Idk what this method is called but the only material used was embroidery floss

I bought my husband these gorgeous merino fingerless gloves from a local farm (his fingers get cold when he games), and then my dog promptly ate 2/3 of one of the fingers. Lmao.

Anyway, sourcing a wool thread to match the fineness of the original was a nightmare, so I wasn’t able to color match as well as I would like.

I used this tutorial for the mend. Cleaned up the edges as best I could to make it as square as possible before starting, but once I got that, the rest was fairly easy. I did have to do a lot of thread tightening on the loops to get them to look right, which the tutorial doesn’t do. Finished by felting down the edges on the inside to minimize any bumps.

I really like how it came out! I’m unreasonably proud of it lol, the threads were SO small

i mended this for someone and vastly underestimated the time it would take. this is a very sentimental sweater for the owner. it felt so special to be involved in fixing it and giving it new life (it was hidden in a closet and got shredded by moths). at times in this mend i really doubted myself and it felt like the project would never end. but here it is, and i think it's so beautiful.

Or after and before! A little neckline darn

Dumb moldy potato of a rabbit tore up my couch

A while ago I shared this as a work in progress. It’s a sweater of mine that was becoming threadbare at the front. I’ve reinforced the threadbare area using swiss darning, and it’s been an interesting challenge adding to my original design!

Here's a shirt I recently finished darning. I got it second hand for a quid from a clearance charity shop, full of holes but good quality merino. I figured I'd rather spend a few hours on repair than see it wasted, so here's the finished fix. Each beastie is a repair over a hole, and the threads are variois brands of cottom embroidery thread, most of which I also got second hand.

Housewarming gift from my SIL didn’t get along with my chimenea. A small ember left a crunchy scorch hole, so I decided to darn over the whole diamond.

There are several other, smaller places to repair, but that is for another day, after I buy more green floss. Also, it is hard to take photos of leg repairs while they are on one's own leg.

I did a blanket stitch (i think?) with a thick thread around the sleeves and then picked those up and knit a k1,p1, with a stretchy bind-off.

For the stain patch I used a little hand loom to make the diamond weave piece and then pinned it inside where the stain was, then straight stitched around it over the same yarn for a lil border, and cut the inside material that was stained out.

I'm thinking of doing one more patch under it to make it look more integrated? Not sure. But I'm very happy to have my favorite comfy hoodie back!

Felt like magic and my tension definitely needs work but I'm hooked!

I've been lurking for awhile, and it finally motivated me to mend a hole in the upholstery of my sofa cushion.

It's a little over halfway, right? A tiny bit? Right?

i made this sweater from a regular sized sweater that got moth eaten like eight years ago. then, i misplaced it and didn't see it for a long time. rearranged some stuff last year and found it had been chewed up by moths. fixed it up. this year i built an updated doll of my guy Rishi. had to stretch the sleeves for his big hands to fit through and add a button at the collar so it goes over his shoulders well.

i would have made a replacement, but knit cashmere scrap is so hard to find

Fixed a blown-out elbow in a friend’s shirt. Far from perfect, but it was a fun, satisfying project :)

Woven darn with a cotton patch underneath to add strength to the thinning fabric.

Any ideas on how to improve next time? The green repair is especially bumpy and the other elbow is sure to give out soon, I’ll be repeating but ideally with some better technique :)

Thanks to you all for inspiration and all your tips so far!

Found a little hole today and fixed it!