anyway, check back next week to hold me accountable for the DIY Hoodie goodness