IH-888-XHS - 25oz Selvedge Denim Medium/High Rise Tapered Cut Jeans - Indigo

[Paul9221]

If you would've gone up to a higher floor, you probably could've turned them into a windsock off the balcony.  Though I can only imagine some of the many ways that that could go hilariously wrong

[Palmer]

The things we do for art… I got an inch of shrink on my 666-XHS but I also had to work for it. My other XHSibs got to .75 inch and I settled.

[RoxRocks86]

Did you stir the pot with a wooden ladle too? 
This is quite the xhs shrink adventure. Super stoked you got em & were able to take them with you!

[Giles]

@vaquero357:

I want to see that 'double chainstitch hem job'! Sounds interesting.

I always go round mine twice.  I'll take a pic later, you cant really tell, especially if the needle goes into the same hole of the second revolution, but it makes the hem a load stronger….

[Filthy2123ozjunkie]

@RoxRocks86:

Did you stir the pot with a wooden ladle too? 
This is quite the xhs shrink adventure. Super stoked you got em & were able to take them with you!

Thanks. I used some metal tongs. I was just trying to get hotter water. I turned the water heater down because we were have $350 a month gas bills.

[weftyarn]

Where are the fit pics, @Filthy
Really curious to see how they turned out post soak.

[Chap]

@weftyarn:

Where are the fit pics, @Filthy
Really curious to see how they turned out post soak.

They shrunk to much… he can’t button them 

[Filthy2123ozjunkie]

I'm working out in the middle of nowhere and no phone worthy of taking pics with yet. Sorry

[Filthy2123ozjunkie]

It took me exactly 23 minutes to get the top button done up on these.

my internal organs:

[Filthy2123ozjunkie]

@weftyarn here's a fit pic. I had to stand on the bed to get this.

The legs fit me perfectly and the waist is super tight. But all my other pairs the waist gets too loose after a month. So these should be just right.

[RoxRocks86]

Great fit @Filthy ! Your dedication to get that top button buttoned is admirable. Do you get to wear these to work?

[Filthy2123ozjunkie]

No, I wouldn't wear these at my daytime gig. I have to wear FR coveralls.

The nighttime one is a different story

[weftyarn]

The legs fit me perfectly and the waist is super tight. But all my other pairs the waist gets too loose after a month. So these should be just right.

Looking good @Filthy

Will you get them hemmed? A tight waist is always nice to start with and. My 888s 21OZ have stretched a ton, too.

[Filthy2123ozjunkie]

They were already hemmed.

First night in the bag. The waist has loosened up so I can get a finger in there. This seems like it is gonna be the perfect cut for me. I love the fit of these and how they are slightly tight behind the knee and the taper of the leg. I also really like how the denim feels since it had been soaked.

[Giles]

@vaquero357:

want to see that 'double chainstitch hem job'! Sounds interesting.

I used navy thread, so hard to see, but these are double chainstitched…..

[vaquero357]

…oh yeah, heavy duty.

[Filthy2123ozjunkie]

@vaquero357 here's mine 
https://www.instagram.com/p/CNTidTkjc_1/?igshid=1kcm7barogr42

[vaquero357]

…a little salve for the OCD!

[Filthy2123ozjunkie]

[RoxRocks86]

That double chain stitch looks great!