Outdoor clothing and equipment often pose some very specific problems when they start to break. This is my second episode with Rosanna Watson from Snowdonia Gear Repair, and in this one she offers up tips for repairing down and puffy jackets, and items with seams and zips that are glued. And, on top of sharing her practical advice, Rosanna puts everything into perspective with her repair philosophy: that you don’t have to make the garment look like it did when it left the factory, it just has to function!

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The Snowdonia Gear Repair team (left-right: Rosanna, Jos, Sadie and Ceri):

You might have previously heard Rosanna on Check Your Thread in Episode 94 when we had a feedswap with the Garmology podcast and last week’s episode:

• Ep. #166: Pro Tips for Outdoor Wear Care and Repair with Rosanna from Snowdonia Gear Repair

Check out the Snowdonia Gear Repair website and follow them on Instagram (@snowdoniagearrepair).

They also now host in-person repair classes!

Other repair experts to follow on Instagram:

• @soulandflare

Skye from Slow Stitch Club has written a book called ‘Well Worn: Visible Mending for the Clothes You Love’:

Rosanna recommends glues/adhesives by Gear Aid. Snowdonia Gear Repair stock some via their website if you’re based in the UK. 

Sources for repair-sized (or larger) amounts of outdoor fabrics:

• Pennine Outdoor 

Author Rachel S. Gross wrote a book called ‘Shopping All the Way to the Woods: How the Outdoor Industry Sold Nature to America’.

Pics of the Snowdonia Gear Repair shop and workshop: