DIY Satin Lined Hoodie

tinksaysboo

Because breakage is a huge issue for me, I have been looking at ways to always protect my curls. I would like to put satin lining in all my clothing with hoods. 

Has anyone tried this?  I can’t find anything online so hoping someone here might have some links/tips for lining your own hoodies. 

Guide 65

Great idea!  This is not for a satin lining and not for hoodies....but this might give you some ideas anyway.  It's for lining a knit hat with polar fleece for more warmth or to avoid itchiness from wool.  You should be able to just substitute the satin for the fleece.

http://techknitting.blogspot.com/2008/06/fully-lining-hats-with-polar-fleece.html

tinksaysboo

I got some awesome advice from someone on /r/curlyhair 

“I don't have links but I am a tailor so I could have some helpful info. The only hard thing about doing this is that satin is a difficult fabric to work with. but it's not that hard, especially if don't by hand! I would recommend tracing each hood on a piece of paper and then using that as a pattern and make two halves the same way the hood would've been made. sew them together, fold the edges under about 1/4 of an inch and sew around it to the hood around the edges! it shouldn't take long and shouldn't be terribly hard. I wouldn't recommend pins because it'll cause a lot of holes in the fabric, but clips work!”

Guide 65

You might want to also sew along the seam to tack the two pieces together so they don't separate.  Let us know how it goes!

BrittanyM

I wish I could do this. I’m envious of the person who can say, I am a tailor.

tinksaysboo

BrittanyM said:

I wish I could do this. I’m envious of the person who can say, I am a tailor.

I don't have much confidence in my ability to accomplish this haha

But I wonder if a tailor would do it for a fee.

StraightPassing

Apologies for tacking on to this thread but it was the only more recent one I could find regarding satin fabric and curls and I did try to post this as its own question but an error code kept showing up, but my query is kind of related to the topic at hand I guess.

More importantly, I hope you do find someone who can help because this sound like a great idea!  

So, I've been looking into things recently and I've been wanting to wear my hair down or styled more regularly, rather than as I have been doing just putting it up in a bun because it gets frizzy after the first day and because usually after the first day my curl pattern has dropped. I'm aware that the latter is probably because I need products with more moisture and hold (I'm a low porosity, coarse, long haired 3a/b) but that's easily fixable. Advice I had come across had also suggested sleeping with a satin bonnet on. I found a pair of pajama trousers that I hadn't used in forever which seemed to be a satin material (silky side and dull side) so I improvised with those to test if it worked first rather than using (however little the cost would be) money on something that might not work, as I assumed it was more to do with the feel and overall weave of the fabric as you can get polyester satin after all.

The thing is, my hair still seems frizzy and dry/curl dropped out as it usually does. I wasn't sure if maybe I was wearing the wrong side? I've been sleeping with the silky side against my hair. Though it also occurs to me that as it often feels warm on my head with it on, is the warmth perhaps raising the cuticle while I sleep and causing frizz? I did have a look at Youtube videos to see how people put theirs on but there seems to be no consensus about which side should be against the head.

kira0

Nice idea, tell about your experience