HackSpace_-_October_2019

PHONE CASE

Kerry Michelle

Project Maker

Project Link

hsmag.cc/fksskQ

Juanita

Project Maker

Project Link

hsmag.cc/IFYVpY

hen Kerry, a self-professed fan

of Pac-Man, was gifted a pair of

Pac-Man socks, she couldn’t bear

the thought of wearing them as

such. She had been saving them

for a creative useful hack for sometime, when she

decided to use them to create a cover for her new

mobile phone. Like all the other builds, this one

will require a bit of needlework as well. Kerry first

measured her phone against the sock. She then

stitched the sock as per the phone’s length, and then

snipped away the remaining unwanted portion of the

sock, saving it for another future hack. Replicating

Kerry’s hack isn’t time-consuming and only requires

a simple stitch. You can enhance your sock phone

case further by adding a couple of buttons to

keep the cords for the earphones neatly organised

(hsmag.cc/wwwYVz).

o you have poor circulation in your

feet and are your toes always freezing?

As a mum and an adventurer, Juanita

understands our predicament and the

need to keep our feet warm. Her hack

repurposes two pairs of old unused socks into one

pair of insulated socks that’ll do a lot of good on cold

rainy nights. First, turn one pair of socks inside out and

wear them. Then wear the other pair over them the

right way out, so that the inside of both the pair on

either leg are facing each other. Then refer to Juanita’s

Instructable and use chalk to draw lines on the sock,

around the base of the foot and running up. Then,

remove the sock carefully and use a backstitch to stitch

along the lines. When you’re done, you’ll end up with a

series of pockets in the socks. Fill these with rice and

stitch some more, and you’re done. Now, microwave

the socks for 30 seconds, and put them on.

LENS

HEAT PACK SOCKS

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“ You can use it as an

exercising accessory to

secure your keys “

Right

Although she only had

to stitch one side of the

sock, you might have to

stitch the sides as well, to

make sure your phone is

a snug fit

Right

Unlike the other hacks,

this one requires a fair

bit of stitching to create

the pockets