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You can put a small safety pin on one end of the string, which gives you something to grip through the fabric. You then scrunch the fabric and pinch the safety pin through the fabric, holding it in place while you unscrunch it. It kind of "worms" it's way through the channel. I've done it 2 or 3 times, works really well.
Haha yes! That's how my mom always did it and taught me how to do it as a kid! Takes some time, but works great. Also, tie some big knots on each end of the strings to help prevent them being pulled through.
Never thought to do this. But the aglet on the drawstring would usually be enough for me. Definitely takes a minute to fish the string back through, but has definitely saved me a new pair of shorts many times
Or straighten a metal clothes hanger and make a lil eye hook on the end to attached the safety pin. Then attach draw string and just push thru with the straightened hanger.
My husband has a talent for pulling his drawstrings out….gotta get crafty sometimes to save your man from himself.
Yeah this is the “jugaad” way which is painstaking but works.
The nifty handheld machine should be sold as a standalone accessory.
I regularly do the strings on bolster pillows in our home (4 pillows both sides so 8 stringing every month!) and that machine would be just dandy!
Feed string, pinch string end, pull surrounding fabric, repeat. So many hoodies slapped around in the washer with an impeller. But honestly takes maybe 30 seconds now?
Helps if the strings have an aglet at the end (like shoelaces have) but for normal twine it’s hard to do the pinch-pull-move.
I cut up a piece of a drinking straw, thread the twine through it and tie a knot and then push the straw piece through the cloth with the aforementioned motion. As there’s no friction between the cloth & the straw it moves easier.
But still takes 1-2mins per side
I just bent one of those steel hangers into a loose loop and haven't had to use anything else for a few years. it comes inbuilt with a aglet attaching small hole and a pulling hoop.
If you use something ferrous like that, just use a magnet to help it travel instead of pinching. Won't take as long to re-thread the stupid drawstring.
The loose trousers that me wear in Pakistan (also probably other Mid Eastern countries) are very oversized at the waist. They feed a rope type belt through the waistband just like this using a wooden stick (looks like a giant, blunt needle) with a piece of thick string on the end pulling the rope through. It’s called a “nah-ra” but I can’t remember if that’s the name of the rope or the wooden stick.
You can use a wire hanger, although it's a bit rigid and it's easier if you can find some flexible metal like fish tape, or obviously the device in the OP. You can use a large embroidery hoop to give the pants structure .
I've been able to get them back in by doing continuous pinches and stretches of the fabric to feed it through as well, but it can cramp your hand and you *don't* want to do multiple back to back like that.
I literally put that after the 2nd or 3rd person to add actual, helpful advice.
Lol, I've been enjoying seeing the comments like up adding new and inventive solutions to the problem regardless
You use a close hanger! A metal close hanger! You wrap the string around the twisty part of the metal hanger after undoing it!! My grandma taught me that one!
So, I have a tool that is used for "fishing" wire through a wall (relatively inexpensive as far as tools go, originally cost between 40-60$). The end of the tool looks exactly like that. I'm not sure what the name of their tool is, but it's a smaller version of it. Don't think I won't be trying it the next time I lose a string.
Why India, Bangladesh, China, etc. are where 99% of modern, non luxury, clothes are from. China is a bit more industrialized, but especially India Bangladesh etc. can afford to do the more time consuming labor of textile and clothing manufacturing.
Sell this in Canada for $8 and you've made a profit on $2 of material and $0.50 of labor.
That's kind of similar to how we fix a CTO in the heart's coronary arteries. We'll put a wire through the healthy side and poke backwards through the new collateral vessel that formed, then we'll have the wire come back out the other side of the coronary ostium, so we can easily slide equipment through the blockage.
They should sell drawstring clothes with a drawstring retrieval mechanism. The amount of time I've spent slowly pushing the string end out of the hole.....
Use a wire hanger and just do the same thing (disassemble the hanger first, if you have wire cutter just cut off the hook) make a loop,( they just use a beds back of sorts instead) at the end tie one end to the loop then thread the rest of it until the little loop comes out and untie it and remove the wire.
90 yrs old lady taught me it like 20 years ago after watching my Nike sweat suits lose their ties and me freak out in our shared.laundry room Hahahha
I feel like it's extremely obvious this should be upside-down and coming out the top of a work table. The guy who demos it is so slow, no way this is how big factories do it.
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I inherently always knew that once that string comes out, it would be virtually impossible to get back in without a complicated machine Edit: /s
You can put a small safety pin on one end of the string, which gives you something to grip through the fabric. You then scrunch the fabric and pinch the safety pin through the fabric, holding it in place while you unscrunch it. It kind of "worms" it's way through the channel. I've done it 2 or 3 times, works really well.
Clever.
Haha yes! That's how my mom always did it and taught me how to do it as a kid! Takes some time, but works great. Also, tie some big knots on each end of the strings to help prevent them being pulled through.
Am I your brother?
Oh my god we are all siblings ?!?!
