Oh, a lightbulb as a darning egg is so clever. He was frugal and clever ;-)

Thank you for watching. Hopefully some technique in here you can use on your sweaters

Thanks for the kind feedback. I've recently did some visible mending repairs for my adult children - you're right, it was fun.

😁 When there's an easy way and a hard way ... well, I was going to say take the easy way, like covering the hole with a brooch, but usually, I make easy things harder 😬

Thanks- hope there is something here you can use

Why thank you. How can I not love your comment? 😁 But I'm very glad you found the video helpful - that's the goal so it's really nice to hear that it's actually helpful.

I really like that pattern. One in navy linen sounds like something I need. I’ve made 3 of those tops now. And I just sewed up the TAL Almost Long Trousers pattern. They turned out great.

Thanks so much

thanks - I hope these work for you

Thanks - and yesterday I mended my dad's sweater a ninth way 😄 (Little fabric under the moth hole, and some tiny stitches with matching sewing thread). You're right, there's no one way or right way as long as you get the result you want

Thank you!

thanks for watching 🙂

thanks. I'm glad you found the video helpful

Thanks. I'm glad you found the video helpful. Your Dad will appreciate your repairs - or maybe he continues to wear them like my Dad does - what holes? ;-)

Yes! Thank you for letting me know - I'm so happy to help.

thanks

that's a great idea! And you have a one-of-a-kind sweater.

Thank you very much

I've seen that blaket stitch thing over a hole. It looks good. I'm curious about using a chain stitch to darn - I gotta try it.

I'm glad you liked this. I bought the supplies on amazon but I don't have affiliate links. I really like Clover Brand products in general so I bought their needle: amzn.to/3ENUlIw The wool roving: amzn.to/3TxjlrH. But I have bought wool roving from vendors at farmers' markets and yarn shops in the past. The foam pad that was placed under the sweater I have had for years so I do not know where that came from. I think you can use any soft foam (But don't use a towel. That broke my needle in an earlier experiment) I didn't look for the cheapest wool because I was looking for some sourced from "sheep farms that adhere to strict animal welfare regulations." and I just hope they were telling the truth ;-)

Odd number of spokes does defy logic and I understand your question but I don't have an answer. I guess I just got creative ;-) maybe one spoke is just ignored and left on the underside. Or maybe I'm just plain wrong. That does happen

I understand it to mean there are an odd number of stitches across the diameter. So if you make nine long stitches (which kind of form a spoke), you will have an even number of half stitches (18).

@@lizhyrkas3989 Try this and you will see that there is no alternation between over and under needed to give the darn structure. The video actually says there needs to be an odd number of arms coming from the centre. My solution was to go round until I returned to the first arm then ignore it and start the second circle on the second arm. I repeat this each time round, the second time ignoring the second arm, the third time ignoring the third arm. The result was OK, but I decided stick to other methods.

The feed dogs and the presser foot move the fabric forward. Removing them (or lowering them) lets you move the fabric in any direction with your hands. That way you can go sideways if needed, back and forth without holding the reverse button down, or in circles, in whatever direction you need to darn the area. However, I've also machined darned with the feed dogs and presser foot when I've had the space (not a tight sleeve). I just had to guide the fabric with some force (not crazy) and use the reverse button a lot.

@@TheDailySew thanks!!!

great question and I had to think on it for a while. I have 2 ideas. The first would be a blanket stitch done either just where the threads are fraying or around the entire sleeve opening. You can see what a blanket stitch looks like and how it's done on my blog here: www.thedailysew.com/2017/08/how-to-sew-on-patches/ (just scroll down to the photo of the moth patch) The blanket stitch can be done in yarn to match the thickness of your sweater or, since it's a thin sweater, embroidery floss. Also you can make the stitches close together or further apart to get different looks. The second idea is borrowed from how to fix this problem on a woven shirt and that is a patch. The patch goes over the edge like a binding on the edge of a blanket (especially seen on baby blankets). Because the cuff doesn't have to stretch much to put the sweater on (unless you have a ribbed cuff, then forget the patch idea) you could put a biding around the entire opening of both sleeves to appear as a design element of the sweater and not look like a patch (depends what you're after). This binding/patch can be sewn down by hand or machine zig-zag stitch. It could be fun to make the binding/patch in a print like a small check, stripe, floral, etc. I hope this helps. Let me know if you have any questions

@@TheDailySew Thanks a ton for your advice! I'll definitely look into the blanket stitch. What you did with the patches looks amazing :-) Thanks again

Thanks! A lightbulb is a very clever substitute for a darning egg. I saw the crochet idea in my book "Mend it Better" by Kristen Roach. I don't know how to crochet myself - I'm only now learning how to knit. I should stick with sewing though ;-) And, sorry, I don't have any links for mending with crochet but I'm sure it's out here - somewhere ;-)

@@TheDailySew thanks so much!

No it doesn’t have to be cashmere. Any fine wool or other animal based fiber will work. Often you can find this yarn for needle work, like Crewl. If you use linen, cotton or hemp threads soak them and hang to dry first - preshrink them basically - or hover a steam iron over them. You can also use Sashiko thread.

😉They're made so well it's just those pesky moths

This is a great pattern. The Assembly Line is the company and the shirt is The Cuff Top. I have made three of these. This one I added embroidery to. theassemblylineshop.com/collections/modern-minimalist-sewing-patterns/products/cuff-top-sewing-pattern

@@TheDailySew thanks ever so much for taking the time to answer!

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Thanks for the feedback - I have gotten rid of the music in newer videos. I do appreciate the feedback. It usually ;-) helps me make a better video