Home made uniform?

[WoolyMama]

Is this an daft idea?
I really want to make most of dd's uniform when she goes to school - I'll probably buy shirts but I'd like to knit or sew the rest.

I'm quite a confident sewer and knitter and already make a lot of dc's clothes

The school uniform isn't super strict so they'll definitely be allowed and younger dc's are both girls so stuff can be handed down.

Hmm M&S seem to be out of the 100% cotton pinafores at present. 85% feels very cottony and not teflon at all, but I couldn't wear it due to allergies so maybe no good for you either. The ecooutfitters one someone found is cute and 100%. Love the jersey type pinafores and skirts they are perfect for reception. I'd buy a jersey one over making a non jersey cotton one, but maybe you're clever enough to make in jersey too.

Oh god please don’t. Home made oat and never has been cool.

I wore various hand made clothing throughout my school years and never got negative comments. Both at primary when we didn't have a uniform and at secondary when we did. Indeed several of my handmade items were coveted by classmates.

My mum made me a matching jersey top and skirt which I wore in years 5 and 6 that loads of kids asked for one the same as.

At secondary homemade (my mum made some things, I did a couple) it meant being able to push uniform rules that little bit further and take fashions a little more extreme. My first solo make was a long button through black skirt I wore for secondary school in the 90s got great comments on it as it was fuller and swishier than the ones in the shops 😁

Why not save your talents for the multiple dress up days (you can go to won on those), and offer your services to the school for school plays?

Yes, DD started a week and a half ago and has her first dress up day this week 🙄

go to town

Love these posts on MN.
OP: is this a daft idea?
Most of MN: yes
OP: but I want to do it
Most of MN: please don't
OP: la la la la la

This is really bloody, awfully depressing!! I am a knitter, I wear hand knit cardis, jumpers, hats, gloves and mittens and I get complimented on them by my class and the parents a lot. If you are bringing up your children so badly that they see handknitted or handmade stuff as lesser there is something seriously wrong with you! Most of the cardis that are sold by schools go hard and horrible after a while. It's particularly noticeable at the min as some children have brand new cardis and others have last years and last years are obviously faded and feel stiffer and rougher. A decent handknit in reasonable wool would not feel that way!

I also had a little girl last year (Yr4) who had loads of hand knitted and crocheted cardigans, hats and scarves and the children used to beg to swap their fleece hat for her crocheted foxy hat!

It's not about hand made being lesser but about it being different. Probably not an issue in reception but we all know that kids just want to be like everyone else til they hit the age when they want to be different!

But it's not just 4 year olds in the playground.
In most schools Reception play separately.
If your DC are at a school where older primary school children would tease four year olds for having a hand knitted cardigan then the school needs a serious intervention.

We get 100% cotton trousers (M&S) and polos and sweatshirts (Debenhams). I've had to buy a few odd colour items (e.g. black shorts) from Eco Outfitters but they are more pricey. My 4yo is tiny but we don't really do dresses/skirts though I did get her cotton gingham dresses (M&S) she won't wear them.
I also knit and I'd go for it for infants if you want to, then see how she feels.
I made my own fluffy grey cardigan for secondary (probably Y11?) and enjoyed the attention but that was my choice. Plus it was a lot warmer than anyone else's. Good in our Victorian secondary school but primary schools tend to be quite warm.

My school uniform had to be handmade both in infants and then again my first 2 years of secondary as I was so tiny and nobody sold those uniform colours in those sizes back then. My infant dress looked slightly different but I didn't care then by secondary uniform looked exactly the same - I didn't have much choice and I was glad when I grew into regular stuff although I was never teased for it - being tiny had its own challenges, infant school I looked like a little doll and was treated as such.

I would struggle to make my sons uniforms as they have logoed sweatshirts & polo shirts but did make a pair of grey shorts for summer and they have homemade bookday, dress up day costumes every year. Which are appreciated probably more than everyday uniform.

Please just don't.
They will never live it down.

OP: is this a daft idea?
Most of MN: yes
OP: but I want to do it
Most of MN: please don't
OP: la la la la la
No it isn't
It's
OP: is this a daft idea?
Other MNers: They'll be bullied for this perfectly ordinary difference.
OP: erm so you haven't got a good reason not to then
Other MNers: Bullying is impossible to stop if the child is, you know, DIFFERENT.

Please don't do it. My mother used to make all my uniforms and it was obvious. I still cringe at the memory of always looking different when everyone else was the same.

my so has a hand knitted jumper and my mum is doing him a new one and I'm going to ask her to teach me and honestly everyone loves the jumper he's had loads of compliments do I certainly think homemade can be lovley and I think doing hats , scares ECT will be lovley aswell and if the school is happy I think it's fine as long as the child is happy with it some will be and some wouldn't be but obviously op knows her child best and thinks they will be happy with it and I'm sure she would get shop bought if child asked

A hand knitted cardigan costs loads more than a shop bought one, takes more time and is more likely to lead to bullying. There are really no positives.

So I shouldn't knit my own clothes either because it's more expensive and takes time?
Riiiight.

do what you like for yourself, but spending hours of time and effort on knitting a bulky imitation of school uniform, which will undoubtedly lead to the child getting bullied, is undoubtedly a waste of time.

I have a friend who is 53 who still goes on about her mum making her wear a hand knitted jumper to school, when everyone else had a nice neat jersey.

53!!

Why does everyone think getting bullied is the fault of the victim?

@drspouse You won’t get bullied for what you’re wearing and you won’t grow out of it either.

Reception uniform usually ends up trashed, what with all the glue, paint and messy crap.

It isn’t the fault of the victim but there’s no point in making your kid a target unnecessarily.

exactly BBB.

drspouse you’re twisting things. Absolutely nobody is suggesting that being bullied is the fault of the victim. Children can be blunt and unkind, sometimes intentionally, sometimes unintentionally whichever, it can make school life miserable. Op is being made aware of this to hopefully avoid it for their own dc.