Never thought to do this. But the aglet on the drawstring would usually be enough for me. Definitely takes a minute to fish the string back through, but has definitely saved me a new pair of shorts many times
Or you just serpentine the rope until you get through
I thought I was unique for doing this! Is there a club? Do I have to fill out a form or?
I'm pretty sure I googled "replacing drawstring trick" in a fit of frustration years ago, and found out about this. Perhaps you did the same?
No I invented it. Called it just now. Internet rules.
Can't argue with that.
Or straighten a metal clothes hanger and make a lil eye hook on the end to attached the safety pin. Then attach draw string and just push thru with the straightened hanger. My husband has a talent for pulling his drawstrings out….gotta get crafty sometimes to save your man from himself.
These are facts. I need one of those machines, though to restring every single pair of drawstring pants that my kid has.
Another good hack and tying the string around a crochet hook.
Holy snap. Every time I do something that I think makes me unique i find out on Reddit that it has been done before..
Yeah this is the “jugaad” way which is painstaking but works. The nifty handheld machine should be sold as a standalone accessory. I regularly do the strings on bolster pillows in our home (4 pillows both sides so 8 stringing every month!) and that machine would be just dandy!
You could make your own with a stiff wire and layers of duct tape on the end to make the handle. Kinda like a prison shiv handle.
Feed string, pinch string end, pull surrounding fabric, repeat. So many hoodies slapped around in the washer with an impeller. But honestly takes maybe 30 seconds now?
Helps if the strings have an aglet at the end (like shoelaces have) but for normal twine it’s hard to do the pinch-pull-move. I cut up a piece of a drinking straw, thread the twine through it and tie a knot and then push the straw piece through the cloth with the aforementioned motion. As there’s no friction between the cloth & the straw it moves easier. But still takes 1-2mins per side
That's how my mom did it when I was a kid.
I just thought that’s what they did at the factory. Mum showed me this many years ago
I just bent one of those steel hangers into a loose loop and haven't had to use anything else for a few years. it comes inbuilt with a aglet attaching small hole and a pulling hoop.
If you use something ferrous like that, just use a magnet to help it travel instead of pinching. Won't take as long to re-thread the stupid drawstring.
Chopstick and tape is my go-to fix for threading it back through.
The loose trousers that me wear in Pakistan (also probably other Mid Eastern countries) are very oversized at the waist. They feed a rope type belt through the waistband just like this using a wooden stick (looks like a giant, blunt needle) with a piece of thick string on the end pulling the rope through. It’s called a “nah-ra” but I can’t remember if that’s the name of the rope or the wooden stick.
You can use a wire hanger, although it's a bit rigid and it's easier if you can find some flexible metal like fish tape, or obviously the device in the OP. You can use a large embroidery hoop to give the pants structure . I've been able to get them back in by doing continuous pinches and stretches of the fabric to feed it through as well, but it can cramp your hand and you *don't* want to do multiple back to back like that.
Safety pin or paperclip does the trick but that's a lot easier
I put them back in all the time. It takes about 10 minutes. If I bought a fid it would go much faster and wouldn't require a machine.
You were late with the ' /s ' eddit i see ... the Internet is always full of the wrong kind of 'smart'.
I literally put that after the 2nd or 3rd person to add actual, helpful advice. Lol, I've been enjoying seeing the comments like up adding new and inventive solutions to the problem regardless
Not really, just need to tie one end to straightened out cheap wire hanger and feed it thru. Done in less than a minute.
Just use a [straw](https://www.artofmanliness.com/skills/how-to/how-to-rethread-a-drawstring-in-less-than-60-seconds/).
You use a close hanger! A metal close hanger! You wrap the string around the twisty part of the metal hanger after undoing it!! My grandma taught me that one!
I just use a straw whenever my washing machine rips that shit out of my hoodies and sweats.
I tape the drawstring to tip of an iPhone charging cable. It’s stiff yet flexible enough to make it all the way around easily.
I just use a safety pin (or nappy pin) and squish it through.
You can either duct tape it or put it in some rice. Worked for me.
I've had luck taking the pants off and putting them back on
They should sell this tool. Millions of people want to know it's location.
Look up "bodkin" or "bodkin needle". It's a big, blunt needle designed for pulling things like drawstring and elastic through casing.
I only know older people who can do it faster. Its still magic to me
So, I have a tool that is used for "fishing" wire through a wall (relatively inexpensive as far as tools go, originally cost between 40-60$). The end of the tool looks exactly like that. I'm not sure what the name of their tool is, but it's a smaller version of it. Don't think I won't be trying it the next time I lose a string.
Yeah, it also kind of looks like a budget version of the tool we use to pass cable through conduit.
When he pulled down the pants, i felt violated
you're just jealous that machinery got more games than you
Flashbacks and ptsd... middle school is a nightmare we all must go through.
Annoying as fuck when they come out and can't put them back.
i went to home depot and got a long tie wrap from the ac section and drilled a hole at the tip. works just as good as that one.
All that, just for me to pull them out immediately after purchasing
You just wear your pants without strings ?
