Mending knitwear

Advice for visible mending, including how to make sure you're using the right needle, how to choose colours for visible mending, and how to know if a garment or darning yarn will be durable. This is one of several blogs answering your mending and knitwear repair questions

Learn how to fix your clothes in a unique and fun way with our visible mending tutorial. Start upcycling your wardrobe with Gathered.

Well, after considerable rummaging I have turned up the directions for the Swiss darning mend mentioned in my last post. I hope you can make some sense of it. I have used it twice before, once for a bachelor friend, to fix a hole in his Sunday best sweater, and the other for another friend whose puppy had chewed a hole in her husband's brand new sweater. Oh dear. In the interests of the popularity of both the puppy and my friend I had to make that mend as un-noticeable as possible. The…

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Alexandra on Instagram: "Every now and then, someone will tell me I should show my work in slow motion... But knitwear repair is already a slow process. And social media posts need to be short. So no, it doesn't really work to share my work in slow motion (or even real time). Instead, here's 30 minutes of mending compressed into 60 seconds! • • • Want to learn more about mending your knits? In my Subscriber posts, I share mini tutorials, tips & tricks and other useful info - including a…

It happens to the best of us. Moths. Rips. Holes. I was gutted to see that my Goodale (pattern link here) has been under attack from the wee beasties. I immediately washed it (and a load of othe…

Four holes - that’s all we need to fit in our clothes. But guess what? Nature has its way of adding more of it. Four turned five, and five turned to a dozen.

Learn how to fix moth holes in sweaters and other knits with our simple guide. Mend garments seamlessly and extend their life effortlessly.