a spur of the moment event...

last night, I was really antsy to do somethng with a tshirt my son discarded. I recently saw this tutorial from Threadbanger.com and wanted to try it. Crocheting to customize a tshirt is somehing I have wanted to do since I saw the tutorial...

So after staring at the shirt, since it was lying on my couch, and NOT in a proper place, I stared cutting. I cut under the sleeves and around the wing motif. Then I "de-seamed" that parts I cut off, and turned the strips into "yarn" to crochet onto the rest of the shirt. I had a vision of a tank top deal...

I crocheted directly into the shirt all the way around, and onece more around the front only. Then I made straps. I was running out of yarn, so I only made two straps. I envisioned a jumper type top like the ones we nearly peed on ourselves in when we were smaller *80's flashback*. Instead, I only made two in the front for a halter type effect until I can find more tshirt "yarn" in a complimentary color...

Here it is...

You can see the crocheted detail around the top edge. It isnt super neat because I wanted that organic look. The key hole sorta developed as I tried to work around the wing motif, but ended up with too much width.
Here is a full view for the shirt...

As you can see, its still a full tshirt. Like I said, it was my son's shirt. I'm thankful he like regular fitting clothes. This shirt was a men's medium. The shirt was well worn and feels like butter. He discarded it because of a bleach stain... His loss, my free project...
Here it is on me...

I love this revamp, and I love how the wings look around the keyhole. I secured the keyhole with a pin until I can figure what else to do with it.

Altogether, it took me 3 hours. One hour to cut the "yarn" and the other two to crochet and try it on repeatedly to see how it fit...

I wore it today and I need to make some adjustments to make it a little tighter, but this was definitely a fun and fast project! And I got some folks asking me to make them one, too!

Thanks for reading,
@tishushu