![]() She had taken my Darn It class with me at Rhinebeck, so she knew the drill: catch the stitches so they don’t drop and make the hole bigger. This is one of the repairs that is just a joy to work on: the client, D, had sent the piece to me with the loose stitches still on locking stitch markers. Being that it was in the colors of the client’s daugther’s team, it needed to be repaired. This piece had five rows of stitches ripped into a hole: it had caught on something (dryer? door?) and gotten the hole. But my latest repair is a lovely green and gold shawl that I thought was paticularly interesting, and I thought I’d share it here in addition to writing about it on Instagram. It seems like the entire fall has been consumed with white sweaters: I had three repairs of Irish Knit sweaters in a row, which is one of the more boring things to write about. ![]() įiled Under: Crochet, repair Tagged With: crochet, Darning, fabric, rag rug, recrochet, repairing, reweaving, textile repair, textile repair service, thrifted fabric Reweaving and Grafting a Green and Gold Asymetrical Shawl I thought when the client first sent picture that the rugs were made out of quilting cotton, but it became apparent once I had a them in my hands that the quilts were made from garments – most notably, men’s button up shirts. Because they were made out of rags, some of the more delicate fabrics had worn out quickly, while much of the rug was still in really good shape. These rugs started out with some pretty significant damage. Let’s take a look at these three lovely rag rugs, and how we approached repairing them for further use! Restoring these pieces took some real inguenuity and creativity, as I worked with the client to come to a solution. ![]() Normally I’m all about the yarn, but the most recent repair I’ve been working on is a set of three crochet rag rugs. ![]()
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