#mendingmarch

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Mending March Update #5

Eye strain really slowed down my mending train. I've only been able to work on knitting projects because they don't require as much direct focus. However, I was able to make some progress last night.

I unwound a pair of socks I knitted for my partner three years ago, right when I was getting back into knitting because they were way too tight. I've wrapped the yarn around this notebook to stretch it out after being knitted for three years.

I also mended some holes in one of my sister's sleep shirts. I was originally planning to darn them, but instead I decided to patch them with pieces of scrap t-shirt and running stitches. It's just as sturdy as a darn, if not more so, and it doesn't strain my eyes as much. They all look kinda the same though because I'm using a bunch of random orange embroidery floss for it. I managed to patch three and a half holes so far.

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Sweater mend

Quick sweater mend on an elbow hole and a frayed cuff for my bestie, who is flipping the bird.

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Swiss darning on these precious socks #visiblemending #mendingmarch #swissdarning #knittedsocks #mendingsocks #mending #sockdarning https://www.instagram.com/p/CpphS5ZNvvZ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Trying my hand at darning on today's commute. Why I chose to learn how to darn on my favourite knee-highs, with black-on-black I can't say

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March Mending Update #6

Realizing I didn't have to darn all the holes has rejuvenated my mending fervour without inducing excessive eye strain.

I finished patching my sister's sleep shirt and she loves it. I did catch stitches along the collar to reinforce the fabric that was starting to pull apart there. This shirt is literally older than either of us and it's back in good use.

I have also started doing the same style of patches on a shirt of my partner's, but I'm doing matching thread and patch fabric on this shirt to hide the mending as best I can. There was one big hole on the back of the shirt which is patched and now I'm just working on the myriad of holes on the front. The theory is that they were created by an overzealous belt buckle.

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Mending March Update #3

I have finished reknitting lacy socks for my sister that were previously too small. I ended up having to size up the needles and luckily had some extra yarn because I used up all the yarn I frogged from the original pair of socks part way through the second sock.

I have been plodding away on darning my partner's favorite pair of pajama pants, but everywhere I turn I find another hole. Also my eyes have really been strained, so I can only do a little bit at a time.

Both of these photos are from the interior of the pants. The darns themselves blend pretty well into the navy pattern of the pants on the outside.

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Mending March Update #4

Finished reknitting my sister's socks. They turned out great! She loves them.

And finished darning all the tiny holes on my partner's pajama pants. I also darned a hole in one of my partner's socks.

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Mending March Update #2

So far we've got a t-shirt that I tried to do a relatively invisible darn on with some matching thread, some small holes darned on a pair of underwear. And another small hole on a pair of underwear that I've darned four separate times now. The most recent darn is the purple one. I also darned some new holes on another pair of underwear.

No idea why underwear in our house gets so many holes. Definitely isn't our cat smacking us in the butt. 😂

Also working on a pair of pajama pants that has a ton of tiny holes. Spent all day yesterday darning those and there are still more holes.