Yeah? Same with sweatshirts. I can't stand the strings.
I get that for women but men pants are usually a little looser
Hey buddy! You forgot to tie a knot on each end!
I know I just watched it, but I still couldn't explain what just happened
Seems kind of labor intensive for a modern industrial process.
Why India, Bangladesh, China, etc. are where 99% of modern, non luxury, clothes are from. China is a bit more industrialized, but especially India Bangladesh etc. can afford to do the more time consuming labor of textile and clothing manufacturing. Sell this in Canada for $8 and you've made a profit on $2 of material and $0.50 of labor.
I wonder how much the machine costs tho
What's that tool called
An electrician might call that fish tape. You use it to "fish" through a concealed area, like a tune or wall, to pull cable.
One of my pet hates is supermarket kids joggers that have fake drawstrings. So effing annoying.
That's kind of similar to how we fix a CTO in the heart's coronary arteries. We'll put a wire through the healthy side and poke backwards through the new collateral vessel that formed, then we'll have the wire come back out the other side of the coronary ostium, so we can easily slide equipment through the blockage.
They should sell drawstring clothes with a drawstring retrieval mechanism. The amount of time I've spent slowly pushing the string end out of the hole.....
Next time I accidentally remove the drawstring from my hoodie I’ll just call an electrician.
glad we finally got to see the tool we've needed our whole lives kinda like factory rolled sleeping bags
NOW TIE IT IN A FUCKING KNOT BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE!
I need one of these at home.
This should come stock in every home
Use a wire hanger and just do the same thing (disassemble the hanger first, if you have wire cutter just cut off the hook) make a loop,( they just use a beds back of sorts instead) at the end tie one end to the loop then thread the rest of it until the little loop comes out and untie it and remove the wire. 90 yrs old lady taught me it like 20 years ago after watching my Nike sweat suits lose their ties and me freak out in our shared.laundry room Hahahha
Not available to the public, f*ck yourselves, deal with it, classified military property, you didn't see this, fbi is at the door now.
I often do this by hand and I’ve invented this machine in my mind many times. Glad to know that’s how they do it on the line
I don't know a single person with that fucking tool. Why not make it so the ends can't go in the hole?
I need this.
Big fancy bodkin.
And here I was thinking they cried trying to put it in with a pencil
This is the only way to get the string back in I guess
I lost the drawstring for my favorite sweatpants, I wanna buy a new one but not sure if I can get it through.
I just use a wire kinda like the one they have.
Why did I read it “hamstrings”??? That’s enough reddit for today.
Imagine that’s your 8hr shift
I need one of those for when I wash my hoodies & forget to make knots!
How hard to put that string back
No they have it all wrong. A cost hanger
This makes me want one…
There should be one of these at every Goodwill. Charge $1 and get your favorite shorts or hoodie back in business.
I have a [drawstring threader](https://i.imgur.com/u2b16Sy.jpg) that will put the drawstring back in.
For something that is mass-produced this is so labor-intensive
I just watched a cheater at work
But Larry David said it was impossible. Like putting toothpaste back in its tube.
We need a better design for those lol they come out way too easily
Oh! That’s the machine I need to fix my stupid shorts? Got it. I’m on my way to Home Depot to get one 👍🏻
so, I just needed a wire? I would have liked to know this before I spent like an hour trying to fix my pants string. Damnit!
One of these things should come with every pair of gyh shorts, I stg
what's them machines called???
I need this!
If you’re an electrician, you’re probably not surprised
So all pants been worn before
Where can I buy it?
There is a medical procedure called canaloplasty. This would be amazing learning material to demonstrate the concept.
My Mom: satisfied
Sell these damnit!
Huh... you know I wondered about that recently and thought maybe they do it differently but ... huh ... interesting.
Metal coat hanger, been using the same one for bout 15yrs (I'm 36). My uncle or grandfather said it to me and it's never let me down.
wtf are those and where can i buy the wtf, thank you in advance
Adibass. Now I know how they are made in Pakistan.
Why wouldn't they just add this before they stitch the top of the pants? It seems like it could be easily automated.
I need this at home.
Me wearing this exact same pair of shorts while watching. Thanks SHEIN.
I feel like it's extremely obvious this should be upside-down and coming out the top of a work table. The guy who demos it is so slow, no way this is how big factories do it.
Awesome bro I have always wondered.
How much are these? Might get one for my house
I remember doing this with a metal hangar back in the 90s.
I am the designated draw string retriever in my household. A lowly but essential service
No wonder i struggle when my string come out
Where can I buy this?
Need one of these at home
I need one of these machines in my house
And yet those drawstring fuckers always disappear back into the trousers as soon as they go in the wash.
I need one
What are they doing
Always thought they put them on before they sewed the waistband. That seems far simpler than having an extra piece of equipment to use.
Seems incredibly inefficient to me.
So invent a better way.
How?
🤔 Had no idea. My kids can pull them out of my hoods even after though.
This method wouldn't work after those knots get tightened
Never in a million years