Pants to Fight The Patriarchy (I made jeans with 25 pockets!) 

I have decided that I will add "pocketmaxxing" to my fashion choice desires.

I have a coat that has a pocket positioned practically on the back of my thigh. It is so shallow my phone falls out ALL the time and I have to dislocate my shoulder to reach it. What brain designs that? Whenever you feel like starting the pocket sufragette revolution, I'm ready to storm the barricades with ya. ❤x

Forget knitting Ash…crochet is the way… Love your channel. I was among your first 1000 and loved they 1000 flowers. Go you!!!

I love how they turned out, and the choice of items in the pockets! Also, definitely would like to see you tackle making slippers. The story about your "lost" mug was too precious 😂

These are so 90's club kid! I love them

Great video! Your determination to sew these the right way was very informative! Also I started knitting before sewing. Highly recommend because the quality of knit sweaters you buy in store is so bad. I have a winter sweater i knit with cotton and it’s the best thing ever. Warm layer but still breathable, not itchy at all and looks great after many washings. Plus the act of knitting is such a calming thing to do with your hands.

I also wash/dry denim up to 3 times because it continues to shrink. I do this with flannel, corduroy, linen and denim because they all shrink for several washes.

Nice to know I'm not the only one that screams and yells when I sew.

Just a sarcastic amount of pockets.

A pocket a day keeps the handbag away!

I binge watched all your content last week while I was sick in bed 😂 you helped me through my cold and can’t wait to watch more 🥰

Wow.. that reveal.. This is so complicated! Well done brain and hands!

"Somehow there is a bit of dog biscuit in my sewing machine." This is the most relatable thing I've ever seen on RU-vid.

When you dropped the spool and added the exploding effect I felt completely satisfied! 🎉😂

Hi Ash absolutely loved this project. I was a bit suss about so many pockets but it looked absolutely amazing. Can’t wait to see your other projects. ❤❤❤

Wow, it's so stunning! Love all the different types of pockets. ❤

WOWW they came out so cool!!! cant believe theyre functional ANDD stylish hahaha

I did wonder what was going to happen with the buttonholes, and lo! It was hand-sewing time. They look great though! You had so much patience doing mock-ups. I "wearable toile-d" my way through getting to a decent pant fit and it was so depressing. So I applaud your commitment to doing it the right way! Thanks for sharing all the steps and this incredibly fun and funny project.

Ahhhh I love them so much! All the pockets! I absolutely hate tiny or fake pockets too. These are just wonderful. For knitting, yes, absolutely give it a try! I knit and crochet, I’ve made two sweaters this year and I’m working on my first summer tee. I was intimidated by garments for years but it’s really not that hard. And there are a ton of knitting tutorials on YT. As for slippers, yes! I’d love to see slipper making, sounds super fun. If you start knitting and enjoy it you could even knit/felt slippers.

Wishing you a free and fancy week!!!

These pants look amazing

First of all that 3rd mock up looked excellent, I would be making so many pairs of jeans and trousers in that style. Second of all, everything you said about pockets in ladies ... everything is so true. Third the jeans came out great. Last of all, I too have a partner called Thomas and I thought he was the loudest sneezer known to mankind - your Thomas has made me reconsider 😂. Very last of all, I am so jealous of your Juki.

so much room for so many things, these are so convenient!

It’s a bit extra but my favorite Christmas gift as an adult has been an ember mug, it has a heater in it so my drink never goes cold even when I forget it.

Hi Ash …. Wow your Jeans are absolutely amazing …. I love how you just jump into a project no matter how complex it is … you definitely need a 2nd chair in you room lol… I love how even pocket Thomas had his own pocket …. I still haven’t made a pocket Hazel yet and in all honesty probably never will …. Even though I want one …. Ooooooo you need to make a pocket Alfie !!!! Xxxxx

They turned out perfectly! Looking forward to the matching jacket. ❤

equal pay and equal pockets!

You did it! 👏👏👏😃 They look store bought! And you have such patience! Sewing would have made me lost my mind 😂🤣❤️

I built a standing desk for sewing and it has saved my back!

I knit and HIGHLY recommend it. It's SO fun. Garment knitting is definitely a time commitment, though, so just know that going into it. And just like how there's a lot of trial and error in sewing, there's a lot in knitting, as well. You'll realize you read the pattern wrong and have to rip back, or you miscounted and you have to rip back, or you just got into the rhythm of it and knitted too far and have to rip back, or a million other reasons you have to rip back. If you like the look of chunky knit sweaters, you could start out with a thicker yarn (like worsted or bulky) and the sweater will take a lot less time to make than one with a finer gauge. If you don't like the look of chunky knit sweaters, I don't think I would recommend starting out knitting something you know you won't like, even if it would be easier. Maybe check out a few different "What I wish I knew when I first started (garment) knitting" videos to see some more experienced knitters' advice to beginners.

I wish I could bingewatch your videos but I cant yet. So I'm commenting just for my own benefit :')

tape dispensers are just so unexpectedly fun for such a mundane item and holy heck I got my first dispenser this year and I will never go back :O OH I HOPE THE NEW PLACE IS GOING WELL FOR YOU :D

You did so well!! Jeans are so scary, and I've also been avoiding making pants. But maybe I can....?? We'll see 😊

they are truly day rave jeans! i love it. insulates slippers yes!!

