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I should have done this a long time ago, but I only had wool yarn on hand. This bamboo sock yarn is perfect for the purpose. And it doesn't matter if my dyed hair stains them pink!

I have half a mind to decorate the top of the headphones with the same yarn, but I don't know what motif... My embroidery skills are limited. Anyone have ideas?

A pair of grey noise cancelling headphones with very worn out foam pads. The foam is peeping out of the split and peeling faux leather. One side has been repaired by wrapping it in pink and red yarn. The other side is a third of the way done, a trail of yarn still attached to a needle. The ball of yarn is pictured next to the headphones.

Some more
These are not my favorite pair of pants, but they're relatively comfy, and I just really really really hate buying new clothes. Here's my attempt to extend their lifespan a bit.
There's a big patch on the reverse side made from an old curtain.
I wish it would have holes in more fun places so I could use some more colorful thread or fabric. (Come on, cats, give me an excuse please?)
Maybe it could be fun to embroider the pockets next time?

A sashiko style running stitch repeated in multiple columns. The thread and fabric are beige.

I've been so busy that my pile became a mountain... I decided this year to work home one day per week to take care of this pile and hopefully some . It always feels strange to make or repair garments for others leading to having no time to do that for yourself...

Today I repaired 4 garments, not bad!
I made both invisible and .
The green jumper was repaired with silk sewing thread. I love this combination with wool.
The gray jumper was a homemade one. I wanted to copy from memory a jumper from COS, this was more than 10 years ago already... I kept the leftover yarns just in case. Here it was easier to just unravel and reknit the cuff. You can see that the old one got loose with time 😂

@knitting

Some more on .
This time, with an iron-on patch on the reverse side with machine stitching in a "labyrinthine" pattern.
It's not as colorful as some I've seen. I still wanted it to be pretty and not hide that it was mended... but since it's kind of in the groin area, I didn't want it to scream, "Hey everyone, look over here!"

(Let me know if I used the visible mending tag wrong, please, and I'll use something else next time.)

Faded jeans, with a rectangular area in which there is an angular spiral sewn. A small tear is visible in the area.

Hello Mastodon,
Here's my post.

Former and at , I gradually turned my practice to . Still exploring free and open source software, programming but in relation to many textile techniques.

My main practice is , and . But I love to explore any related .

In 2020, I joined the @GreenFabric in where I like to build / for textile.

In 2024, I joined the programme ( and ) where I made digitally knitted garments to bypass .
I am now a Fabricademy instructor!

A little picture as intro: My Mother was a Computer. Title borrowed from media theoretician …

Knitted piece in black and white. The text "my Mother is a computer" is written on it.

Done! Ended up unpicking the frame of the topstitching and trimming the support fabric, because the embroidered bit became quite substantial. The thread is just thicker cotton sewing thread, and I wish I'd had a nice embroidery cotton instead. But it's done!

A close up photo of a bit of colourful embroidery mending on a red skirt. There is a side slit, which has been reinforced with a bar tack, but the side seam continuing down from it has ripped open and then summarily sewn closed again with large stitches with thick red linen thread, almost but not quite the right hue... And then an organically twisting little embroidered plant on top of the torn section, mostly hiding the join. The thread used goes between red, gold and blue, and the simple stitches used form a pretty lush little motif. There's bird's eye stitches for the leaves and backstitch for the stems. The colour of the variegated thread erratically flows between one colour and the next. It's not very restful, but looks alright, the eye wants to wander between the different parts. There's the scarring of unpicked lines of sewing surrounding the plant, in a rectangle. Sini's fingertips are in the frame.

In the museum, I'll be playing tomorrow a travelling pedlar who repairs people's clothes. I'll be wearing a ghastly costume and demonstrating to arch-conservative villagers. I'll tell you later how many people laughed at me or tried to tell me that repairs shouldn't be seen. 😉 Now I have to prepare my "stuff". 😁 https://www.maison-rurale.fr/events/fil-et-aiguille-les-colporteuses-de-la-maison-rurale/

reviewed Visible Creative Mending for Knitwear by Flora Collingwood-Norris

Flora Collingwood-Norris: Visible Creative Mending for Knitwear (Hardcover, Collingwood-Norris)

Choose to never throw away a holey sweater again!

Whether you want to learn …

One of the best crafting books I own

I only learned about Flora Collingwood-Norris's work a few days ago and immediately ordered her book. Her work is stunning, and her book is too. It is full of great photos and detailed instructions on a range of mending styles: from darning (weaving), swiss darning (duplicate/ knit stitch), to embroidery - it's all shown with great and beautiful examples. Some of which are even very complex. I find it really helpful to see how she goes about repairing even big holes. If you've got some knitwear that needs mending and you don't know how - this book is for you.

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