Mendingmayhem : September 2020

Patching a hole in your favourite jeans isn't very difficult .

You don't need a lot of fancy stuff either

All you need is a needle , some sewing thread a pair of sissors and a patch of fabric .

If you have some old clothes you can cut them up and use them for patches.

Here I have used a bit of a leg from a donated pair of jeans . I decicded to use crochet thread for my stitching this time, but regular sewingthread or embrodery thread works fine . Use what you have ,

Make sure your patch is covering the hole and a little bit around, my hubbys jeans was well worn and had a bit of worn areas around the hole so I made the patch quite big .

I used pins to hold it in place , and folded in edges to keep it from fraying. A lot of people think it's cool with a little frayed edges, but mr Trollkjerringa don't .

I sewd the patch with backstitch you find a tutorial here

To fasten your thread sew a few stitches in the same place

Stitch around the patch through bout layers

It's always nice to have a assistant, but not a nessesary

Then you have stitched all the way around , remember to fasten off by stitching a few stitches in the same place . Now you have managed to patch your jeans.

If you want to you can keep going and making the patch a bit more.decorative.

I chose to make a little sashiko inspierd decorations on this jeans.

this are just runningstitch

it's possible to skip the entire first step and sew running stitch throug bout layers

Up and down using runningstitch

Then the other way.

Now you will have super cool jeans and saved a pair form the landfill

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How to darn your socks.

I have learned that knowing how to darn a pair of socks actually isn't common knowledge.

It was passed on to me by my grandmothers

I don't think they learn it at school anymore. Here in Norway it's red listed as a skill that is in danger of disappearing

In hop that some of you might want to learn this skill I have made a little tutorial.

Here is what you need.

A blend yarn with nylon or darning thread.

Why you want to use a blend yarn is because pure wool is not so strong and will tear faster than a blended yarn. Socks 🧦 get a lot of wear especially on the heels and toes.

If you don't have a blended yarn you can use a sewing thread 🧵 together with your wool yarn. This is also a good tip when you are knitting socks to put in a sewing thread together with your sockyarn when knitting the heel.

You also will need a needle if you have home knitted socks use a darning needle. I didn't and used a longer and smaller needle.

It's helpful with a darning mushroom 🍄 but you don't need one. There are a lot of other things you can use instead

I like the orange as you can eat it when you are done 👍 🔝

You start with creating a base with running stitches. If you don't know running stitch it's just up and down

Here I have come all the way to the hole.

There you need to just make the stitch all the way over the hole to the other side and stitch on the other side of the hole.

Now I have covered the whole thing and the base is ready. If you like you can continue with the same colour thread. I used to diffent as it will be easier for you to see.

Now it's time to work the other way. Still the same stitching up and down. When you get to the long threads covering the whole, you must weave up and down on thead over the needle on under all the way. Make sure you do opposite one your way back, under the thread you weaved over last row and over the thread you went under

And you keep going until you have covered the entire hole and the rest of the stitches

Mendingmayhem

Wednesday, September 30, 2020

How to patch a hole

How to darn your socks