What annoys me the most are the tiny pockets on plus size pants, like I am a US size 3X there is enough real estate for full size pockets and I have to empty my pockets every time I sit down so stuff doesn't fall out

Your pants are magic! So glad you found your slippers, mug and sorry about you finding the needle and thread. (Ouch). ❤

Tim the Tool Man would approve!

That machine is amazing! 🤩 so much denim but it looked too easy for it! I’m putting my vote in for moon boots 😆

Great jeans, you should do a slippers

😄 pants turned out great!! Pockets 🎊🎉👍 Thanks and Greetings 👋

Good day Ash, love your videos! Stick with sewing! So much more fun :) :) :)

Love your pocket jeans. Also reminds me of 90s Raves. 🥰🌟

this was such a fun project!!! can't wait for the next project!!!

I heard my native accent and clicked so dang fast into this video. I also was hanging for winter.... Until it happened and Melbourne decided to become an icicle and I have nothing to wear except pj's..... 😂

these are awesome! they remind me of a pair of electric blue raver pants i had back in high school

legitatmately my first youtube comment ever, but I love your channel and look forward to your uploads everytime. I hope your channel blows up soon, you deserve it :)

They look amazing Ash. Next fashion craze for sure. 😃❤👋

You are so fun to watch make whatever you want slippers cake dog clothes it’s you that we like to watch😊

They look amazing, I love all the pockets. I didn't realize you had to change thread for the different parts, I have been stitching stuffed for years oops lol. I do have a pair of dungarees which I love so much but they are super wide legged and at some point I may look into how to reduce this. I was just going to stitch up the leg and call it done 😂

Amazing pockets Shoes would be cool to see

So many pockets 😍! Pants manufacturers just need to do better. I have skirts and dresses with great pockets and pockets aren't even a part of their general design.

I love these jeans! You are amazing. And yes, please make moon booties lol

Absolutely love this! You look amazing and the fit looks really good!

these are so effing cool and ridiculous. two follow up questions: 1) can you sit comfortably in them (especially when the pockets are full of stuff?) and 2) how much do they weigh when the pockets aren't full? when you said at the beginning of the video something about the fabric being very heavy my curiosity was naturally piqued!

Amazing! Absolutely fantastic 🎉 fully elevated to Fashion status

wowwww....so so cool those jeans...well done ! !

I'm neurospicy too and I'm 100% convinced if I ever tried knitting or crocheting again, my main problem would still be losing my stitches and miscounting my rows. Buuut I've seen those thingies with the prongs where you simply weave the yarn like, in and out? and then over? To make scarves. Andddd... Well. What's a sweater if not a collection of scarf shaped thingies sewn into a tube and then to one another?? Can't be that difficult! Right? Right???

Nice job! I haven't made pants yet but mostly because many of the (men's, of course) cargo pants I found in the early aughts and bought a dozen pairs of, still fit and are still holding together (barely, many colourful patches). I have two pairs that hang by the door, one with garden loadout and one with work loadout, the work loadout pair weighs probably 10 lbs/4.5 kg cause I've got a multitude of tools in the pocketses and keys for six buildings on the belt loops. Today in addition to my usual loadout of knife, first aid kit, phone, marker, plant tags and scissors, I also had two 700 ml water bottles. And yeah, I literally leave a heap of stuff in a pile on the floor under where my pants hang when they go to the laundry... One thing I have had to do with some pairs of cargo pants is shorten the lower thigh pockets because either it strains and starts tearing the surrounding fabric when I've got something blocky like my phone in it, or becuase having heavy things too low when I'm doing active things has given me some rather spectacular bruises on and about my knees. So I do know where I want pocketses to be placed when I do eventually crack and make my own (the manufacturer no longer exists, which is a shame because those are the only pants with reasonable pockets I've ever found that comfortably fit my dad-bod-with-boobs body shape... and once they start disintegrating beyond being able to patch them back together, I'll be taking one pair apart to trace for a pattern.

First time here! Loved the pants!Just subscribed!

Theyre perfect!

Love! So cute!

Can I recommend safety glasses while sewing? A sudden needle shatter is terrifying

Love watching your videos. You should definitely learn to knit….especially all those super chunky jumpers that use multiple yarns….and I have a heap of labels if you have a P.O. Box that I can send them to….or will be in Melbourne in two weeks so could drop them off?

I really want to make a long (mid thigh) length denim coat. Kinda like a patchwork design. Size 16/18au. But I'm a beginner sewest.

I FUCKING LOVE REAL POCKETS TOO! SMALL POCKETS ARE FAKE POCKETS (still watching, future comments will come at the end)

I would love to see you make slipers ❤ 35:35

Omg where is that jumpsuit you showed off from??? I love it!! (Okay back to the video now)

Slippers, please.

I'm a simple person. I just want cargo pants to have so many pockets. Just a stupid number of pockets. Just every single pocket it can possibly have.

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I've done plenty of pocket ranting myself. The worst kind of fake pocket is when they do a welt pocket that appears to be real but actually only fits a single tampon. You were SO CLOSE to an actual pocket, whyyyy?!

My fashion teacher loves to make fake pockets into real pockets or bigger pockets and I’m always thinking about her when I’m wearing fake pockets Sorry random note. 😂 but truly can’t wait to finish watching this.

You are welcome for reminding you about a needle point tracing wheel. You should be a good RU-vidr and explain how it works.

One more and I’m finished -buy yourself some denim needles.

oh god i need to make big jeans now. these look incredible