Avatar

vanilla dreads

@vanilladreads / vanilladreads.tumblr.com

Jane
Mistress of time travel
Custom tailor
Herbalist
PostsLikesFollowing
Avatar
reblogged
Avatar
gargelyfloof118

Hey fiber artists of Tumblr! I would like to ask for your advice.

My glove is starting to unravel. I think it froze on some metal and ripped. I have a very vague idea of how to darn. I think this glove was made with lace weight yarn. All the yarn I have is dk weight or larger.

Can I use a thicker yarn to darn it? Would it be better to use embroidery floss? Should I just sew a patch on?

Avatar
just-a-little-belle

It's a pretty large hole, personally I would put in a life line somewhere below the damage and pull it all out, then reknit the thumb. Preferably same weight yarn if you can manage it

@giantextinctgroundsloth any other advice?

Avatar
returnofthemousearmy

I am super amateurish and relatively new to mending things, so given the yarn/tool constraints I’d probably do something half-mad, like pick up the dropped stitches/runs as much as possible, split a ply off the DK yarn, and use that try to weave the hole closed. (It would probably not be very sturdy!) But one thing I can do is reblog to see if people with more experience might want to chime in. So!

Avatar
vanilladreads

Look up Swiss darning or simply watch this video I found on YouTube it explains the technique. There are other ways as well, I like this one a lot though.

Avatar

So this is me. These days I like to hike and cook on top of a hill. I sew my own clothes and if you spend time with me I will make you tea that suits your needs. I express love with food and tea.

So come along if you feel like it. And if we know each other already from tumblr, hello again! I might be back here. Let’s see how it goes.

#sächsische schweiz#nature#forrest#outdoors#outdoor cooking
Avatar

thinking about coming back here, it has been a while. I feel like a stranger now but i like tumblr more than other plattforms.

So hi, i am back, maybe. I am sewing a lot more these days and i lost my dreads while I was gone.

#Sew#sewing#Nähen#hexagons#Window
Avatar

Thinking about deleting my tumblr

For it gives me no joy anymore...

Avatar

practicing patience here

So the parcel Tracking thing tells me, that my new phone shall arive today. I am looking forward to that because I have the mood again to put myself out there, beeing active here again. So this is what I am going to do,beeing patient for now

Avatar

I think this is the turning point of my life

Things will happen in the near future

The time of feeling depressed and helpless is hopefully over I have plans now. Good ones. Stay tuned, because I WILL

Avatar

somebody stole my phone

berlin man, thats why I never want to leave my small city bubble

You are using an unsupported browser and things might not work as intended. Please make sure you're using the latest version of Chrome, Firefox, Safari, or Edge.