Sunday, February 24, 2013

triangles

A while ago I read a great tutorial on discharge printing from Mad Mim. Inspired by that tutorial and by the Trommpo Origami hoodie spotted on Pinterest, I created a triangle sweater for my little boy.
Trommpo Origami Hoodie
My knock off
I must say I'm pretty pleased with the result. To create the discharge print, I folded a piece of freezer paper into eight folds and cut out the diamond pattern. Then I ironed the freezer paper onto the front piece and the raglan sleeves, and used it as a stencil for applying the discharge paste. This is some kind of thick bleach paste, which is transparent when you apply it, and gets activated by steam ironing it (like magic, the pattern reveals itself!). The bleach effect depends on how thick you applied the paste and on the temperature of your iron. In this case, it resulted in a somewhat uneven pattern, but I like the effect. It looks like some kind of tribal print.
I used a standard raglan pattern (Ottobre) for the sweater. Based on the Trommpo sweater, I cut two triangles of the front piece and and added the triangular pockets.
The triangle theme was repeated in the collar as well.
The sweater is still a bit large for my boy. In addition, he was not very cooperative about putting it on for some photos. Fortunately, his big sister volunteered for a little photoshoot, and since their torsos are almost the same size (despite two years of difference in age and quite some difference in length), it fit her perfectly. So I might end up putting it in her closet, for the time being.



21 comments:

  1. OH. MY. GOODNESS, that is AMAZING!! Wow, I'm sort of speechless, it really is spectacular! Thank you so much for sharing, I am so inspired!

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  2. This looks awesome! I love it! You should share some of these in our BOY Flickr group. I'd love to share it in one of my boy roundups!
    http://www.flickr.com/groups/celebratetheboy/

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  3. ahhh. I just noticed some of your photos in the group already! haha. Sorry. Somehow I missed this one though. Very impressive. I'm so glad you told me about the discharge stuff.

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    1. Yeah, it's great stuff. Very smelly (it can't be healthy...), but the effect is impressive. Would love to be mentioned in one of your roundups.

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  4. I had to come over from alida makes to tell you how great this sweatshirt is. I saw it and thought, i need to follow this lady.

    Ps. Origami is awesome

    Mae

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  5. Ha, I wanted to say exactly the same as Mae above ;-)
    Comes from Alida, love it and I will now follow you with Bloglovin!

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  6. So cool - love this! Over here from Alida Makes.

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  7. I just love your stuff! It's funny too cause my son just decided that the shirt I made for his sister should be his, and it does fit him, so I can't argue! :D

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  8. This is awesome. I love the tribal print on the raglan sleeve.

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  9. I think this is great. I love the pattern of the sweater. It is so unique. I have never heard of discharge paste. I'm going to put that in my bag of tricks. Thanks for sharing it at PR&P so I could find it.

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    1. Discharge paste is very cool stuff. Go to Mad Mim's tutorial (see link in my post) for more info about it.

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  10. So great..love this and especially the pockets! I am going to have to try one for my origami obsessed son!

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  11. How very clever. That sweater is precious!

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  12. Wow! I LOVE the origami shape of this sweatshirt. And the design is so eye catching. I would love to try this technique!

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  13. Love the modern feel of this! It's so great!
    liZ

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  14. I love everything about this! The print is done so well and the shape of the front of the sweatshirt is so cool.

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  15. Love the printing and absolutely love the triangle sweater idea. Its complelety awesome and even better if it gets twice the wear from the siblings!

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  16. This is so fabulous. I have to try it!

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