#swiss darning

[the-bramble--patch]

solarpunk aesthetic week day 2!! Have my patched sweater. Some of the patches cover up holes and some stains. I still have some stains to go.

The method is swiss darning :) here's my zine if you wanna learn how to do it.

[gonestarroaming]

I wish there was a way to have mended knit cuffs not to wavy. Chain stitch, running stitch, and swiss darning were my go to here to maintain the stretch. It does actually match the lettering elsewhere on the shirt.

[joestrummen]

wow swiss darning is so straight forward and relaxing once you have the hang of it <- guy who after two years still doesn't really have the hang of it

[strawberrysalamanders]

Swiss Darning

from Mending Life: a Handbook for Repairing Clothes and Hearts by Nina and Sonya Montenegro

[possums-against-cops]

darn socks 🧦

i’m not very good at swiss darning but there was a pretty big hole in these socks so i just had to try. i started with the dark green yarn but i didn’t like how loose and crooked the middle of the hole was so i ended up going back over it with the more yellow green to make a more sturdy patch.

[mahamayax]

[tempestclerics]

[ID from alt: A pair of purple and black socks with patches of blue visible mending on the heels and one of the toes. The second photo shows the backs of the socks, showing the blue mending in different styles on the backs of the heels. The third photo is a close up on a patch of Scotch darning. End ID]

I used these socks as kind of a sampler of different darning methods—there's a little bit of sashiko over threadbare areas, some swiss darning over actual holes, and I tried some Scotch darning for the first time on a bigger patch on one of the heels.

[lumeha]

@behappybeusefulbekind recommended looking at crochet darning to repair my new thrifted cardigan and while it will not work for the shoulder hole... It was perfect to repair the front pocket ! 👀

Honestly it doesn't look perfect but it was so easy that I'm really happy with the results after doing it

[charlemane]

learning how to swiss darn has made me insufferable to myself, but i stay having fun with it

[metastablephysicist]

just learned about scotch darning. oh the humble blanket stitch... <3

[gonestarroaming]

Fixed it when it got thin and before it wore a hole. Much warmer now. Bigger stitches are much better. Took as long to do the all the big yarn stitches as it did to do the small dark green alone.

[senadimell]

Things no one told  you about buying a darning egg instead of awkwardly stretching socks over old plastic disposable waterbottles: you WILL darn your socks and you might even darn your socks until 2 am and your darned socks will be fabulous

[zeawesomebirdie]

Omg the amount of power I feel from learning how to carefully clean up and mend a granny square blanket

It's like magic except I know how to do it

[kitsunekisara]

Do you ever just:

*goes through story notes*

Oh neato, would be so cool if i used that in my story.

*sound of a record screeching*

Now wait just a second...

[silvermaplealder]

I've returned home from the convention and I'm very excited to share with you guys some highlights. There were so many amazing highlights I simply cannot share them all in one post. So consider this a part 1 for now! I do want to give a massive shout out to @misslavenderlady and @ghoulgeousimmaculate for not only being absolutely amazing friends, but really hyping me up to meet Kiefer Sutherland to the point where I felt confident enough to approach him in full cosplay.

Of course I have to share with you this moment. I was so scared he'd laugh or think of me as weird or something. But the second he saw me he gave me a huge smile. He said "hey dude! You're looking good!" And I absolutely melted. I said aww, thank you, because I was just so darn nervous I couldn't say anything else. I'm so happy with how the picture came out that I've already got it framed.

I got to meet Alex Winter who I told him about how I have a cow named Marko. He signed this for me:

And then I met Billy Wirth. I told him about my cows too and he was so happy to chat cows with me! I told him how I had brown swiss and he said they're beautiful.

And then I met Jason Patric. And now- I wasn't planning on getting a selfie with him at first. It was kinda a last minute decision. But boy.. he was absolutely amazing! His son was there helping him and he saw me and made a little doodle of David to give to me (check out his awesome talent! The post-it note).

But I beg you... Look at the picture closer... everyone around us started laughing and I couldn't figure out why. It wasn't until I walked away and actually stopped to look at my phone that I realized what had happened! I was so excited and happy about it. My friend was laughing and told me how Alex jumped behind us to photobomb. It made my whole weekend honestly.

Anyway, so much other amazing things happened that I'll post about later. But for now y'all can at least see these :)