Mending – astranoir

In February one of the Fiberuary themes was “mending”.

For several years, I have mended both hand knit and commercial socks with a woven-style darn (as opposed to, for example, duplicate stitch). This year, I decided to try a darning loom tool, which helps both with setting up the “warp” of the patch, but also with throwing the “weft” of the patch (since the hook orientation will open up 2 different “sheds”).

metal hooks of a darning loom on a white commercial sock with yellow sock-weight yarn being warped to start creating a woven darn repair — darning loom

a pair of commercial hiking socks with the ball of the foot and the heel darned in bright yellow, underneath a white cotton commercial sock with the ball of the foot darned in bright yellow, and the worn out heel stretched over a round base of a darning loom — darned socks

In addition to doing some darning, I made some sewing repairs to garments. To my eye, the sewing repairs look sloppy, but they aren’t noticeable when I’m wearing them, and have gone through the washing machine without falling apart, so I consider that a win!

inside of a yellow sweater neck mended with light pink thread in a messy whip stitch — sweater neck mend (inside)

outside of a yellow sweater neck mended with light pink thread in a messy whip stitch — sweater neck mend (outside)