Is anybody into visible mending? I always think it looks so lovely, but despite having some very old clothes I never seem to have anything that needs fixing. (Lucky me, I hear you say).
Finally I found something; one of my bed socks developed a hole in heel. Yes, I know, not exactly something that gets much wear and tear.
I considered possible circular motifs. Flowers seemed the obvious answer. But on a brown and white sock? Then it hit me… a circular animal…
It was pretty fiddly to put on and could be neater, but finally I’ve done some visible mending. Have you ever done any? I’d love to see it if you have.
Until next time,
Bekki x
So cute and perfect! I have some mending to do and am bracing myself – not so keen to start – and definitely not so much fun as embroidering a sheep. My husband’s favourite pjs have a tear and he wants me to patch it!
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Thank you. It definitely encouraged me to mend it rather than leaving it for weeks – which is what I’d normally do. Maybe you could embroider a nice big flower over the tear in your hubby’s PJs 😂 I won’t ask how they got ripped 😉
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Ha ha – it would have to be a HUUUUGE flower and he’d be sitting on it , shall we say! Just wear and tear, nothing exciting, he he
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🙂 Oh go on, I dare you. Pop a HUUUUUUUGE flower on them.
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I’ll photograph it if I do – the trousers on their own – that is!
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Oh please do. 🤗
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Aww this is so cute. I love the idea of visible mending but have tended towards not very visible mending recently. But I have mended a lot of socks recently with visible but not stylised mending, its amazing how much wear I put my socks through!
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Thank you. I think it’s hard to make socks look interesting when you mend them, because you’re darning. What we really need is a good rip in some jeans or a hole in a shirt 😉
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Interesting idea, indeed.
I just developed the very same issue on off white bed socks… so this gave me food for thoughts 🙂 Thank you!
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Off white’s great, you can go with almost any colours. Go for it! 🙂
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That’s genius.
I hate mending and, as a result, any mending I attempt tends to be visible whether I intend it to be or not.
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Why thank you 🙂
I know what you mean, my mending up until now has been exactly the same for exactly the same reason. Now I’ve started maybe a new era awaits!
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adorable
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Thank you 🙂
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Some of my socks have been darned in different colour/yarn to the original. But yes, I think genernalyl it all goes at once (I did repurpose a cardigan into a cushion because it was just completely wearing through everywhere)
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I think your absolutely right – it does go all at once. I have a sweater in my wardrobe that’s practically in pieces and unwearable, but I’m saving to repurpose into something, because I loved it so much. Well done on the cushion.
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That is cute! Yes I have red and purple elbow hole on a grey cardigan so nothing as fancy as a sheep! 😄
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Sounds lovely to me. Must try to wear my sweater elbows out 😂
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Clever! I’ve thought about it but not yet tried it. Have an artist friend who is using it for a museum installation—when they open again.
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