Q&A for How to Rip Your Own Jeans

Put on your pants; mark with a pencil where your knees are and how long you want the cut; take them off; cut along the line you made.

Draw a diagonal line, sandpaper or file this line until it gets frayed, then follow the same steps on this article, but do not cut holes. Instead, cut long lines. This will look really trendy.

Use a nail file. Rub it against the material rapidly with pressure, basically the same way you would do it with sandpaper, but it may take longer.

Patch the holes or just sew them up. Otherwise, just make cutoffs out of those pants and buy a new pair to start over with.

Try again on a different pair. You can also turn your messed up pants into shorts by cutting the legs to shorter.

Try cutting the hole with scissors or an X-acto knife to make it bigger, then get a pumice stone and rub it firmly against the the unfrayed area until your hole is frayed evenly.

Rubbing the hole with a pumice stone will help the hole become more frayed.

Yes, but you need to be careful. Use sandpaper with a finer (less rough) grain and use a light touch.

The style doesn't matter. I think the best style for the best result is rewashed boyfriend jeans that just have a little bit of distress (from wearing them) and fit great. But it's really up to you.

Use scissors to cut it and try putting Fray Check or fabric glue around the edges.

If you cut a couple horizontal lines and fray between them that will make lines of white.

You can use a cheese grater, steel wool or a pumice stone. You can try and experiment with different tools.

Maybe not to rip your own jeans, but it is fashionable to wear them.

You can try, but it might not be as effective.

Regular kitchen knives aren’t that great at cutting denim because of the usual blunt tip. An x-acto knife is the quickest and most efficient way to cut holes because of how precise you can be but regular scissors work fine in a pinch.

Use a knife or scissors to cut the material.

Yes, but fashion-wise it won't look as good as tight or kinda loose jeans would.

Yes! I did the other day and it worked great, but I recommend only fraying it a little (I like to just get to the cutting part).

No. There is no need to use detergent. The less you wash your jeans, the longer they will last.

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You can cut a hole through the knee. Then use a pencil to pull out strings. If you wanted patches, take a patch of cloth and sew it to the pants.

Normally, you would have two holes on both knees that are reasonably big, but not too big. It should show, at the most, your kneecap on both.

If you want the holes in your jeans, fray the denim around the hole (you might even want to add more on the other leg, but that's optional). If you want to cover the hole, you can sew or glue some more denim (or another type of cloth). You can also put a patch over it.

There are plenty of other ways to cut through your jeans. Scissors work well, and so do a box cutter or a utility knife. Just be careful not to hurt yourself!

Yes, you can use steel wool. Be sure to wash the jeans after you are finished, to remove any filings that might have attached to the denim.

Use a seam ripper or small pair of scissors to pierce through the pocket. Anything that can make a small hole can be used to poke through, say a pen inside or manually ripping the fabric to the size you like, once a small hole is made.

You should not cut the stitches that bind two parts together, like the sides of the legs. Just rip the plain areas.

You'll need to use wide jeans, like mom jeans or jeans that aren't skinny. And tape whatever you want to hide around the area of your calf/shin, where there are no rips. You could even sew a little pocket on the inside of that part of your jeans.

Follow the same process as shown above. Just take care not to rip as hard as with a pair jeans.

You can reinforce them by sewing the rips a little or almost completely with light blue or white thread (this will give the pair a rugged look.) Another thing you might want to try is patching them, possibly with different colors and fabrics (this will give them an interesting and unique effect.) Or, you can layer your jeans with clothing underneath.